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As I approach my mid-late twenties, my life is starting to get more and more expensive. I am now reaching the age in which my friends are getting married, I'm paying rent, I'm splashing out on my pension and my student loan and I also happen to live in one…
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Last week, clubgoers at the Mokai Lounge in South Beach, Miami were treated to an unexpected evening of events when a huge white horse being ridden by a bikini-clad woman made its way onto the dancefloor. The Lady Godiva-type stunt didn't go down all too well, however, as - predictably…
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The United States has some of the worst gun crime statistics in the world. The country contains 5 per cent of the world's population, yet holds 31 per cent of its mass shooters. Between 1966 and 2012, there were 90 mass shootings in America, with the country with the nearest…
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Imagine becoming a household name overnight. One minute you're sitting there, living your normal workaday existence - and suddenly you're projected to worldwide stardom. While of course, fame comes with some pretty sizeable perks, there are also some massive negatives to having your face on billboards and your name plastered…
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It's a tragic truth that racism is an epidemic in our society. The deplorable idea that a person is somehow superior or inferior due to the color of their skin is something that has been around seen the dawn of time, and something that can regretfully still be found anywhere…
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Last month, a young lady by the name of Kaylee Muthart was found in front of a church, in the midst of a violent episode brought about by crystal meth. The 20-year-old had clawed out her own eyes, fighting off locals trying to help her in her state, and it…
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The average person doesn't really need to worry about exes too much. Once we cut someone out of our lives, it's very rare that we'll ever have to deal with them again. Sure, there's always one or two juicy stories on Reddit about unwitting romantics who bumped into their ex-partner…
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Whenever I get bored of the city and its breakneck, cutthroat day-to-day, I sometimes like to think of how different my life would be if I were a sailor. No longer would I have to squeeze into a crowded train or bus, with a thousand stresses fighting for my very…
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I wonder what it's like to be a Kardashian. Although there are plenty of people who pillory the socialite family for a number of reasons, what's clear to see is that with a multimillion-dollar empire (not to mention enough social media followers to populate a large European country), quite a…
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It's fair to say that Elon Musk is a pretty unique individual. As the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, with aspirations of one day taking us to the moon, Musk has overtaken Richard Branson as the archetypical ambitious billionaire who may or may not be a little bit bonkers. Of…
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In every romantic relationship, it's pretty much inevitable that there's going to be a massive difference in opinion somewhere down the line. It doesn't matter whether you're totally in love or if your values are completely aligned, there's going to be a disagreement at one point in your conscious coupling.…
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I don't know about you guys, but one item on my bucket list that I'll probably never be able to fulfill is the holy grail of kissing a celebrity on the mouth. Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro is definitely achievable, while I have high hopes that Elon Musk will figure out a…
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The human body is a wonderful thing, isn't it? Despite the fact that each of us starts out with two eyes, one nose, and a set of diverse organs, there are certain little quirks in each of us that are a reminder of the uniqueness in our sameness. For a…
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A small act of kindness can change a person's life. However, more often than not, these small acts of kindness never get recognised and the people who do them never truly know how much they affect the lives of others. Nonetheless, with the rise of the internet, no good deed in…
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Anyone will tell you that politics can divide friends and family, making what should be a pleasant dinner into a truly tense affair. Conflicts like these have been apparent for many Americans for centuries, but things have got more intense over the last couple of years. Even in the lead-up…
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Texting the wrong number can be really awkward. It's so awkward, in fact, that I always get a little worried if I'm texting someone for the first time for this very reason. Knowing the kind of weird in-jokes that can form between friends, sending one out of context message to…
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We all like to think that in an emergency we would be the calm and collected person whose quick-thinking saves the day. But the truth of the matter is that, when it comes down to it, no one knows exactly what they would do when a case of life or death…
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Another day, another insane conspiracy theory, eh? They may drive us crazy, but it wouldn't be the internet as we know and love it unless one person or another was throwing around some crazy new hypothesis, right? This week, fresh claims centre around a mysterious red X that appeared on…
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In the words of an age-old children's rhyme, in some relationships, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage. When we were growing up, receiving our very first kisses and staging fake wedding ceremonies on the school playground, this rhyme seemed like the way life…
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The murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman remain some of the most talked-about tragedies ever to take place. Despite OJ Simpson being acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in 1995, thousands of people, TV shows, books and articles have attempted to decipher the "truth", and more than 20…
