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7 ridiculous headlines from the last 7 days

Poke Staff. Updated September 20th, 2016

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From giant piles of manure to a man trapped inside a coffee machine, here are seven of the more unusual headlines that have happened in the last seven days.

1. Neighbour’s giant manure pile ruins wedding
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2. “Kung Fu” nuns bike Himalayas to oppose human trafficking
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3. Cow farts can now be regulated in California
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4. Man stuck in coffee machine delays train
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5. Robot arrested by Russian police at political rally in Moscow
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6. Train driver stops 300km from destination because ‘shift ended’
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7. The son of a Chinese billionaire bought his dog eight iPhone 7s
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  1. GB News’s Keir Starmer poll didn’t go the way they thought it would and their total bewilderment is an absolute delight
  2. Ian Hislop on Peter Mandelson and people who said they had ‘no idea’ about Epstein is 2 minutes exceptionally well spent
  3. A Little Englander took issue with this Horrible Histories sketch and was schooled all the way back to the 19th century
  4. GB News doorstepped Billie Eilish after she dared criticise ICE and ended up brutally owned to LA and back
  5. This full-throated statement on what Helen of Troy ‘actually looked like’ deserved every bit of the mockery it got. 21 epic takedowns

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