Slow week for the news and myself as we wind down for the holidays so just a few stories for you. See you next week!
A 71-year-old Frenchman set off across the Atlantic, hoping to reach the Caribbean within three months so long as the ocean currents cooperate. He’s in a barrel.
Turns out an Ancestry DNA kit sometimes isn’t the best gift for Christmas.
Chinese scientists have figured out a process to turn low-grade copper into material, “almost identical” to gold.
A Pennsylvania police negotiator ended a nine-hour Christmas Day standoff by signing a rendition of White Christmas, “it is not clear whether the man surrendered due to the perfection or the sheer awfulness of the rendition.”
Photo credit: Reddit user Kristophigus
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