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Hey there, welcome back to your favorite weekly Friday column. If you’ve been reading this for a while, we know why you keep coming back: for the oddest, and sometimes funniest bits of retail news. As usual, we’ve strived to not disappoint this week. How’s this?
A small town in Portugal was in for a surprise when its streets overflowed with 600,000 gallons of red wine. Meanwhile, a bear developed a particular taste for White Claw after breaking into a home.
- Over 15,000 pounds of smoked sausage is being recalled for reportedly being contaminated by “extraneous materials,” including bone fragments.
- In a small town in Portugal, 600,000 gallons of wine flowed like a river through the streets after two large distillery tanks gave out.
- A three-legged bear broke into a Florida family’s home, ate some fish food and drank three White Claws.
And our loyal newsletter readers will remember one bit of kind of strange but entertaining news that turns out was false. Remember when we told you that one wolf is a regular at an Australian candy store, entering every afternoon and stealing a couple of bags of its favorite mints? Yeah…sorry. But c’mon, we know wolves are smart and agile, but they’re no thieves!