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Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.

Hey, did you read:

• The latest evidence that people are more racially biased when they’re economically distressed? —Mick Dumke

• That Eric Cantor outspent David Brat $5.7 million to $231,000? (But Brat had God on his side, the victorious Brat says.) —Steve Bogira

• That Russia’s culture ministry has condemned a puppet show because it depicts what the bureaucrats regard as a gay relationship between a boy and his pillow? —Tony Adler

• Everything you ever wanted to know about iced coffee? —Aimee Levitt

• The Onion’s version of Buzzfeed? —Leor Galil

• McSweeney’s version of a Buzzfeed quiz? —Aimee Levitt

• That Willis Earl Beal left XL Recordings? —Leor Galil

• This list of every tour that Morrissey’s ever canceled? —Luca Cimarusti