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The comedy4cast Network. Let's dog-ear that for now.

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This is comedy4cast, Episode 794. It takes two.

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And two. And two.

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It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting. A call for podcasters to

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try to put out a podcast every day in August.

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For more information and to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.

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Here at the comedy4cast Studios, we've been working on a new format for this year's Dog Days.

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Sure, like in years past, there will be an actual odd news story,

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but that's not all. So, let's get started with Odd News Plus.

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Here are our stories for Friday, August 2nd, 2024.

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First up, it's Friday, and that means it's Pizza Friday.

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Did you know that the first Pizza Friday was kind of a mistake?

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Giovanni Pepperoncini, often cited as the creator of this worldwide phenomenon,

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originally wanted it to be Pizza Thursday. 

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But by the time he got his friends to all agree on which restaurant to go to,

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and then talked his girlfriend out of ordering a Hawaiian pizza,

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and then Cousin Phil decided to begin the meal with an appetizer of breadsticks,

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even though that made no sense, I mean, it was just more dough.

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Well, by that point, it was Pizza Friday.

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Now, let's get to our actual for-real odd news story.

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This past June, moving on to high school was a big deal in Needham, Massachusetts.

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That's because 23 sets of twins graduated eighth grade at the Pollard Middle School.

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Another student, who was also a twin, was part of the graduation,

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but her brother attends a different school.

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I'm guessing the twin that graduated from Pollard Middle School was like,

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Like, ugh, Brayden, he's such a loser.

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I think being a twin is cool, but Brayden hates it. He says it makes everything too competitive.

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But he would say that, since he's like a whole five minutes younger than me.

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Loser! The school gave a special shout-out to the 23 sets of twins during the

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so-called moving-up ceremony.

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Although, I could see some parents getting upset if the principal started throwing

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in things like, You're the high school's problem now.

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I'm having a drink, and I can assure you it won't be a double.

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And you know there had to have been some teachers in a panic,

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worrying that they gave the wrong twin a passing grade.

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They all wear matching outfits. It's too confusing. Where's my drink?

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According to the National Center

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for Health Statistics, twins account for about 3% of births in the U.S.

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But in this case, twins made up about 10% of the 8th grade class. Pretty impressive.

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Until I came across this story.

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Because right around the same time those 23 sets of twins were graduating 8th

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grade in Massachusetts, Over

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in Ohio, the Cleveland Clinic was caring for seven sets of newborn twins.

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So Finnegan, Theodore, Reed, Elliot, and the rest, I look forward to covering

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your eighth grade graduation in 2037.

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Where's my drink?

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And finally, coming up this weekend on Odd News Plus, pulling into a parking

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space or backing into a parking space? Which is better?

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We found out by turning over the car keys to 20 lab mice.

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Spoiler, it did not go well. Turns out they couldn't see over the steering wheel.

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On the plus side, we got plenty of viral video content.

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But Squeaky, you will be missed.

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That about wraps it up for today's Odd News Plus. A big thanks to the 

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comedy4cast patrons for helping make this show possible.

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Story, voices, and original music by Clinton Alvord. Copyright 2024.

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All rights reserved. Talk to you next time. But for now, that's it.

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We're done, done, done, done, done. Bye-bye.

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Music.