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- Olympic gymnast Suni Lee said this week that she was recently pepper-sprayed in a drive-by attack in Los Angeles by a group who yelled racist slurs and told her and her friends, who were all Asian, to "go back to where they came from."
- A Long Island man has been arrested for threatening to kill New York Rep. Andrew Garbarino, apparently because Garbarino was one of 13 House Republicans who voted for the infrastructure bill.
- The ultra-high-end Yemeni coffee scene in Brooklyn is flourishing.
- Vox reports that many of the anti-racist book clubs that started in the wake of the George Floyd protests last summer have dissolved.
- Huge congrats to 105-year-old Julia "Hurricane" Hawkins for setting the new world record in the 100-meter dash in the women's 105+ category.
- The Wall Street Journal looked into why men insist on wearing little beanies that don't cover their ears.
- Vice, meanwhile, looked into why men love throwing rocks into water.
- Princess Diana's former bodyguard said Kristen Stewart did a good job in Diana.
- Trader Joe's sells seven varieties of gummies, and Gawker ranked them from worst to best.
- And finally, has any species not sipped from this lil' fountain?:
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Published Nov 12, 2021
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