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A man is going viral after he shared a snap of himself in the pool with a stranger he met during his holiday.

The tourist, who goes by Sean Douglas Mcardle on Reddit, is smiling in the pool wearing a cap and dark-rimmed sunglasses.

However, next to him is a man who looks like his identical twin, despite the fact he just met him in the Vegas pool. His doppelgänger also sported similar facial stubble, glasses and hat.

“I wasn’t convinced until now … we are definitely in a simulation,” Sean posted on Reddit alongside the photo.

“Today I randomly swam past my doppelseaner (sic) at the Flamingo pool in Vegas.”

People were shocked by the strange encounter, with many also suggesting they looked like the brothers of famous actor Seth Rogen.

“The glasses are the

The holiday shopping season is getting off to an earlier start this year as consumers stung by high inflation attempt to stretch their budgets.

Driving the news: Walmart unwrapped its annual top toy list Tuesday, nearly a month earlier than last year, with the addition of a new budget-friendly category — toys under $25.

• The majority of the 55 toys on the list can be purchased or preordered online.
• Like in past years, Walmart’s list includes Lego, Hot Wheels and Barbie toys along with trending products from Cocomelon, LOL Surprise and Magic Mixies.
• Walmart said the list includes “more Rollbacks on toys” to give consumers “deeper savings” on top of “everyday low prices.”

The big picture: Expect the toy wars to heat up this year with Macy’s adding Toys R Us shops to every store by Oct. 15.

By the numbers: Online prices declined by 1% in July, compared with

It’s almost September, which means the holidays are creeping up on us — and for Netflix, that means a lot of movies. The streamer just released its schedule for holiday film releases in 2022, and it’s led by a pair of big sequels in Enola Holmes 2 on November 4th and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery on December 23rd.

Elsewhere, the streamer has some notable animated features, like Guillermo del Toro’s take on Pinocchio (December 9th), Henry Selick and Jordan Peele’s Wendell & Wild (October 28th), Drifting Home (September 16th) from Studio Colorido, and My Father’s Dragon (November) from the studio behind Song of the Sea and Wolfwalkers. Other titles to watch out for include Noah Baumbach’s post-apocalyptic White Noise (December 30th) and a musical adaptation of Matilda (December 25th), which is part of a big financial bet from Netflix on the Roald Dahl catalog.

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