What I’ve been reading this week: 3/26/17

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  • My city’s Sewerage District is brewing beer with treated waste water. “Initially, members of the treatment facility admit they were wary of tasting the beer.” Well, yeah. [WXOW]
  • “British parrot missing for four years returns speaking Spanish.” Do parrots even have study abroad programs? [Telegraph]
  • The Washington Post-mort on the American Health Care Act notes that the president “invited members to the White House for bowling sessions.” If I somehow ended up president, I’d spend my whole term down there at the White House bowling alley. [Washington Post]

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A Painting Chimpanzee Posed As A Modern Artist Named Pierre Brassau

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Drummer Hal Blaine Literally Left His Stamp On Popular Music

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Shock Rocker Alice Cooper Was Good Friends With Comedy Legend Groucho Marx

They were two celebs from two different generations, but actually had a lot in common.
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