Weird BUT true

Two University of Washington professors are petitioning their school to start a new class: Calling BS.

Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom hope to teach a course this spring, showing students how data and other forms of evidence can be twisted into false narratives.

They also want to show undergrads how to call out BS while “being careful not to attack people’s character,” according to West, who teaches data science.

He said it’s essential for students to be able “to identify BS.”

A van tumbled out of control on a highway in upstate Steuben County and rolled over into a ditch — with 100 puppies on board. But fear not, all is well. First responders pulled out the pups and they were all OK to continue their trip to local pet shops.

This is pee-cycling at its best.

The University of Michigan has installed new toilets in an engineering-school building that will funnel urine to a treatment center, turning it into fertilizer for the university’s botanical gardens.

School officials in Hull, Mass., were shocked — shocked! — that gambling was going on in one of their establishments.

Parent volunteers at Memorial MS were forced to scrap a Super Bowl pool intended to raise money for an eighth-grade dance because school bosses feared the fund-raiser would be seen as an endorsement of gambling.

Lan Diep held a Captain America shield as he took the oath of office for his new spot on the San Jose, Calif., City Council.

Diep, a Republican and avid comic-book fan, said Captain America is the “embodiment of America’s ideals.”

“These are the same ideals I hope to live up to as a representative of San Jose,” Diep said. “Plus, I had this really cool shield I wanted to show off.”