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Quanisha Manago, 28, of Kershaw, South Carolina, got a special delivery on Feb. 13, but it wasn’t from Amazon. WHNS-TV reported that Lancaster County Sheriff’s officers were tipped off about a package coming Manago’s way with valuable contents: two large bricks of cocaine, weighing over 6 pounds. Working with other agencies, an undercover agent delivered the box to Manago’s home, then watched as she stored it in her car and started to drive away. That’s when she was arrested. Sheriff Barry Faile said the cocaine had a street value of more than $180,000. “Thanks to all who participated, it will never hit the street,” he said, adding the packaged was shipped from outside the United States.

Government In Action

— On Jan. 19 in Austin, Texas, Chris Newby was sleeping when “the whole house shook,” he said. “It sounds like a plane hit the house.” Instead, according to KXAN-TV, it was a car — an impaired driver barreled through Newby’s spare bedroom wall. “The entire room was just crunched,” he said. Ten days later, Newby received a letter from the city informing him that he was in violation of two codes: “One for having a hole in my house and one for having no window,” Newby said. The letter was dated the day of the crash and stipulated that he had 30 days to get repairs completed or face fines of up to $4,000 per day. “It felt tone-deaf to me,” he said. “I’m in violation for being a victim.” But Matthew Noriega, a division manager at the code department, said Newby has time: “If an extension is needed, we will give them that extension,” he clarified. Still,

Just looking for a few minutes of peace and quiet? You might be tempted to step inside the anechoic chamber at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, Oddity Central reported. However, even if you were allowed to try it, you might find it unbearable — it is the world’s quietest place, at -20.3 decibels. (Calm breathing clocks in at 10 decibels.) “As soon as one enters the room, one immediately feels a strange and unique sensation which is hard to describe,” said Hundraj Gopal, a speech and hearing scientist who helped design the chamber. “When you turn your head, you can hear that motion. The longest continuous time anyone has spent inside the chamber is 55 minutes,” Gopal said. Microsoft uses the room to test microphones, receivers, headphones and speakers.

GREAT ART!

Nick Stoeberl, 33, was awarded a Guinness world record in 2012 for the male with the longest tongue (3.97 inches), United Press International reported, and now he’s putting it to good use. Stoeberl, who’s been dubbed Lickasso, is making paintings with his organ, selling them for up to $1,200 each. The California man said he wraps his tongue in plastic wrap first, then plies his art on canvas. “Why not express myself through that medium?” he asked.

Bright Idea

Post-COVID, Carnival parades have resumed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and one unnamed man was ready to PAR-TAY! The Daily Mail reported that on Feb. 19, military police arrested a man wearing a 7-foot-tall penis costume and flip-flops; he had allegedly been chasing women in the city center and “acting suspiciously.” !

Across

1 Bell sounds

6 Headwear for the slopes

12 Dinner, e.g.

16 Truckload

19 Politico Palin

20 14th-century sculptor Andrea

21 Impala, e.g.

23 Pairs figure skater who won 10 consecutive world titles [2014]

25 Frozen cube producer

26 Figure skater Michelle

27 “Hack My Life” channel

29 Pooh creator

30 Stimulus for a reaction

34 “The Greatest” boxer [1996]

36 Spanish gold

37 Alley Oop’s girlfriend

40 “Please reply” abbr.

41 Barrett of Pink Floyd

42 Australian sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters [2000]

46 Fabled man?

50 Confounded

51 Tiny division of a min.

52 First female figure skater to land a triple axel in competition [1998]

56 Sportscaster Bob

Shot glass

TORCH-BEARERS

74 “As I see it,” to texters

75 O’er and o’er 76 Stared at 77 NHLer Bobby

78 “It comes — surprise ...”

79 It’s hit in a fiesta

81 Lavish dance

82 “Up in Smoke” persona

84 Phoenix Suns point guard who was the 2005 and 2006 NBA MVP [2010]

86 Not on time

Down

1 Sorority letter

2 Musical gift

3 Meyers of TV

4 Sri —

5 Wrap over the shoulders

6 Financial backer

7 Joke around

8 Lacks entity

9 What fur is

10 Per — (by the year)

11 Flawlessly

12 — tai

13 Slept in tents

14 Top players

15 Helping theorem 16 Writer Alice B. —

118 Hockey player voted Canada’s male athlete of witty women come together in this hilarious show leaving audiences happily ever laughter!