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Drake is selling a candle that smells like ... Drake, and more of this week's weirdest news
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Drake is selling a candle that smells like ... Drake, and more of this week's weirdest news

  • Associated Press, CNN
  • Dec 5, 2020
  • Dec 5, 2020 Updated Jan 9, 2021
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Wanna make your house smell like Drake? Now you can.

Drake is selling a scented candle that smells like... Drake

The rapper has released a line of scented candles, one of which "actually smells like Drake."

Drake is selling a scented candle that smells like... Drake

Drake attends the LA Premiere Of HBO's "Euphoria" at The Cinerama Dome on June 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. He is releasing a candle that is scented like himself.

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

And according to the description from Revolve, the company he teamed with on the scent, the $80 candle emits a "Smooth musk fragrance is introspective as in an interpretation of your beautiful self, yet extrovertive as how you would want others to see your bold and brilliant self."

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This UK bar is posing as a church to get around pandemic rules

The Romans had Bacchus, the Greeks had Dionysus and the Aztecs, well they had Centzon Tōtōchtin: a hard-drinking gang of 400 rabbit gods.

This UK bar is posing as a church to get around pandemic rules

James Aspell pops the application in the post.

James Aspell/The Church of 400 Rabbits

The bunnies haven't had many prayers sent their way in recent years but, 2020 being what it is, a tequila bar in Nottingham, England, is trying to change that -- and rescue its business at the same time.

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The UK bar 400 rabbits is posing as a church to get around pandemic rules.

Courtesy James Aspell/The Church of 400 Rabbits
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Polish zoo captures rare mouse-deer birth on video

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A zoo in Poland says it's the first to have captured on video the birth of a rare Philippine mouse-deer, and everyone's hoping it's a male so it can help the endangered species breed.

The night birth on Nov. 10 at 2:24 a.m. at the Wroclaw Zoo was filmed by a camera in the stall. It has given experts some knowledge on the mouse-deer's birth process and the first actions of a newborn, including that it begins to nurse quite quickly.

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Lady Gaga and Oreo team up to 'spread musical messages of kindness' with limited-edition cookies

Lady Gaga has a sweet treat in store for her little (cookie) monsters.

Lady Gaga and Oreo team up to 'spread musical messages of kindness' with limited-edition cookies

The limited-edition cookies will be available in six-cookie packs at convenience stores starting in January. Fans can sign up for the "Lady Gaga x Oreo Stan Club" next month to be notified when the full-size packs are officially available, a spokesperson for Oreo told CNN.

OREO

The pop star partnered with Oreo to release a line of cookies inspired by her feel-good dance album "Chromatica."

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Lady Gaga and Oreo team up to 'spread musical messages of kindness' with limited-edition cookies

The packaging for the Lady Gaga Oreos is inspired by the singer's "Chromatica" album.

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Lady Gaga and Oreo team up to 'spread musical messages of kindness' with limited-edition cookies

Taking design cues from the 16-track album, the vanilla-flavored cookies are bright pink with green crème filling and feature various embossments inspired by the album.

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Cow rescued from swimming pool

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    BETHLEHEM, CT (WFSB) -- Firefighters rescued a wayward cow from a swimming pool in Bethlehem on Thursday.

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Firefighters rescued a wayward cow from a swimming pool in Bethlehem on Dec. 3.

Bethlehem Firefighters via WFSB
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'World's deepest' swimming pool opens in Poland

Scuba divers can plunge to brand new depths without setting foot in the ocean thanks to a multi-million dollar facility that's just opened in Poland.

With a depth of over 45 meters (around 148 feet) Deepspot is claimed to be the world's deepest swimming pool, containing 8,000 cubic meters of water -- more than 20 times the amount as a 25-meter pool.

'World's deepest' swimming pool opens in Poland

Deepspot features artificial underwater caves and Mayan ruins for divers to explore.

Courtesy Deepspot
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'World's deepest' swimming pool opens in Poland

Divers take the plunge at the world's deepest swimming pool, which launched in Poland last month.

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Astronauts harvest radishes grown aboard the International Space Station

Astronauts are harvesting fresh radishes grown in space, a delicious prospect that also could help seed food production efforts for longer-term missions to the moon and Mars.

Astronauts harvest radishes grown aboard the International Space Station

The Advanced Plant Habitat cultivates radishes, a plant that is nutritious, edible and has a short cultivation time.

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On Monday, NASA flight engineer Kate Rubins pulled out 20 radish plants grown in the space station's Advanced Plant Habitat, wrapping them in foil for cold storage until they can make the voyage back to Earth next year.

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Astronauts harvest radishes grown aboard the International Space Station

astronaut and flight engineer Kate Rubins checks out radish plants growing on the space station as part of an experiment to evaluate nutrition and taste of the plants.

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