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- Vox published a detailed and devastating oral history of the pandemic year in Sunset Park.
- A luxury condo building in Cobble Hill has been emitting a mysterious noise that sounds like a "screaming dinosaur," and the neighbors are confused and mad.
- The Cut went on a date with Huge Ma, a.k.a. "Vaccine Daddy," the genius behind TurboVax who's apparently also a big bike lane advocate.
- Brooks Brothers abandoned a ton of mannequins and sewing machines in a Connecticut warehouse after filing for bankruptcy last year, and the elderly couple that owns the place had to sell their house just to afford to have it cleaned out.
- The top U.S. executive for Volkswagen took responsibility for the company's stupid pre-April Fools rebrand as "Voltswagen," saying, "never in our wildest dreams did we imagine it taking hold."
- Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant apologized for using homophobic and misogynistic slurs in private messages that actor Michael Rapaport then posted.
- The late John McCain appears in Ken Burns' new Ernest Hemingway doc, talking about his hero Robert Jordan, the protagonist in For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Rapper Bhad Bhabie claims she broke a record by earning $1 million in OnlyFans subscriptions in six hours.
- Scooter Braun, the manager of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, sold his company to the Korean firm behind BTS for $1 billion.
- People are blowing their stimulus checks on "I Got Vaccinated"-type merch on Etsy.
- And finally, what a 👋:
Published Apr 2, 2021
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