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- With a season two renewal confirmed, learn the “real” origins of Stranger Things.
- Australian tennis star Bernard Tomic got testy with a heckler at the US Open, telling the spectator, "I will put my balls in your mouth."
- Rape wouldn't be an issue if women weren't so physically weak, says Trump's campaign manager.
- The pros and cons of sleeping in a tiny house.
- Now that Cuba and the United States have resumed diplomatic relations, what happens to the U.S. fugitives who've been taking refuge in Cuba?
- One of Iceland's biggest volcanoes could erupt any minute now.
- Chris Christie vetoed a $15 minimum wage bill, calling it “really radical.”
- Bill Nye is getting his own talk show on Netflix, Bill Nye Saves The World.
- African elephants are being killed at alarming rates.
- Who wouldn't want to go to a Homeland Security-themed public school.
- Trendy NYC department stores are planning to sell "distressed" sneakers for around $600.
- And finally, this puppy is terrified of windshield wipers:

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