Five Jokes: 9-2-2024

California's Wildfire/Housing Crisis Limbo, A Mysterious Sound From Space, Working Americans' Fear Of Retirement, The Doughnut Beneath The Earths Surface, and The Death Of A Potential Spy Whale

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• California’s housing scarcity and wildfire crises are on a collision course that has left residents and developments in limbo. Or, if you prefer reading headlines as memes:

  

• US astronaut Barry Wilmore called NASA ground crew on Saturday, asking for help with a repetitive knocking sound that was coming from the Boeing Starliner craft.

  Goes to show that even in space, you can’t escape Jehovah’s Witnesses.

• According to a national survey, about 61% of working Americans are more afraid of retiring than of dying. Perfect timing for the upcoming launch of Fear Factor: 401K.

  

• Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown doughnut-shaped region within Earth's outer core, offering new insights into the dynamics of the planet's magnetic field — and hope that we can reverse it enough for America to stop running on Dunkin’.

Finally…

• Animal lovers—and, perhaps, intelligence officials—are mourning the loss of Hvaldimir, a beluga whale and alleged “Russian spy” who was found dead in the waters off Risavika, a port city in southwest Norway. The whale’s friends and enemies wish it peace as it “swims with the fishes.”

  

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