There are few things as distinctly American as ranch dressing, which had a moment in the international spotlight this summer when traveling soccer fans brought it home (or at least attempted to bring it home) as a World Cup souvenir from the States.
Also on that short list of spiritually red, white and blue tournament trinkets, however? A, um, taxidermied raccoon holding a bottle of whiskey. Yeah, that definitely makes the cut.
Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland, whose global profile rose tenfold after leading his country on a Cinderella run to the quarterfinals, arrived back in Scandinavia on Monday. And with him, he brought a stuffed trash panda, which is certainly not the trophy he was hoping to hold but scratches some sort of itch, no doubt.
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