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Charles Dickens' characters come alive in a Dutch town enamored with the English author
The Dutch city of Deventer has been transformed into a 19th-century English city where 950 people in costumes brought characters from Charles Dickens’ books to life
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Mysterious googly eyes go viral after appearing on public art in Oregon
Googly eyes have been appearing on sculptures around the central Oregon city of Bend
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Ho ho, oh no: Man sought by police goes down chimney and gets stuck
A Massachusetts man shimmied down the chimney
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Homeland Security shares new details of mysterious drone flights over New Jersey
A New Jersey lawmaker from part of the state where several mysterious drones have been spotted in recent week says the devices appear to avoid detection by traditional methods
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A New Zealander studied for a year to win the Spanish world Scrabble title. He doesn’t speak Spanish
A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board game’s Spanish-language world title
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2024 in pop culture: In a bruising year, we sought out fantasy, escapism — and cute little animals
Did you have a “Brat summer” this year
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UK spy agency releases annual Christmas card puzzle to uncover future codebreakers
Britain's spy agency is celebrating the festive season with a riddle wrapped in an enigma inside a mystery
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A fugitive gains fame in New Orleans eluding dart guns and nets
For months, a fugitive dog known as Scrim has transfixed the city of New Orleans
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Ukrainian man fleeing war rescued with his kitten on a perilous journey through Romanian mountains
A Ukrainian man who embarked on a perilous journey fleeing his war-torn country into Romania has been rescued from a deep mountain ravine in subzero temperatures with an unlikely companion: his months-old kitten named Peach
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‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year
Depending on who you ask, the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country or were cause for celebration
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