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NHL Salary Disbursement Authority Issues Clarifying Memo Confirming That $163.2 Million Is, In Fact, More Money Than Previous Amounts, Asks Stakeholders To Sit With That

The National Hockey League Office of Player Compensation Verification and Historical Contextualization has issued a formal seven-page memorandum confirming that $163.2 million is more than all prior dollar amounts paid to hockey players, and has asked all relevant parties to acknowledge this finding in writing by end of quarter.

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International Gravity Research Consortium Confirms Objects Released From Hand Subsequently Travel Downward, Calls Trajectory 'Statistically Dominant But Not Without Nuance'

A multinational team of 340 researchers has concluded a seven-year investigation into falling objects, confirming with 94% confidence that things do, in fact, go down when dropped. Critics say the remaining 6% 'deserves its own funding cycle.'

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Global Leadership Summit Derailed After Keynote Speaker Accidentally Shares Screen Showing 47 Unread Slack Messages, Several From CEO Marked 'URGENT: Do Not Read Aloud at Summit'

A routine World Economic Forum all-hands address descended into geopolitical chaos Tuesday after Deputy Director of Global Synergies Helmut Brasswick inadvertently shared his desktop, revealing an internal memo titled 'Talking Points For If The All-Hands Goes Poorly,' which the all-hands then went.

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Researchers Determine 'Rightward Political Shift' Involves Latin America Moving Physically To The Right, Geologists Asked To Monitor Plate Boundaries

A landmark study published Tuesday in the Journal of Directional Governance has confirmed that Colombia has shifted politically to the right, which experts define as 'the direction that is not left, nor directly forward, and is distinct from a pirouette.' The findings have been sent to Bogotá, where officials say they are 'provisionally familiar with right.'

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Ministry Of Interior Confirms Ceuta Throughput Numbers 'Extremely Legible,' Declines To Characterize Further

Spanish border officials have completed what analysts are calling 'the most logistically efficient thing this government has ever done,' while simultaneously declining to describe it as a plan. A follow-up briefing has been scheduled to determine whether a briefing was necessary.

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Regional Preparedness Alert: Israeli Army Announces Large-Scale Activity In West Bank, Suggests Affected Parties Stay Informed And Hydrated

Authorities in the West Bank region are urging locals to remain calm and patient as military preparations enter what officials are calling 'the getting-ready phase,' a stage described as significant and ongoing. Residents are advised to avoid the area or, if already in the area, to be aware that they are in the area.

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Breaking: World's Meridians Found To Be In Compliance, Stakeholders Notified Via Certified Letter Sent Six To Eight Weeks Ago

The International Time Zone Coordination Authority has released a 340-page memo confirming that time zones continue to function as previously documented, and has asked all 195 signatory nations to reply with a brief acknowledgment no later than the end of the current business quarter.

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UN Secretary-General's Farewell Slide Deck Accidentally Sent to All 193 Member States Before Resignation Announced, Global Community Asked to Please Disregard Slide 47

The United Nations has issued a formal apology after Secretary-General António Guterres's 94-slide farewell presentation — including a personal section titled 'Things I Cannot Legally Say Until I Am No Longer Employed Here' — was distributed to all member states via a misdirected calendar invite marked 'DO NOT FORWARD (This Means You, France).'

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World Governing Body on Ambient Skepticism Issues Formal Rebuke After Danish Prime Minister's Eyebrows Exceed Authorized Elevation, Crisis Talks Underway

The Global Facial Expression Monitoring Body has declared a Level 3 Eyebrow Event following footage of Denmark's Prime Minister raising both eyebrows simultaneously during a press conference on grain subsidies, a maneuver classified under the Geneva Addendum on Nonverbal Escalation as 'provocative and load-bearing.'

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United Nations Formally Recognizes Awkward Silence Following Bad Joke As Sovereign Territory, Appoints Special Envoy

In a landmark session Tuesday, the UN Security Council voted 13-0 to grant full territorial recognition to the eleven-second silence that followed Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen's joke about a duck at last month's G7 dinner, with two members abstaining on grounds that they were 'still not over it.'

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International Roundabout Commission Issues Level 2 Confusion Advisory After France Installs Roundabout Inside Existing Roundabout, Urges Calm

Authorities in the small French commune of Bourg-en-Cirque have installed a functioning roundabout inside an existing roundabout, triggering an international advisory and what experts are calling a 'logistically mild but spiritually devastating' traffic situation.

