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- Mysterious work train may have caused a series of fires in NJ and NY.
- Megyn Kelly says she complained about Bill O’Reilly to Fox News execs, and here's the proof.
- The New Yorker has a long piece on the Sackler dynasty’s "ruthless marketing of painkillers [which] has generated billions of dollars—and millions of addicts."
- How to get Nazis out of your Twitter feed.
- This Italian person sweats blood.
- Here is the complete oral history of David S. Pumpkins—after reading it you will no longer have any questions.
- Certain parts of Staten Island don't want to rebuild post-Sandy.
- The Good Place is one of the best comedies on TV, so The Good Place gag reel is one of the best gag reels.
- A DJ recounts in detail "a two-year relationship with [R Kelly] rife with alleged physical abuse, sexual coercion, emotional manipulation and a slew of draconian rules that dictated nearly every aspect of her life."
- RIP Matilda, the Algonquin Hotel cat.
- The reviews of the new season of Stranger Things have arrived.
- And finally, turn your pool into a giant waterbed for dogs:

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