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In an unprecedented turn of events, a local golden retriever named Murphy arrived at the bottom of his email inbox on Wednesday, according to multiple sources.

“I didn’t even think that was possible,” says Jesse Hiscott, a friend of the dog. “He was down to five or six unread messages, and there was a good 30 minutes when no email was coming in. He saw his chance and took it.”

It didn’t last long. Within 10 minutes of “Inbox Zero,” Murphy’s screen began filling up with social media notifications and requests from his boss at work.

“It was good while it lasted,” Hiscott added. “I don’t think its brevity should diminish the accomplishment one bit.”

via @murphysgoldenlife

Puppy magician Petunia the Stupendous set a broadcast TV record last night with her televised escape special on FOX. The special drew an audience of 34.5 million viewers in the United States, making it the third-most watched television event of the year, just edging out the Oscars. It was the most widely viewed non-human magic special in the history of American television, by a fairly large margin.

“The previous record was held by Skittles the Magnificent, a hamster whose 1997 retirement show in Vegas was watched by 9 million people on CBS,” said Nielsen representative Allayn Brice. “Petunia shattered that record.”

Petunia, who got her start breaking out of kennels as a puppy, has captured the imagination of the country. Her rags-to-riches story is itself quite magical, and people can’t seem to get enough of it.

In addition to last night’s hour-long special, the pup is reportedly working on a biographical documentary directed by Oliver Stone, and is consulting on Now You See Me 3. If you missed last night’s event, don’t worry – it did so well that FOX plans to rebroadcast it in August.

Via catch3.

Via Medically.