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In the aftermath of the events at Charlottesville, it's clear that society needs to be paying closer attention to those who ascribe to the harmful ideology behind the far right. Organised by white supremacist groups, the Unite The Right rally was held on Saturday, August 12th to protest the removal…
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We've all used talcum powder at some point in our lives. Whether it is to stop your skin from rubbing and chafing, or you were just simply covered in the stuff when you were a kid, at some point we have all had a bottle of talcum powder patted onto…
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With over 350,000 new cases in the year 2014 and a new diagnosis occurring roughly every two minutes, it's very likely that we or someone we know will have to contend with cancer over the course of our lives. Around one in two people survive the disease for more than…
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Few things alive on Earth in 2017 are as awe-inducing and fearsome as a 17-foot-long crocodile. Longer than most cars, those prehistoric jaws are built to never let go once they've clamped down on a nice slab of human leg. A 17-foot saltwater crocodile is the biggest Queensland has seen…
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As adults, can we all just come together and admit that swearing is kind of brilliant? There are plenty of reasons that 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street was a popular movie, but one of them has to be the satisfaction of it being the most sweary film of all…
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Beards are like Marmite, you either love them or you hate them. Some people think that they're simply dirty attachments to a man's face, which simply act as a bib for chunks of spaghetti or cereal that drop in there throughout the day. Others, however, love them, and see them…
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As the stars of both Instagram and the E! Channel, the Kardashian women are among the most popular female celebrities out there today. Over the years, Kim, Khloe and Kourtney have graced our screens on shows like Keeping Up With The Kardashians, giving us plenty of memorable moments along the…
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Unfollowing people on social media is a serious business. Hitting that button means that you're effectively cutting off contact with a person. You're no longer interested in their social media presence, which, my God, pretty much means you're no longer interested in their existence period. When it comes to famous…
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Back in 2013, a lone shepherd working out on a farm in Argentina spotted something unusual. Underneath a rock, something was jutting out of the ground, looking out of place in the environment. On closer inspection, it seemed to be the bone of something monumentally big. Palaeontologists were brought in…
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Having only two mindsets; feverish obsession or blithe abandon, I worry about my ability to successfully raise a child. One the one hand, I will guard a particularly aesthetically pleasing piece of fruit with my life, petrified at the thought that someone other than myself might try to eat it.…
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It’s August, which means we’re nearing the end of festival season. By now, most of us will already have staggered through fields more muddy than the Somme circa 1917, have paid exuberant prices to sleep in a tent in the same clothes for a long weekend, and will have seen…
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Whether you believe him to be innocent or guilty, there's no denying that former footballer and actor OJ Simpson is one of the most infamous celebrities in history. It's hard to believe now, but there was a time when "The Juice" was considered untouchable. His career seemed to perfectly encapsulate…
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A social media post from a local roofer has gone viral after he told the story of a homeless man who was willing to help him and his colleagues out with a job, after they had bought him a tea in the morning and got chatting with him. JayJay Murray,…
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The dog my family had during my childhood never really had his own space. Sure, he had his own dog basket to sleep in, as well as a rug he liked to stretch and relax on - but these things weren't in his own private area. They were in corners…
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When I was around five years old, I got my very first pet in the form of a guinea pig. His name was Jamie, and although I was very excited to have him, the relative naivety shown by myself and my brother meant that we spent a lot more time…
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There are innumerable scenarios that might occur in a lift that all have the potential to descend into fisticuffs. A confined space is never the best place to badly fall out with someone; at the very least you've got to travel several floors together in tense, uneasy silence, at the…
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Today's eclipse provided remarkable insight into the lengths Donald Trump will go to prove fake news wrong. Don't look at the eclipse? Pffh. He'll gaze into the widening gyre, the circling drain of cosmic death, and he'll do it without silly glasses. Despite warnings from scientists, saying that the unnatural…
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Renovating your house is a monumental task. Personally, I couldn't get further away from the do-it-yourself craze, but there are some people out there who are extremely talented with this stuff. And once you've seen the examples from this list, you will want to track down whoever is responsible and…
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Being an actor must be a strange old job. One minute you're just being yourself in your family home, the next minute you have to completely transform your image, character and lifestyle in order to get into part. You see some extreme transformations throughout the world of acting, whether it's…
