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The Martian opened to $55 million in the U.S., nearly tying the all-time best October weekend record (Gravity’s $55.7 million).

Katjes, a German candy maker, enables people to 3-D-print their own gummy snacks.

Artist Rob Surette created a portrait of Taylor Swift using 17,625 gum balls.

Atlas Obscura and Digg launched a crowdsourced map of America’s punniest business names. Among them:

ONCE UPON A CRIME

Mystery bookstore in Minneapolis

SPEX IN THE CITY

Optical shop in Seattle

YOU’VE GOT NAIL

Nail salon in Brooklyn

THE NOTORIOUS P.I.G.

Barbecue restaurant in Missoula, Mont.

BAGUETTABOUTIT

Food truck and restaurant in Durham, N.C.

HOWL-A-DAY INN

Kennel in El Paso, Texas

Kate Winslet revealed that she keeps her Oscar in the bathroom so that her guests can practice would-be acceptance speeches in front of the mirror.

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An invention called the Portable Pizza Pouch enables people to wear slices around their necks. It costs $8.

Lena Dunham explained why she quit Twitter, citing verbal abuse:

‘It wasn’t a safe space for me … it creates cancerous stuff inside you.’

A new app, Peeple, allows users to give star ratings to other people, much as they would to hotels and restaurants on Yelp. Critics have called it “creepy” and “awful.”

When asked about her most disgusting habit, Jennifer Lawrence revealed that she does not wash her hands after going to the bathroom.

A Zimbabwe radio station had to go off the air temporarily after a gang of baboons chewed through cables on a transmission tower.

While advertising an interview with Priyanka Chopra, star of ABC’s Quantico, Nightline accidentally showed a photo of a different Indian actress; an apology was later posted to Twitter.