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We bring you the most unusual, off-the-wall and occasionally laugh-out-loud headlines from this week.

• NY officials: Turkeys are now ‘status quo,’ and need to be ‘accepted’ by Staten Islanders → (Staten Island Advance)
• Willy Wonka Immersive Event Leaves Kids in Tears: “It Looks Like a Meth Lab” → (Hollywood Reporter)
• Woman loses £650,000 injury claim after being seen tossing Christmas tree → (The Guardian)
• ‘Totally cold’ is not too cold for winter swimmers competing in a frozen Vermont lake → (Associated Press)
• California waterfall becomes 'firefall' in rare phenomenon → (UPI)