Weird But True

Weird but true

President Obama won more than another four years in the White House.

Yale scientists have named a newly discovered extinct lizard “Obamadon gracilis.’’

Obamadon means straight teeth, like the president’s. Gracilis means it’s slender.

But Obama wouldn’t have a prehistoric namesake today had he lost.

“It would have looked like we were kicking him when he’s down if we named this extinct lizard after him,’’ said paleontologist Nick Longrich.

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A cop in Plano, Texas, caught a man driving with an expired registration — and handed him more than a ticket.

The driver told the officer, “I don’t have the money. It was either feed my kids or get my registration done.’’

The cop folded up the summons and put it in an envelope. When the driver opened it, he also found a $100 bill.

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Meanwhile, in upstate Guilderland, a woman handed an envelope to a cop, who was shocked to find $1,000 and a holiday card thanking him for doing a good job.

Cops can’t accept such gifts. Now officers are looking for the woman, who didn’t sign her name, to ask which charity they should give the money to.

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What’s a typo when you’re in love?

A farmer in Deer Park, Wash., proposed in writing to his girlfriend, Jody, but accidentally made the “J’’ face the wrong way.

It’ll be hard to correct. He used a tractor to cut the message into a cornfield.

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Christmas shopping is all about dollars and scents.

Researchers at Washington State University found certain smells make customers spend more money.

People exposed to simple scents, such as citrus or pine, spent 20 percent more than those in a store with either no scents or “complex’’ ones they can’t identify.