Will Ferrell's iconic Elf costume sold to one lucky fan for staggering price at an auction. Meanwhile, the U.K.'s phone regulator says it will keep thousands of the nation's famous red public phone kiosks in service, despite a sharp drop in demand. Plus, a town in Denmark has been paying $150,000 to have a bulldozer remove seaweed and plastic from a popular Beach twice a week during the summer – only to take the waste a few yards deep into the sea and drop it back into the water.

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