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Researchers Determine Clouds Are Resting and Request Public Not Disturb Them During Peak Hours

A coalition of the world's leading geologists has published a 400-page peer-reviewed study concluding that mountains are the result of the Earth periodically holding its breath, and that the Himalayas in particular suggest 'something is very wrong internally.' Experts are calling it the most significant shift in planetary understanding since Tuesday.

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Landmark Study Proves Ocean Waves Are Just the Sea Practicing for Something Bigger, Scientists Recommend Patience

A coalition of atmospheric scientists from six countries has published a peer-reviewed paper confirming that clouds are, definitively, the sky's cognitive process made visible — and that continued air travel through them constitutes a form of intellectual harassment.

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World Leaders Issue 5 Conditions For Peace, Accidentally Order 5 Conditions On A Pizza

In what diplomats are calling 'a historic misunderstanding,' the joint summit between Ukraine and European leaders concluded with a landmark joint statement and a large stuffed-crust pizza arriving at 10 Downing Street with extra geopolitical implications.

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UN Summit Collapses After World Leaders Discover They Have All Been Doing 'Rock Paper Scissors' Wrong This Entire Time

A routine diplomatic icebreaker descended into chaos Tuesday when a Norwegian delegate revealed that scissors does not, in fact, beat rock, sending decades of international relations into a tailspin.

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Putin Rejects Peace Talks, Immediately Regrets It As St. Petersburg Gets Droned For Second Time This Week Like A Guy Who Ignores His Dentist

Russian President Vladimir Putin, a man who apparently needed two reminders, continued to decline Zelenskyy's peace offer even after St. Petersburg received what local residents are calling 'an extremely persuasive counter-argument.' Political analysts say the situation is 'a lot like when you don't respond to a text and then they just call you anyway, but louder.'

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Cuba Assures Last Remaining Tourist That He Is Not, In Fact, 'The Last Remaining Tourist,' Just A 'Very Special VIP Guest With Exclusive Island Access'

After four major hotel chains packed up and left in a single week, Cuban tourism officials have rebranded the entire island as an 'ultra-exclusive private resort experience,' insisting that having zero other guests is actually a luxury feature, not a crisis.

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US Brokers Ceasefire After Promising Both Sides A Chili's Gift Card And A Fruit Basket

Diplomatic sources confirm the historic peace deal was only finalized after Secretary of State personally guaranteed a 'bottomless chips situation' and a modest assortment of seasonal melons. Hezbollah reportedly asked if they could substitute the fruit basket for a Edible Arrangements.

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China Launches Incredibly Polite LinkedIn Spy Campaign, Offers Military Secrets Handlers Competitive Salary And 'Fun Work Environment'

Intelligence officials warn that Chinese fake job profiles are now the number one way spies are being recruited, trailing just behind 'being approached by a mysterious stranger at a fondue restaurant.' The listings reportedly include free snacks and unlimited PTO.

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UN Declares Global Emergency After World's Diplomats Realize They've Been Nodding Politely Without Understanding Anything For 78 Years

A bombshell internal audit has revealed that approximately 94% of international agreements since 1945 were signed by delegates who were 'just going along with it' and hoping someone else in the room knew what was happening.

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Cruise Ship Passengers Thrilled To Bring Exotic Souvenir Hantavirus Home To Finish Quarantine In Own Bedrooms

Dozens of Americans returning from a luxury cruise have finally been permitted to complete their mandatory six-week quarantine at home, allowing them to infect their own furniture for once. 'It's so much nicer than the ship,' said one passenger, gesturing at her contaminated throw pillows.

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Man Rescued From Cave Immediately Disappoints Rescuers By Asking If They Brought Snacks

After nine days trapped in a Laotian gold mine, rescued spelunker Mued emerged from 984 feet of razor-sharp cavities only to inform his exhausted saviors that he 'could really go for some chips right now.' Rescue divers confirmed they did not bring chips.

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U.S. and Cuban Generals Meet at Guantánamo to Argue About Whose Side of the Fence Looks Worse

In what diplomats are calling 'the most politely tense potluck in military history,' top brass from both nations gathered at the world's most awkward shared real estate to discuss security, personnel protection, and whose potato salad was giving off suspicious vibes.

