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USA: It was a caffeine-charged Hollywood whodunnit:

QUIRKY WORLD ... A daily look at some of the world’s stranger stories

Who created the ‘Dumb Starbucks’ coffee shop that popped up and started serving free drinks from the corner of an otherwise uncelebrated California shopping centre?

After several days of speculation, the news came: The shop was a Canadian comedian’s publicity stunt. Nathan Fielder told a crowd he was pursuing the “American dream” — before acknowledging that he planned to use it on his Comedy Central show Nathan For You.

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