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Dispatches From The Man Cave
Read dispatches from the man cave before it disappears into the bonfire of history.
Challenging Copernicus
Read about a celebrity cosmos confusion, shitty Swedish socialists, and peeing on dying people.
The Animal Planet Edition
Did you know about molestering monkeys, carnal camels, or wounding whales? Well now you will. Whether you like it or not.
Fuck For The Motherland
More news you needn't know. Our Siberian siblings struggle with alcohol and good sense as they set up sex camps to avoid extinction. The true cause of the intoxicated astronaut scandal, and FOX's daring expose of 4chan.
From Denmark With Love
An analysis of some strange news stories from around the Internet. Disabled Danes demand dough for dames! British badgers badger Basran bumpkins! Surgeons partially poach Chinese Elephant Man!
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About This Column
News You Needn't Know provides coverage and commentary on some of the strangest stories the Internet has to offer. After the advent of cable news, it might appear as if everything that occurs is awarded an audience with Larry King and a book deal to boot. There are, however, stories which still slip into--or fail to arise from--obscurity. So, like a chimp combing crumbs from his mate's hirsute backside, in this feature we scrabble through the dregs of the Internet news machine to find the silliest, strangest, or hairiest articles out there and dissemble them to their comedic core.
