About a week ago, the UK tabloid the Daily Star set up a livestream of a head of lettuce wearing a blonde wig. They pasted on googly eyes, slapped on a large grin and named it Lizzy. The idea was to see if the unrefrigerated vegetable outlasted Prime Minister Liz Truss’s term in office. Spoiler alert: It did. Host Carol Hills has more.
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