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Kanye West wrote a poem about McDonald’s for a magazine delivered alongside Frank Ocean’s new album. Among the best stanzas:
‘The salad bar and the ketchup made a band/Cus the French fries had a plan.’
Rihanna took a photo with a giant headless statue of herself at the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art.
J.K. Rowling plans to release three new collections of Harry Potter short stories on her interactive fan site Pottermore in September.
Panda Express may introduce a hybrid utensil called the Chork–a tweezer-like chopsticks-fork combination.
Pizza Hut U.K. debuted a pizza box that turns into functional DJ turntables, complete with a working mixer and controls.
Zac Efron flew to Rio to surprise one of his biggest fans: Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles.
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The iconic Playboy Mansion in L.A. sold for $100 million, roughly half its asking price.
Pita Taufatofua, the Tonga flag bearer who became a viral sensation after walking shirtless during Rio’s opening ceremonies, lost his first (and only) match of Olympic taekwondo.
A British man stole money earmarked for his best friend’s bachelor party and faked having cancer to garner sympathy; he was sentenced to 20 months in prison.
Justin Bieber deleted his Instagram account after getting a slew of negative comments on photos featuring model Sofia Richie.
The world’s largest aircraft–the helium-filled Airlander 10, which is 302 ft. long–crash-landed during its second test flight in England.
Hostess is now selling frozen deep-fried Twinkles at Walmart, and they’re not as caloric as you’d expect; each has 220 calories.
This appears in the September 05, 2016 issue of TIME.
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