💬 Quoted…​​ “We hope to show that every dog is beautiful no matter how ugly they might first appear.”

A UK-based custom printing company called Parrot Prints has launched a new competition to find Britain’s ugliest dog, with founder Matt Dahan saying the seven finalists – three pictured above – were “the ones who made our eyes hurt when we looked at them.”

• For a grand prize, the eventual winner will receive a doggie makeover, plus a photoshoot with their owner.

🥚 Stat of the Day: The average price of a dozen eggs in the US rose 66 cents last month to reach $4.25, its highest level since the Fed started tracking that data in 1980. (Background: Why eggs are so darn eggs-pensive)

🤯 Did You Know?... The first known instance of a job resume was written in the early 1480s by Leonardo da Vinci, who was applying to become a military engineer for the de-facto ruler of Milan.

📖 Worth a Read: The eerie emptiness of 'Britain's Area 51' → (BBC Future)