The week that was

Queen Elizabeth compared President Trump to a noisy helicopter.

An Ohio man was arrested Wednesday on a domestic violence charge, after hitting a woman in the face with a pizza.

A Houston gas station owner opened fire on someone who underpaid for his Slim Jim.

A 12-year-old in Philadelphia was arrested for brandishing a loaded assault rifle.

A Spaniard, raised by wolves, confessed to being disappointed with human life.

Someone finally invented a “roomba for your lawn.” (Lars in Tokyo points out Honda already has one).

Sales are way up at the New England Confectionery Company after they announced they were going to stop making their iconic Necco wafer. “People are rushing to stockpile them like they’re the next cryptocurrency.”

After 120 years, Sears is closing its last store in Chicago, its hometown.

DARPA developed a neural implant that has been shown to improve short-term memory by an average of 35 percent.

Chinese search engine giant Baidu launched a stock photo platform that uses blockchain technology to protect image intellectual property.

A married couple in China that was tragically killed in a car crash four years ago gave “birth” to a baby through a surrogate mother using IVF. The grandparents are overjoyed but had to submit to DNA testing to prove the baby’s nationality.

Researchers from Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute determined that the human body continues to produce new brain cells well into your 70’s.

Hockey sticks were left out on front doorsteps all across Canada as the nation mourned the loss of 15 college hockey players in a tragic bus crash.

In Denmark, the demolition of an old 173-foot concrete silo went horribly wrong and took out the neighboring library and cultural center.

A burned out house in San Jose was listed for $800,000.

“It’s a windy day. It must have flown through the window and into my purse,” claimed Kennecia Posey who was pulled over for erratic driving and arrested for possession of cocaine and marijuana.

Eight Argentinian police officers were fired after claiming that more than half a ton of marijuana that disappeared from a police warehouse had been eaten by mice.

“The time has come for serious consideration of a shift in federal marijuana policy,” said former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John Boehner in a statement announcing his addition to the board of one of the nation’s largest, multi-state actively-managed cannabis corporations.

In an effort to combat climate change, Los Angeles began painting some of its streets white to reflect the summer heat. Not to be outdone, China is testing roads paved with solar panels.

A 112-year-old Japanese man was recognized by Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest male. The world’s oldest female is a 117-year-old Jamaican.

Starting next year, it will cost an extra 1,000 yen to leave Japan.

A large chunk of the Irish cliffs of Mór fell into the Atlantic.

photo credit: Trump walked to Air Force One in high winds — and the photos of his hair are mesmerizing


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