Boston is not clowning around. When a city council candidate showed up at polling station dressed like a clown, concerned parents called the police. Pat Payaso thought it would be a fun way to engage voters (because his last name means clown in Spanish) but it didn't go over as planned. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
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It's officially fall. In case you haven't found a pumpkin spice product that you like, one company has created a spray to add some flavor to any item. Matt Cardy/Getty Images hide caption
Sloane Stephens of the U.S. celebrates after defeating compatriot Madison Keys during their Women's Singles final match at the 2017 U.S. Open. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Cracker Barrel has 645 locations throughout the United States, and after many, many trips Ray and Wilma Yoder have visited every single one. Frederick Breedon/Getty Images for Cracker Barrel hide caption
St. Louis Cardinals' Yadier Molina, left, celebrates after hitting a grand slam off Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Peter Moylan during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, in St. Louis. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
It's not recommended by anyone that you try to scale Philadelphia's City Hall, but that's also not to say that it's never been done. Mitchell Leff/Getty Images hide caption
You butter believe that people make sculptures out of the same stuff you put on your toast. In 2011, the Pennsylvania Dairy Industry rolled out their 1,000-pound "Butter Sculpture" depicting a dairy farmer providing milk to children playing. Bradley C Bower/AP hide caption
In China, it doesn't matter that Winnie The Pooh has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The chubby, little cubby was apparently banned in the country after comparisons were made between the bear stuffed with fluff and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Michael Buckner/Getty Images hide caption
Everyone knows the struggle of getting caught in the rain without an umbrella, but an umbrella share start-up learned the hard way that once you give someone an umbrella, they don't always return it. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images hide caption
Go ahead and serve your dinner guests carrots, but just don't call them carrots. Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A peacock walks into a liquor store and smashes $500 worth of alcohol in between ruffling some feathers. But really. Scott Halleran/Getty Images hide caption
Competitors tumble down Coopers Hill in pursuit of a round Double Gloucester cheese during the 2016 cheese rolling competition near the village of Brockworth, Gloucester. Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Forty years after The Dallas Morning News ran a review for the original Star Wars calling Chewbacca a "Wookie," the paper issued a correction noting that the spelling is actually Wookiee. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
Former President George W. Bush has been going to Texas Rangers games for years, but during a game on Wednesday he made a cameo in a segment FOX Sports reporter Emily Jones was taping, yelling "Hey!" as he walked by. Christian Petersen/Getty Images hide caption
If you're looking for a new piece of art to add to your apartment or house, you might just need to take a trip to the produce section at your local grocery store. Pierre Andrieu/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A sales clerk introduces a Darth Vader mask gilded with gold leaf, produced by Japan jeweler Ginza Tanaka in Tokyo. Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A law in Wisconsin bans the sale of baked goods unless the bakers have a license, but three women are trying to change that. Mike McGinnis/Getty Images for HumanaVitality hide caption
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said the company's competition isn't other streaming providers — it's sleep. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Barack Obama enjoyed some of Torchy's Tacos on one of his trips to Austin, Texas. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Can Britney Spears still stop traffic? They seem to think so in Tel Aviv. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia hide caption
Iceland's soccer team won over England 2-1 in the Euro 2016 round of 16 match on June 27, 2016. Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
After the Trump administration and British government announced that passengers flying into the U.S. and Britain on direct flights from a number of majority-Muslim nations must place most electronic devices in their checked bags, Royal Jordanian airlines released a list of 12 things passengers could do on a long flight without their favorite device. Khalil Mazraawi/AFP/Getty Images hide caption