Bottom of the News

“The costumes sold fast, so the next year he doubled down on the concept, leasing an out-of-the-way space in a nearby shopping mall and setting up what’s known today as a pop-up shop.” Bloomberg looks back at how Halloween stores conquered America.

+ McSweeney’s: “As you know, we recently expanded our Casual Fridays policy to include Casual Sexism Fridays. In addition to a more relaxed dress code, employees are now allowed to engage in mild discriminatory behavior (on Fridays only.)”

+ “While flying home, he said he was looking at the sky while everyone was sound asleep, some snoring, and he heard a voice that said ‘if you don’t stop epithets, I will bring this plane down now.'” Philippine leader Duterte says God told him to stop cursing. (In any other year, that would be crazy enough to top the news…)

+ And finally, the 1993 yearbook photo that predicted the Cubs would win the 2016 World Series.