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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to todayâs edition of web_crawlr.Â
Our top stories today are about: A cat helping someone find out her husband was cheating, air traffic control audio being released from the D.C. plane and helicopter crash, how actress Anne Hathaway became the mascot for getting fired over Zoom, and how Google Maps will honor Trumpâs âGulf of Americaâ order when the government actually implements it.Â
After that, Alexandra shares with you her pick for âMain Character of the Week.âÂ
Also: Itâs Friday, which means it is time for our weekly news quiz! Scroll down to answer the question. If you guess correctly, you might win a Scrolling In The Deep shirt.Â
See ya tomorrow!Â
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⥠Today in Internet Culture
đ CATCH A CHEATER
âThis is how you discover heâs having an affairâ: Womanâs cat turns green. Then she finds damning evidence in her husbandâs phone
Reddit is a helpful forum for all kinds of thingsâŠincludingâaccording to one viral postâdiscovering a spouseâs infidelity.
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đ VIRAL
Air traffic control audio captures chilling moment of D.C. plane and helicopter crash
Newly released air traffic control audio captures the moment when an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided over the icy waters of the Potomac River.
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đ» MEMES
How Anne Hathaway became the mascot for getting fired over Zoom
Anne Hathaway Zoom memes center around a screenshot of the actress from a TV appearance paired with jokes about basic white women or HR professionals in a workplace.
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đșïž TECH
Google Maps will honor Trumpâs âGulf of Americaâ orderâwhen the government actually implements it
Google pledged to change Google Maps to reflect President Donald Trumpâs renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the âGulf of Americaâ and his reverting Mount Denali in Alaska to Mount McKinley.
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By Alexandra Samuels
Contributing Reporter

Main Character of the Week:Â The woman who noticed something was up with Olive Gardenâs breadsticks
Main Character of the Week is a weekly column that tells you the most prominent âmain characterâ online (good or bad). It runs on Fridays in the Daily Dotâs web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get this column a day before we publish it, subscribe to web_crawlr, where youâll get the daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.
đžïž Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ânet.
đ„ This customer expressed his frustration with the quality of the drinks at his local bar. Now, people are coming for him.
đ§ A user on TikTok has ignited a discussion after claiming that the Tillamook Sharp Cheddar Cheese she recently purchased âainât even real cheese.â Hereâs why she thinks that.
đ Fish often comes in vacuum-sealed packaging, but you could end up six feet under if you donât prepare it correctly. Thatâs according to a food scientist who posted a viral social media clip thatâs accrued 1.5 million views.
â A Starbucks customer ordered two tap waters and then was charged for âcustom tea.âÂ
đ€ AI is proving that it can do more than just take peopleâs jobs and contribute to global warming. Itâs also capable of solving complicated ethical hypotheticalâand getting a laugh.Â
đ©ș From the Daily Dot archive: Can you trust doctors posting online?
đ€ł Todayâs Viral Video
What would you do if your new plant started raining bugs?
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