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Weird but true

Last Updated: 4:39 AM, February 6, 2012

Posted: 12:51 AM, February 6, 2012

Want to celebrate Valentine’s Day by ending your romance?

The Bronx Zoo can help.

For just $10, you can name one of its 58,000 hissing cockroaches after your love.

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That’s fine for New Yorkers — but what do you do in England?

A supermarket chain is selling Valentine cards — which include an advertisement for the store — for the equivalent of 3 1/2 cents.

One customer posted on an Internet forum, “Would definitely send one of these to someone I didn’t like.’’

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And speaking of romance, be sure to check your partner’s political party.

A survey shows Democrats are attracted to people with a sense of humor, a sense of independence and a feeling of equality.

Republicans want mates with similar backgrounds who agree with their politics — and want to marry.

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Wonder why no little green men have visited from outer space?

They may just not be interested in us.

Florida mathematician Thomas Hair explains, “They’ve either passed us by or they stay around their home star systems and contemplate their navels . . . They don’t need a place like Earth.’’

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A London museum is running an art exhibit featuring works by elephants and apes.

Elephants, curators found, can create images that resemble trees and flowers, while apes do great abstracts.

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