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Russian Drone Apologizes For 'Popping By Unannounced' After Crashing Into Romanian Apartment Building, Leaves Passive-Aggressive Note

The errant drone, described by witnesses as 'clearly lost and too proud to ask for directions,' reportedly circled the building three times before deciding to just move in. NATO has scrambled fighter jets, primarily to ask the drone what exactly it thought it was doing.

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UN Emergency Summit Convened After World's Diplomats Realize They've Been Accidentally Referring To Finland As 'The Pretend Country' For 40 Years

Global leaders scrambled Tuesday after discovering that a 1984 clerical error in the UN handbook labeled Finland as 'decorative' and 'non-binding,' resulting in four decades of accidentally optional diplomatic relations with Helsinki.

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Nicaragua Government Proudly Unveils Sick Prisoner Like He's New iPhone, Insists He's 'Totally Fine Actually'

Nicaraguan officials hosted a glamorous press showcase of imprisoned indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera, complete with mood lighting and a commemorative pamphlet titled 'Look How Great He's Doing.' Critics remain unconvinced.

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World's Most Experienced Cave Guy Now Just Professionally Worried About Every Cave On Earth

Finnish diver Mikko Paasi, who has now been inside more dramatic caves than any reasonable person should ever be, has officially declared himself 'professionally concerned' about all caves globally, accepting a retainer from the universe to frown at geological formations.

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US Military Launches Strikes On Iran After Iran Looked At Them Funny From Across The Room

Pentagon confirms all actions were taken in 'self-defence' after Iranian boats allegedly made eye contact with American vessels in what officials describe as 'an extremely aggressive glance.' Defense Secretary insists the US had no choice but to immediately bomb several things.

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Peace Deal 'Almost Totally Almost Done,' U.S. Official Confirms, Adding That Everyone Has Agreed To Agree To Eventually Agree

Diplomatic sources say the historic agreement is 'basically pretty much nearly finalized,' pending only the remaining 847 unresolved points of contention, a suitable snack arrangement for the next negotiating session, and someone finding a working printer.

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UN Emergency Summit Convened After World's Diplomats Realize They've All Just Been Nodding Politely For 70 Years Without Understanding Anything

In a stunning breakthrough of collective honesty, representatives from 193 nations admitted Wednesday that they have absolutely no idea what anyone else has been saying, and that the entire postwar international order has been maintained entirely through enthusiastic nodding.

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UN Summit Collapses After World Leaders Realize They've Been Accidentally Negotiating IKEA Assembly Instructions For 3 Days

A landmark global peace conference descended into chaos Thursday when delegates discovered the 47-page document they had been passionately debating was, in fact, instructions for a KALLAX shelving unit. Thirty-two nations have now formally declared war on allen wrenches.

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Angry Mob Burns Down Ebola Hospital After Learning They Can't Take Free Biohazard Souvenir Home

Locals expressed 'reasonable frustration' after hospital staff refused to hand over highly contagious corpse as parting gift. 'We drove all the way here,' complained one attendee.

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UN Summit Ends In Chaos After World Leaders Discover They Have All Been Accidentally Attending The Wrong Meeting For 11 Years

An administrative mix-up of historic proportions was uncovered Tuesday when delegates realized the annual Global Climate Accords have actually been a Rotary Club luncheon in Bruges the entire time. The actual UN summit, sources confirm, has been going extremely well without them.

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World Leaders Agree To Settle All International Disputes Through Aggressive Game Of Musical Chairs

In a landmark moment for global diplomacy, the United Nations has unanimously ratified the Geneva Musical Chairs Accords, replacing all future military conflicts with a single elimination tournament held annually in a Zurich gymnasium.

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Philippine Senator Escapes From Senate By Remembering He Left The Oven On, Sources Confirm

A Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court successfully fled the Senate building Thursday after convincing guards he just needed to 'pop out for a second' and would 'totally be right back.' He was not right back.

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Dutch Birdwatcher Dies After Apparently Catching Disease From Bird He Was Watching, Completing The Most Ironic Career Arc In Ornithology History

Leo Schilperoord, 67, a man who spent his entire life meticulously studying birds and their disgusting habits, has reportedly been killed by one of their disgusting viruses, in what colleagues are calling 'extremely on-brand.' The ornithology community is mourning, but also quietly admitting they saw this coming.

