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- ISIS claimed responsibility for a pair of bombings against Coptic Christian churches in Egypt.
- Please stop calling Steve Bannon a genius.
- Also please keep your snake on a leash if you're going to take it for a walk, er a slither, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
- Amazon is beating the hell out of brick and mortar retail stores, causing them to close at a record pace.
- Five kids were injured after bounce house was caught in the wind and took off in the air.
- Getting acquainted with the anti-government politics at the heart of the Hyperloop
- Germany is investigating a number of their soldiers for doing things like performing Nazi salutes and saying "Heil Hitler." Everything's fine, I'm sure.
- You might think the New York State Troopers PBA allowing doctors to buy placards with POLICE SURGEON written on them in big letters so doctors can put them on their dashboards in order to illegally park is corrupt, but have you ever considered this: maybe it's not?
- And finally, here's every single home run the Mets hit in 2016:

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