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- Astronomers have discovered a new planet, which they gave the sexy name "GJ 367 b," that's about 31 light years away and is made of iron.
- A lot of people who work for Vice President Kamala Harris are quitting, with one main reason being that they can leave government and make a lot of money doing something else.
- In San Francisco, there's a real church called the Saint John Coltrane Church where the jazz legend is, as the name suggests, canonized as its patron saint.
- "You can rest assured that every available resource will be used to find whoever is responsible for this awful nightmare," said Tyler Perry in response to the apparent murder of Beverly Hills philanthropist Jacqueline Avant.
- Should you tell the truth about anything in an exit interview, since these are, after all, just discussions meant to benefit the HR department but have no real ability to help the person leaving? The BBC considers the situation from every possible angle.
- An online civil war in the QAnon community has somehow led to the revelation that Tucker Carlson once asked Hunter Biden to write his son a letter of recommendation for his Georgetown University application.
- House of X, the new Manhattan sibling of Bushwick club House of Yes, is a place that straight people like.
- Speaking of heterosexuals, the next season of RuPaul's Drag Race will feature the show's first ever straight male contestant.
- Jezebel is showin' some love for Baby Grinch.
- Mayor Bill de Blasio has declared today to be "WQXR Day" in honor of the classical station's 85th anniversary.
- And finally, what an agile little fellow:
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