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Weird BUT true

- Natalie Musumeci, Wires

Word of mouth is spreading about this Georgia dentist.

That’s because Dr. Val Kolpakov, of Apharetta, has set a bizarre new Guinness record — for having the largest collection of toothpaste.

His 3,000-tube collection includes different brands and flavors — including pickle and cupcake — and vintage and novelty pastes.

AWisconsin man called 911 looking for . . . love.

Benjamin Duddles, 47, dialed the Waukesha Police Department four times in 37 minutes on Jan. 21, and propositio­ned male and female dispatcher­s, authoritie­s said.

Duddles asked a man if he wanted to “fool around,” and a woman if she wanted to “spend some quality time together” before cops busted him at his home, police said — adding that, yes, he was intoxicate­d.

What a ssscary couch potato. A Kansas resident found a 6-foot-long boa constricto­r hiding in his couch.

Butler County firefighte­rs, including Deputy Fire Chief Melvin Linot, their unofficial “resident snake charmer,” were able to “wrangle” the snake out. So far no one has said the reptile is their missing pet.

This octopus is a real “cuddlefish.”

When diver Julia Casey approached for a photo in Port Phillip Bay in southern Australia, the mollusk wrapped her face in a tentacled embrace — an image that’s gone viral on social media.

“When a huge Maori Octopus wants a kiss what do you do??? You let her kiss you,” Casey captioned the shot.

Scientists mapping the world’s longest cave system in Kentucky discovered the fossilized head of a huge shark thought to be up to 340 million years old.

The find at the 400-mile Mammoth Cave National Park drew paleontolo­gist John-Paul Hodnett, who said, “My mind was blown” by the lower jaw, skull cartilage and teeth from the ancient shark the size of a great white, possibly up to 21 feet long.

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