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Comprehensive Pentagon studies of America鈥檚 nuclear missile infrastructure released in November (following disturbing reports of readiness failures) included the revelation that nuclear warheads had to be attached with a particular wrench, even though the Air Force owned only one with which to service 450 missiles housed at three bases. Consequently, one official told The New York Times, 鈥淭hey started FedExing the one tool鈥� back and forth. No one had checked in years, he said, 鈥渢o see if new tools were being made鈥� 鈥� typical of maintenance problems that had 鈥渂een around so long that no one reported them anymore.鈥�

London鈥檚 Daily Telegraph reported in November that a gardener hired by the House of Commons had spent a day pulling color-changing leaves from trees on the Westminster Palace grounds 鈥� because it would be more cost-effective than to rake them up after they fell. The gardener (whose name sounds right out of a James Bond adventure 鈥� 鈥淎nnabel Honeybun鈥�) said she had 145 trees to service. (A local environmentalist lamented denying autumn visitors 鈥渙ne of the few pleasures at this time of year.鈥�

Various cogs in 麻豆视频 Korea鈥檚 national machinery paused briefly on Nov. 13 so as not to distract the nation鈥檚 high-school-age kids, as 650,000 of them were sitting for the decisive university entrance exams (which are several levels more important than the SATs or ACTs for American students). Large companies and government agencies told employees to commute later in the morning 鈥� to keep traffic lighter for students traveling to the 1,257 test centers 鈥� and 鈥渘o-fly鈥� zones reduced noise during the 40-minute period in which students tested orally on the English language.

聽鈥淪anta Muerte鈥� (Our Lady of the Holy Death) might be described as a cynic鈥檚 unauthorized byproduct of Roman Catholicism currently festering in drug-cartel-roiled Mexico and Central America and is, according to Vice Media, 鈥渢he world鈥檚 fastest growing鈥� religion. 鈥淪aint Death鈥� first appeared only 12 years ago, in the Mexico City barrio of Tepito, and is now a first line of protection for worshippers in danger zones. (Almost 80,000 Mexicans have been killed in drug-related violence since 2006, Vice reported.) Said an author who has studied the religion, 鈥淧eople feel more comfortable asking (Santa Muerte) for favors they probably shouldn鈥檛 ask a Catholic saint for.鈥�

Mmmm, Omelets! A crash of three tractor-trailers on Interstate 24 near Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Nov. 9 left a pileup of one truck鈥檚 load of eggs, another鈥檚 pallets of cheese, and the other鈥檚 boxes of meat.

A November story from Leigh-on-Sea, England, reported that a Senegal parrot (apparently feeling restive with its owners on holiday) managed to pick two locks on its cage and fly away. The second lock had been installed as insurance after an earlier lock-picking escape. Also, a missing African gray parrot was returned to its Torrance, California, owner in October after a hiatus 鈥� in which the parrot had learned to speak Spanish. On the other hand, a hungry 5-foot-long black rat snake in Verona, Pennsylvania, had to be saved by surgery after it failed to distinguish between chicken eggs in a coop (tasty) and a nearby ceramic egg (life-threatening organ failure).

Summer 鈥渃omfort food鈥� season is an opportunity Deep-Fried Candy Corn (in a base of crescent rolls) made its debut this year, along with the Double Donut burger (two beef patties piled with cheese and bacon between 鈥渂uns鈥� of glazed donuts