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5 Movies About Dogs That Are Actually Funny

Strays, the new R-rated comedy about a litter of potty-mouthed dogs who embark on an adventure to exact revenge on an animal-hating, dog-abandoning scumbag played by Will Forte, has been catching strays from critics who very much don’t like it. (That’s our attempt at a Strays pun without making it dog-related — you know, so we can pretend that we’re above such things.) Even with comedic star power like Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx, Paste went so far as to say it should have been “put down.” (Woof — okay, we couldn’t help ourselves.)

Anyway, it’s not that dogs can’t be funny on-screen. Just that Strays isn’t particularly good at it. Here are five hilarious movies with a heavy canine emphasis as proof…

31 Super Weird Governments Projects That Actually Happened

Governments do some weird stuff sometimes — both in a good and a bad way. That said, we can probably all agree that CIA-run LSD brothels are probably not the best way to spend taxpayer money. Let’s take a loot at that and 30 other weird government projects below…

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