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BOSTON (AP) — It was the year of Rhode Iceland and Rattlesnake Island. Of 40-year-old Twinkies, clown wars and pizza offered as ID.

And let's not forget this udder nonsense: texting cows.

File 2016 in New England under "W'' for wacky. Your guide to some of the weirder stories that left us scratching our heads, laughing out loud or both:

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CAN I SEE YOUR PIE D?

A Massachusetts student became a national punchline after she tried to use a slice of pizza as a form of identification to get into a college town bar — then slapped the bouncer when he refused her entry. Monkey Bar co-owner Rasif Rafi...