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Tuba Players Collide in High School Marching Band The Lake Travis High School marching band in Texas lost just about their whole big brass section after two tuba players collided, denting both instruments and causing a six-sousaphone pileup. No one was hurt. The tuba players rolled to their feet and kept on playing.

Fast Food Drive - Thrus Getting Slower How fast is your fast food? Not as fast as it used to be. According to a 2013 Drive-Thru Performance Study conducted for QSR Magazine, fast-food drive-thru lines are getting slower. McDonald's clocked the slowest drive-thru speed in 15 years at 3 minutes, 9 seconds. Wendy's was the fastest at 2 minutes, 14 seconds and Chik-fil-A was slowest at 3 minutes, 23 seconds. It turns out that 70 percent of fast food business is now drive-thru.

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Surf City Surf Dog Competition in California The quirkiest competition in America took place Sunday. The fifth annual Surf City Surf Dog Competition kicked off in Huntington Beach, Calif. There are four weight classes from under 20 pounds to more than 60. The pups can even surf together with humans. Some even surfed facing backward.