/ 23 November 2022

A proper presidential turkey pardon, Italy’s singing nun breaks the habit, and a phoney T-rex…

The White House

Yesterday, we brought you turkeys to cuddle. Today, it’s ‘Chocolate’ and ‘Chip’ who have become the luckiest turkeys of 2022 after receiving a presidential pardon in the long-standing US tradition… The birds met with Joe Biden before enjoying a stay at the “residence of the presidents”, aka DC’s Willard Hotel.

Sister Cristina Scuccia, who wowed judges and audiences alike when she won Italy’s version of The Voice in 2014, says she’s dropped nunhood to become a waitress as she pursues her musical career. That’s a big habit to break…

A T-Rex skeleton – inexplicably nicknamed ‘Shen’ – has been pulled from an auction after a scientist said it might contain bones from another dinosaur. Shen’s skull apparently bears an uncanny resemblance to another called ‘Stan’. Someone get Alan Grant on the case…

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