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Weird BUT true

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His logic blows. A Texas man who was convicted of four DWIs tried to overturn his prison sentence by insisting Breathalyz­er-centric laws discrimina­te against alcoholics.

Ralph Alfred Friesenhah­n, of San Antonio, said the state’s 0.08 blood-alcohol limit is unfair to drunks because they have higher tolerances and can function normally on that much booze.

An Austin appeals court judge didn’t buy it.

Doctors treating a growth on a California boy’s elbow sliced it open — and found a live snail inside.

Dr. Albert Khait, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Loma Linda University in Los Angeles, said the 11-year old had scraped his elbow in a tide pool at a nearby beach, and a mollusk egg was likely embedded under his skin.

The boy decided to take the checkered periwinkle marine snail home as a pet.

Angry parents are boycotting the new kids’ movie “Peter Rabbit” for what they call “allergy bullying.”

The movie features a scene in which a group of bunnies pelts allergic farmer Tom McGregor with blackberri­es, sending him into anaphylact­ic shock. One mom called the scene “aggravated assault.”

Sony Pictures apologized.

These pests deserve each other.

California thieves broke open a mailbox and swiped a package — which was filled with 500 cockroache­s.

Rosalinda Vizina, an entomologi­st from Seaside, said the roaches were for a study. “I hope they went everywhere,” she said.

There’s such thing as too nice, Canada.

A Canadian woman spotted a burglar breaking into her house — but instead of fighting back, she gave her a hug and some cookies.

Leah Ross, from Winnipeg, returned home to find her door open and the 17-year-old wearing her jacket and watch.

Ross gave the teen ginger snaps and eggnog. They have since become unlikely friends.

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