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I don't know about you, but I spend a relatively lengthy period of time each day staring, dead eyed, at my own reflection in the mirror. There are several reasons for my doing, which I will not innumerate here, but the consequence is that I, rather like a writer who…
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Game of Thrones is such a massively successful, worldwide phenomenon at this point that it's kind of hard to find someone who isn't hooked on the show. With that level of interest from viewers across the globe, the anticipation for the final season is high, and it looks like we've…
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For a great deal of us, staying in shape is a constant struggle. We can try to eat healthily and go to the gym as often as possible, but - every now and then - we may end up dipping below/sneaking above our target weight. This isn't necessarily a terrible…
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The phrase 'ghosting' is a fairly well-known one on the dating scene these days, but for 27-year-old spiritual guidance counsellor Amethyst Realm it has a very different meaning. Amethyst, who hails from Bristol, England, has a supernatural sex life, and claims that she's been physically intimate with more than 20 different…
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Marvel claimed The Avengers: Infinity War was the most ambitious crossover event in history, which inspired a meme. People tweeted screenshots of other crossover moments from pop culture - when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles met the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, when Steve Urkel showed up Full House, when The Suite…
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It's been a rough year for Kanye West fans. On one hand, he produced five pretty good albums that came out five weeks in a row. On the other hand, he declared his support for president who frequently makes false claims and man with toilet paper stuck to his shoe,…
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James 'Whitey' Bulger, the notorious Boston gangster who was serving two life sentences for murdering 11 people, was killed Tuesday morning at a West Virginia prison. The death occurred just one day after his transfer. Officials at the US Penitentiary Hazelton say him unresponsive at 8:20am, and pronounced him dead after…
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We're often told that love can come in many guises and that none of us can prepare for the person we fall for. Indeed, while our society is a lot more open and tolerant towards romantic relationships that fall outside the 'traditional', it's clear that we still have a ways…
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When Julie Keith’s five-year-old daughter asked for a Halloween-themed birthday, little did they know that this would start a chain of events culminating in the release of some 160,000 people from forced labour camps on the other side of the world. Remembering a $29.99 box of Halloween decorations in her…
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A death row prisoner cracked a joke just moments before he was put to death for murdering a prison guard. Rodney Berget was killed by lethal injection last night for the 2011 murder of prison guard Ronald 'R.J.' Johnson. His execution was delayed for more than six hours as a last-ditch…
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When it comes to different kinds of meat, whether we're talking beef, lamb, pork or anything else, I feel like chicken is easily the least appealing of all the mainstream dead animals we eat on a regular basis. Unlike beef, you can't glean more flavour out of it by changing…
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While I love travelling to different countries and continents, I'm not a particularly big fan of the actual... travelling part. Sure, going to Cuba or to Cairo is a life-changing, incredible experience, but in a perfect world I'd like to snap my fingers and teleport there, instead of having to…
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Personally, I don't think that there's anything wrong with the burgers on offer at McDonald's and I personally don't think there's any expression of love more genuine than sharing fast food together, but that has to be the reason women don't call me back, right? Take it from me: if you…
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Losing weight is so tough, isn't it? At face value - in terms of cold, hard numbers - losing weight is a matter of making sure the calories you intake are smaller than the calories you consume. But in reality, that means plenty of exercise, careful planning, and eating at…
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It's a common stereotype that short people (and shorter men especially) tend to be a lot angrier and more confrontational than their taller counterparts. Indeed, I've often heard that shorter guys are more dangerous in a fight because they feel like they have more to prove. For many years, this…
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Celebrity relationships may sometimes seem perfect, but this never the case. Case in point, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's marriage. Recently, the seemingly perfect Hollywood couple opened up about the time their "marriage came crashing down," and things got emotional. During the latest episode of Jada's Facebook Watch series,…
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It's a fact that sometimes people on social media overshare things. I'm sure it's something that we've all experienced at one time or another. For the Instagram followers of Swedish naturist Maxinne Bjork, this moment might have come when she made the controversial decision to upload a nude selfie, in which she'd…
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HAven't you ever wanted to spend the rest of your life working with cute animals? A lot of people go down the route of becoming vets, but the problem is, that's a really hard job, and it can be pretty gross as well. When you have to deal with sick…
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Will Ferrell is best known for his roles in comedy movies - but in real life, you won't find him brainwashing a dim-witted model into assassinating a Prime Minister or spreading Christmas cheer in the big city dressed as an elf. Instead, you'll see him taking on more serious issues. In fact, if you live in Georgia,…
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Last Saturday, a lone gunman fueled by anti-Semitic rage killed eleven people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. It is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in United States history. Hours later, President Trump gave a speech at the annual Future Farmers Of America convention in…
