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It was revealed that the Canadian government had spent nearly $670,000 on consultants to advise them on how to save money on consultants. A town in Saskatchewan debated whether it should change its slogan from “Land of Rape and Honey.”

A factory robot crushed a man to death after mistaking him for a box of vegetables. It was reported that in India, a surgeon left the operating theater before completing his work because he was angry that he had not been served tea. “It’s been a hell of a year,” said a man who is suing doctors he accused of failing to find his appendix and removing part of his colon instead.

Much more in TFA.