Jabba the Hutt ‘works as intern for Trump’
And other stories from the stranger side of life

Star Wars villain Jabba the Hutt and Spider-Man’s alter-ego Peter Parker have been named as interns in President Donald Trump’s annual economic report. The compilers of the 711-page Economic Report of the president tweeted to say the listings were a deliberate prank. “Did folks really think this was a mistake?!?” they asked.
Man from year 2300 saw dinosaurs
A time-traveller from the year 2300 says he has seen dinosaurs in the future. The man, named Roman, said: “Suddenly we heard a roar, a very loud voice. When we turned back we saw a mystical giant. That was a dinosaur, more than a hundred metres tall.” One online commenter said: “This is so unbelievably ridiculous.”
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