New York Post

Weird BUT true

- David K. Li, Wires

Fake news has even made it to the toy section.

Fisher-Price had to take to Twitter to debunk reports that it had developed a barthemed playset for toddlers.

An image of a phony Fisher-Price “Happy Hour Playset” was making the rounds on Instagram. The picture showed toddlers standing at a pretend bar, with one posing as a bartender.

Massachuse­tts wildlife authoritie­s captured an incredibly rare white fox — which probably has genetic ties back to the 19th century, officials said.

The animal’s white hue comes from an 1800s practice of breeding foxes to come up with desired colors for pelts.

Residents in the Boston exurb of Franklin reported seeing the fox fearlessly sitting on porches waiting to be fed, leading wildlife officials to theorize it might have once been someone’s pet.

Now the fox will spend its days at a sanctuary for exotic animals.

An abandoned, 25-foot recreation­al vessel — with 2,400 pounds of marijuana on board — washed up on a beach near San Clemente, Calif., authoritie­s said.

Street value of the contraband is about $1.2 million, customs officials said.

The spirit of Christmas was alive and well at a Walmart in Everett, Pa.

A “Secret Santa” picked up the bill for nearly 200 shoppers who had purchased gifts on layaway.

Manager Ryan Kennedy said he received a call from a mysterious person identified only as “Santa B” who offered to pay off all $46,265 worth of layaway items.

No biological clock can keep this bird down.

A Laysan albatross is about to be a mom again at the ripe young age of 66.

Wisdom, the oldest breeding bird in the wild, delighted staff at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii by laying a new egg despite her advanced age. She has already had a few dozen chicks.

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