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The satirical French newspaper 'La Bougie du Sapeur' is photographed at a newspaper shop in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Satirical French newspaper La Bougie du Sapeur only comes out on Feb. 29, once every four years. Some friends started the leap year newspaper as a joke in 1980, so the one published Thursday was just its 12th edition. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Cheers to being crooked again. Quirky English pub bulldozed …

The burnt out remains of The Crooked House pub near Dudley, England, on July 8,, 2023. The owners of a quirky 18th century British pub destroyed in a fire last year have been ordered by a local council to rebuild it, keeping with its previous lopsided specifications. The watering hole — known as the Crooked House for its leaning walls and tilting foundation — in the village of Himley in central England, was gutted by a fire and subsequently demolished last August. (Jacob King/PA via AP)

At the Florida Man Games, big crowds cheer competitors …

Andrew Peterson waves a flag for the team Cooter Commandos at the Florida Man Games on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, in St. Augustine, Fla. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)

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Lawmaker seeks official pronunciation of ‘Concord,’ New …

A sign welcomes visitors to downtown Concord, N.H., and the Statehouse on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. Lawmakers are considering a bill to amend state law to include an official pronunciation of the capital city. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)

In this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just …

Pancake race winner Kaisa Larkas, right, and second place finisher Eloise Kramer run ahead during the annual Shrove Tuesday trans-Atlantic pancake race in the town of Olney, in Buckinghamshire, England, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Every year women clad in aprons and head scarves from Olney and the city of Liberal, in Kansas, USA, run their respective legs of the race with pancakes in their pans. According to legend, the Olney race started in 1445 when a harried housewife arrived at church on Shrove Tuesday still clutching her frying pan with a pancake in it. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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CBP dog sniffs out something unusual in passenger’s …

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - This undated photo shows the mummified remains of four monkeys discovered and seized from luggage from a traveler who'd been to the Democratic Republic of Congo before arriving at Boston Logan Airport. (Customs and Border Protection via AP)

US Sen. Coons and German Chancellor Scholz see double …

CORRECTS SOURCE TO BUNDESREGIERUNG - In this photo provided by Bundesregierung, from left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pose for a selfie on X, formerly Twitter, on Oct. 8, 2024. Both were seeing double when they met in Washington, D.C., this week and went on social media to share their mirror image with the world. (Bundesregierung via AP)

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Sheriff’s deputies corral wayward kangaroo near pool …

In this image provided by the Hillsborough County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, a kangaroo is loose at a an apartment complex Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. The wayward kangaroo was corralled safely by sheriff's deputies and reunited with its owner after checking for proper registration. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Florida zoo welcomes furry baby Hoffman’s two-toed …

A baby sloth is seen with its mother at the Palm Beach Zoo Conservation Society, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Fla. Zookeepers have been monitoring the baby sloth and its mother, Wilbur, since witnessing the birth early in the morning of Jan. 23. (Palm Beach Zoo via AP)

Police: Inert Cold War-era missile found in garage …

This image provided by Bellevue, Wash. Police Department shows a an inert rocket in the garage of a home in Bellevue, Wash, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Bellevue police responded Thursday to a report of a military-grade rocket in the garage of a home of a deceased resident in the city across Lake Washington from Seattle.(Bellevue, Wash. Police Department via AP)

Sauna patrons dressed only in towels pull 2 from …

A car is retrieved from the water after driving out into the Oslofjord, in Oslo, Norway, Thursday Feb. 1, 2024. (Hakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB Scanpix via AP)