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FLORIDA TACKLES THE ISSUES

Florida already has a state pie — key lime — and the Senate on Thursday unanimously voted to make strawberry shortcake the official state dessert.

(Thanks to pharmaross)

In fact, the official state dessert is another cocktail.

Update: Lawmakers debate adding whipped cream to Florida’s potentially new state dessert

CATS HAVE BRAINS?

Study Confirms Suspicions That Cat Brains Are Smaller Than They Used to Be

(Thanks to B&C)

AHEM

A two-lane bridge has collapsed in Pittsburgh just hours before US President Joe Biden was expected to visit to discuss his infrastructure bill.

(Thanks to Emily, Leslie and w)

From This Blog's 2021 Year In Review:

Congress finally passes the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, intended to repair the nation’s crumbling roads and bridges through the acquisition and deployment of 48 billion rolls of duct tape. This is the first big legislative win for Biden, who travels to New Hampshire to promote the new law by making a speech on a bridge constructed in 1939, which immediately thereafter collapses into the Pemigewasset River.

THE MIAMI WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST

We are looking at a 110 percent chance of completely freaking out.

THIS WOULD NOT BE NEWS IN MIAMI

Man drove without insurance or a licence for more than 70 years

(Thanks to DaninDallas and B&C)

A SURGEON GOT HIGH AND SAID, ‘HEY, I HAVE AN IDEA!’

Cocaine was the secret ingredient in pig-to-human heart transplant

(Thanks to pharmaross)