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When we think of Zubaz today, “utilitarian” probably isn’t the first word that pops into our heads.

Ethan Trex




Focus Features

From four-legged movie stars to heroic rescue dogs, some of history's most amazing pooches were adopted from shelters.

Jennifer M Wood






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You would never know from his books that Goosebumps and Fear Street author R.L. Stine used to write joke books for kids under the name Jovial Bob Stine

Erin McCarthy