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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. 

Our top stories today are about: A customer’s truly bizarre discovery on their Olive Garden breadsticks, a woman going viral after comparing the price of her Starbucks drinks from just two years ago, how Matt Gaetz pivoted to Cameo after backing out of a role in the next administration, and how a recent Wicked interview has become a meme. 

After that we are trying something different. Some of our long-time subscribers might remember our “That One Sound” column, but newer readers might not. We’re going to be featuring it again over the next few weeks, but we want to know from you—do you want to see more of it? Let us know down below. 

Anyway, enough from me. See you tomorrow! 

— A.W. 

Today in Internet Culture

WTF
‘Even Olive Garden concerned’: Olive Garden customer gets breadsticks. Then they take a closer look

“Guys, why is there letters on my Olive Garden breadstick?”

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YIKES
‘My mind was blown’: Woman finds Starbucks receipt from 2021. She can’t believe what the specialty drinks used to cost

One coffee lover was taken aback by how much more expensive her go-to specialty drinks have become over the years.

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VIRAL POLITICS
‘Rock bottom’: Matt Gaetz is dishing out career advice on Cameo—after nuking his own

After backing out of potentially serving in President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet, Matt Gaetz pivoted to Cameo, a website where celebrities are paid to make videos for fans. 

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POP CULTURE
Fans are spellbound by this utterly unhinged, tearful ‘Wicked’ interview

A Wicked interview clip with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande almost crying over “Defying Gravity” is fast becoming a meme.

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By Charlotte Colombo
Contributing Reporter

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Crawling the Web

Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.

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A man says Navy Federal Credit Union closed down his account without any warning or notice, and that he’s now out $21,000.

This server confronted a woman outside of the bathroom after a woman only tipped her 9%.  

Do you know the secret Home Depot price meanings?

A woman is going viral on TikTok after sharing the story of how a Days Inn worker repeatedly snuck into her hotel room without her permission. 

From the Daily Dot archive: How a Sims 2 fan forum became an unwitting safe space for queer creatives.

Question of the Day

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