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- Fifty people were killed in a stampede as Iranians flocked to the burial of general Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike.
- There are just 700 Seke speakers left in the world, and 100 live in New York — half of them in one building in Brooklyn.
- A frostbitten New Jersey woman was rescued from a clothing donation bin she’d been trapped inside for three days.
- Watch the trailer for season two of Sex Education, the best British teen show on Netflix.
- Mercedes-Benz is recalling around 750,000 cars because the vehicles’ sunroofs could potentially detach and fly off, though at least they don't have a steering wheel that flies off when you're driving.
- This Twitter thread in which people tell stories about themselves that "sounds like a lie but is absolutely true" is the best thing you'll read today.
- The Times took a trip to Schitt's Creek on the eve of the premiere of its final season.
- Prozac Nation author Elizabeth Wurtzel has died at 52.
- The Producer's Guild Award nominations are out, and they're pretty good except that they left off Uncut Gems, and therefore I hate them.
- Listen to new songs from Guided By Voices and Caroline Rose.
- And finally, the race is on again:
Published Jan 7, 2020
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