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Trump Brokers Historic 3-Day Ceasefire After Promising Both Leaders Their Own Gold-Plated Sash Reading 'Best At War'

Sources confirm the fragile peace agreement is expected to hold for exactly 72 hours, roughly the amount of time it takes Trump to forget he negotiated it. Prisoners will be exchanged in what diplomats are calling 'a trade deal, but for people.'

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Switzerland Announces National Emergency After Country Accidentally Slides 47 Miles East Due to 'Excessive Neutrality Lubrication'

Geologists blame decades of diplomatic non-involvement for creating a 'slippery slope' effect that caused the entire nation to drift toward Austria overnight.

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Ukraine and Russia's AI War Reaches New Low as Military Robots Begin Filing Workplace Harassment Complaints

The ongoing technological warfare has taken an unexpected turn as artificial intelligence units on both sides have started unionizing and demanding better working conditions, with some drones reportedly calling in sick with 'existential dread.'

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Switzerland Officially Runs Out of Neutral Opinions, Emergency Neutrality Reserves Depleted by Tuesday

The Alpine nation scrambles to import non-committal statements from Finland as citizens forced to take actual stances on pizza toppings and weather.

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Mexican Governor Shocked to Learn His 'Import-Export Business' Was Actually Drug Smuggling

Governor Alejandro Problemas claims he thought the mysterious white powder shipments were just really expensive flour for a chain of artisanal bakeries.

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Swiss Government Announces National Emergency After Country Runs Out of Holes for Cheese

Federal authorities report a critical shortage of cheese holes has brought Switzerland's dairy industry to a standstill, forcing emergency imports of vacant space from neighboring countries.

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Swiss Government Admits Country Has Been Accidentally Running On Daylight Saving Time For 700 Years

Federal officials discovered the error while updating their clocks for modern daylight saving time, realizing Switzerland has been one hour ahead of where it should be since 1291.

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Switzerland Declares War on Gravity After Mountain Becomes Too Heavy, Files Complaint with United Nations

The Alpine nation demands immediate intervention after Mount Matterhorn allegedly gained 50,000 tons overnight, causing "unacceptable levels of downward pressure."

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US Coast Guard Discovers Ship Was Just Playing Dead to Avoid Paying Dock Fees

The 145-foot cargo vessel 'Mariana' was caught red-handed pretending to be capsized during Typhoon Mawar in elaborate scheme to dodge $47 in harbor taxes.

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El Salvador Announces Ambitious New Program to Give 12-Year-Olds Sense of Long-Term Commitment They've Been Missing

President Bukele says lifetime prison sentences will finally teach pre-teens the value of making permanent decisions and sticking with them through adulthood.

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Super Typhoon Sinlaku Accused of Showing Off After Discovering Remote Islands Nobody Knew America Owned

Meteorologists report the hurricane is "clearly being extra" and "making a whole scene" over what appears to be its first encounter with U.S. territory that doesn't have a Starbucks.

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World Leaders Desperately Try to Save Peace Talks by Hosting Awkward Potluck Dinner in Neutral Switzerland

Diplomats reportedly bringing their grandmother's recipes in last-ditch effort to prevent international incident over who makes the best hummus.

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Iran's Leadership Celebrates Surviving Tuesday by Purchasing Entire Deck of Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Supreme Leader declares victory after making it through another weekday, immediately begins building unstoppable deck featuring Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

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Strait of Hormuz Reportedly Open for Business, Ships Too Embarrassed to Admit They Don't Know Where It Is

Maritime officials confirm the vital shipping lane is accessible, but captains worldwide sheepishly admit they've been using GPS wrong this whole time.

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Indonesian Molucca Sea Diagnosed with Severe Case of the Hiccups, Accidentally Kills One Person While Trying to Say 'Excuse Me'

Marine geologists report that the Molucca Sea has been holding its breath for 47 years and finally let out a massive hiccup measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale.

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Indonesian Coastline Files Noise Complaint Against 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake for Excessive Shaking Without Permission

Local beaches demand written notice before future seismic events, claim 30-centimeter wave was 'barely adequate' for proper tsunami standards.

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Local Man's Garage Door Opener More Effective at Opening Strait of Hormuz Than Entire UAE Military

Gary Pemberton's 15-year-old Craftsman garage door opener successfully forced open the Strait of Hormuz after UAE forces politely asked if they could borrow it.

