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The worst college football team in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) just became one of the most interesting and promising ones. And the bizarre story of the UMass Minutemen is just getting started.
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The most infamous full diaper in American political history takes its show on the road, renaming parts of other countries and throwing a temper tantrum visible from space. These 60+ memes respond.
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