Some people feel like the pandemic has robbed them of this year so they've decided to opt-out of aging . . . they won't add a year to their age on their next birthday. And Macy's won't have Santa Claus at its store in New York City for the first time in almost 160 years.

The biggest science stories this week included NASA's plan to put a 4G cell network on the Moon . . . doctors in the Netherlands discovering a new organ in our head . . . and the shortest unit of time ever measured. A "zeptosecond" is one-trillionth of a billionth of a second.

A couple in Oklahoma met on a dating app earlier this week and went on a date . . . which turned into a high-speed police chase. It turns out the guy had a warrant and he was arrested on several charges. The cops let his date go . . . and we're assuming there's not going to be a second date.

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A shoplifter was in a police chase in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday . . . and at one point, he stopped for GAS. He managed to fill up before the cops got there, then he took off driving again for another hour. And there's no word on whether the cops EVER wound up catching him.

Two people in China recently went on a blind date . . . and the woman brought along 23 family members to test her date's generosity and see if he'd pay. Instead, he ran out on the $3,000 bill and the woman was stuck with it.

If you want to give out candy to trick-or-treaters this year, you should put a purple pumpkin in front of your house . . . that's a sign you're keeping the whole process coronavirus safe. And a Norwegian official who was responsible for bringing Daylight Saving Time to the country has apologized for making 2020 an hour longer.

OZZY OSBOURNE blames his recent health problems on a haunted doll he and his son JACK went to see a few years ago. He told Jack, quote, "You think it's [an effing] joke . . . Just look at what has gone on with me. You think it's a joke."

A dominatrix took a guy on a leash into a fancy grocery store in Los Angeles on Saturday. They were both wearing masks: She had a standard medical face mask, he was wearing a dog mask with a chain attached. And Hotels.com is renting out "Friendsgiving Island" for the week before Thanksgiving . . . it's a house on a private island off the coast of Florida.

Someone put together a spreadsheet which shows that every city TOM BRADY has lived in has had successful sports teams, and not just football. So, maybe he's a good luck charm?