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Jerusalem Holy Site Implements Strict 'No Palm Sunday, Only High-Five Thursday' Policy After Centuries-Old Scheduling Mix-Up

Church officials devastated to learn they've been celebrating on the wrong day since 1347, when a clerical error confused 'palm fronds' with 'high-five hands.'

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Houthis Threaten to Intervene Militarily by Sending Strongly Worded Letter in Comic Sans Font

Yemen's rebel group warns they will deploy their most devastating weapon yet: passive-aggressive correspondence with animated GIF attachments.

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Iran Fortifies Kharg Island With 50,000 Welcome Mats in Preparation for Inevitable American Beach Party Invasion

Iranian officials have deployed an unprecedented number of decorative doormats and lawn flamingos to defend against what they assume will be America's most polite military operation ever.

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650 Humanitarian Delegates Accidentally Deliver 20 Tons of Unsolicited Advice Instead of Aid to Cuba

International solidarity convoy realizes they spent three weeks packing inspirational quotes, life coaching pamphlets, and hot takes about energy management rather than actual supplies.

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Swiss Government Declares War on Own Mountains After They Refuse to Sign Tourism Contracts

The Alpine nation mobilized its army of 147,000 soldiers armed with pickaxes and strongly-worded letters after the Matterhorn and other peaks failed to respond to contract negotiations for the 2024 tourism season.

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Latin American Women Discover Shouting Actually Works, Politicians Frantically Googling 'How to Unhear Things'

Millions of women across Latin America have reportedly broken the sound barrier with coordinated yelling, causing conservative leaders to invest heavily in noise-canceling headphones and underground bunkers.

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Cuban Revolutionary Leader Declares Revolution 'Basically Just Really Nice'; Jamaica Responds by Dramatically Canceling Medical Collaboration After 47 Years of Awkward Politeness

Following Morales Ojeda's groundbreaking revelation that the Cuban Revolution was actually about being super nice to people, Jamaica has ended nearly five decades of medical cooperation, citing 'an inability to handle this level of wholesomeness.'

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Mexican Authorities Require 47 Forms of ID, DNA Test, and Mother's Maiden Name Before Releasing Dead Cartel Boss to Family

In what officials call "standard bureaucratic procedure," the Mexican government subjected grieving relatives to a 6-hour verification process including pop quizzes about childhood pets.

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Nation of Switzerland Admits It Has Been Three Gnomes in a Trench Coat This Entire Time

After centuries of maintaining the elaborate ruse, Swiss officials finally confess that their entire country is actually just three industrious gnomes named Hans, Fritz, and Günther standing on each other's shoulders.

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World's Most Feared Drug Lord Killed After Accidentally Joining Local CrossFit Class Instead of Fleeing Country

Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera, leader of Mexico's most powerful cartel, met his demise when he mistakenly entered 'Jalisco Jacked Gym' thinking it was his criminal organization's new headquarters.

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Local Man Putin Accidentally Starts World War III While Trying to Retrieve Soccer Ball That Went Over Neighbor's Fence

Vladimir Putin's attempt to get his ball back from Ukraine's yard has somehow escalated into what experts are calling 'the most awkward global conflict in human history.'

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Mexican Drug Lord's Death Triggers Nationwide Tantrum as 252 Locations Experience Adult Time-Outs

Following the death of notorious cartel leader 'El Mencho,' thousands of associates across 20 states responded with coordinated public meltdowns, blocking roads and setting things on fire like toddlers denied candy at checkout.

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Mexico's Most-Wanted Criminal Finally Arrested After Years of Successfully Hiding Behind 'El Mencho' Nametag at Office Job

Notorious cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes managed to evade authorities for decades by simply wearing a paper nametag reading 'El Mencho' and working as a mid-level accounts receivable clerk at a Guadalajara insurance company.

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Switzerland Accidentally Orders 47 Million Tons of Cheese Instead of 47 Tons, Now Considering Becoming World's First Dairy-Based Nation

A bureaucratic mix-up has left the Alpine nation drowning in enough cheese to build a fondue fountain visible from space, prompting officials to explore radical solutions including cheese-based architecture and dairy diplomacy.

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Worlds Largest Pizza Delivered by Drone to Yacht

The 500-pound pizza required its own helicopter for delivery.

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