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Good grief: New exhibits at museums in Ohio and California are celebrating the upcoming centenary of the birth of Charles “Sparky” Schulz, the man who created the comic strip Peanuts. At its height Peanuts ran in more than 2,600 newspapers worldwide. https://t.co/YX5DNPCHaE #odd

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Child's play: An emergency call made by a 4-year-old New Zealand boy asking for police to come over and check out his toys prompted a real-life callout and confirmation from an officer that the toys were, indeed, pretty cool. https://t.co/rVEt5jkr1C #odd

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Complete: A rare football card featuring Tom Brady in the year he won his first Super Bowl has sold for $118,000 at auction. The 2002 Topps Finest X-Fractor card was one of only 20 featuring Brady, who won his first Super Bowl on Feb. 3, 2002. http://apne.ws/ivdJTEe #odd

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Sea tunes: Hundreds of people spent time below the waves for a music festival off the Florida Keys listening to The Beatle’s “Yellow Submarine,” the theme to "The Little Mermaid" and other ocean-themed songs. https://t.co/qeoTQ5rjIa #odd

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The owner of a rural English pub says he was asked to change the bar’s name by a fashion magazine because of the village where it’s located: Vogue. Publisher Conde Nast later struck a pose of contrition. https://t.co/K39KBdgBVD #odd