Verbatim

‘I’ve lost more sleep than all of you put together.’

Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate, defending herself against Republican critics during an 11-hour congressional hearing into the deadly 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya

50

Pounds of marijuana that were mailed to a home in New Jersey (23 kg), addressed to someone who doesn’t live there; local police encouraged anyone “expecting these packages” to claim them at police headquarters

2,000

Number of sheep that were guided through the streets of Madrid by shepherds to defend age-old Spanish grazing rights

Jimmy Morales

The former comedian was elected President of Guatemala

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Jimmy Fallon

The late-night host tripped and injured a hand for the second time this year

‘Let’s not forget that he’s actually a misogynist.’

Daniel Craig, actor, saying the James Bond character he has played four times should not be a role model for men; Spectre, the latest installment in the Bond franchise, will be released in the U.S. on Nov. 6

‘How am I losing to these people?’

Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Senator and Republican presidential candidate, expressing disbelief that he is trailing political neophytes Donald Trump and Ben Carson; Graham’s poll numbers were too low to qualify for the main Oct. 28 GOP debate

‘Learning is about so much more than just filling in the right bubble.’

President Obama, calling for a cap on time spent on standardized testing in U.S. classrooms “to make sure that we’re not obsessing about testing”

295

Number of black bears killed in Florida as part of a sanctioned effort to reduce the size of the bear population in the state

‘This isn’t in the hands of man. It’s in the hands of nature.’

Luis Felipe Puente, director of Mexico’s civil protection agency, expressing relief that Hurricane Patricia, the strongest hurricane on record ever to hit the western hemisphere, inflicted far less damage to the country than had been expected