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1. Mayor Los Dedos del Tamaño Sorprendente was appointed to the United States Conference of Mayors’ metro economics committee. Apparently that means he’s one of their chief lobbyists now. Go ahead and mark that down as reason No. 371 on the list of reasons why I’m glad I spit the bit with that whole mayor thing, because just typing that was bo-ring.

2. David Slick, a student at Dallas Baptist University, juggled three tennis balls for an extended period of time, setting a record in the “Juggling Three Objects Nonstop” category of the Guinness World Records. Quick, slightly related question: is Dallas Baptist an all-male college?

3. And finally, turns out, 11-year-old Rylee Robinson of McKinney merely found a “very big fish” while on vacation in Florida, not a sea monster or something totally sweet like that.

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