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Food allergies have the potential to be utterly devastating to those unfortunate enough to suffer from them. The number of individuals who suffer from food allergies has been rising for some years now, and Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) estimates that roughly 15 million Americans now have food allergies.…
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For those of you who don't know, a baby shower is a celebration of the upcoming birth of a child. It's a common tradition in the United States, and is usually a woman-only affair, as the expecting mother is showered with baby-related gifts by her close friends and family. It's…
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History is full of inspiring moments where people who once despised one another came to cooperate for a greater good. Black Americans have usually been the heroes of such stories. W.E.B. DuBois famously argued in WWII that black people had to place racism aside for the moment and agree to…
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We've all heard legendary stories of impossible human survival. There was the story of an American railway worker who had a steel pole fired through his head, lodged in his brain, and yet he survived for decades afterward. There are farmers who have had hiccups for 60 years, and who…
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It's remarkable that in 2017, calling out Nazis has become a controversial political stand. Everyone from Ted Cruz to Mitt Romney has come out denouncing Nazis in unambiguous terms, leaving only Donald Trump to remain obsessed with comparing Antifa to Nazi protestors. Of course, political violence leads nowhere. But we…
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Eight days. That's all that lies between us and the monumental match of a lifetime between UFC champion Conor McGregor, who is stepping into the boxing ring to take on the undefeated champ coming out of retirement, Floyd Mayweather. Although there are doubts over whether McGregor can successfully make the…
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As a certified dog obsessive, I can tell you that given a good home each and every dog can become as caring, adorable, and loyal as you would could ever hope. Yet when you make the decision to get one, there is always going to be some debate in the…
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I'm sure that I'm not the only one who fantasised about being a secret agent as a child. Dressed inconspicuously yet stylishly, I envisaged my heroic - yet stoically silent - missions in some far flung exotic locale, my eyes shielded from the sun by a pair of opaque incognito…
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There are a lot of issues couples have to deal with over the span of a relationship, and things can become even more difficult once they have said their wedding vows. Over time, we all learn more about each other, for better or for worse. You may discover things about…
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Although every human being is completely unique, there are groups of people that look eerily similar. Most of the time, those people are twins or triplets, their physical appearances bound together by the similarity of their genetics. Sometimes, two people look alike that have no business looking alike, and the…
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If you have spent any time on Twitter following the abominable events that occurred in Charlottesville last week, you will know there's a fair amount of chaos right now. Especially after Donald Trump's widely-criticised comments on the "alt-right" at a press conference in Trump Tower, where he remarked that "there…
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The Kardashian clan have been sailing through some decidedly turbulent waters of late. 2017 started off on something of a sour note for the family when Kendall Jenner became embroiled in a furious backlash for her part in an entirely regrettable Pepsi advertising campaign. The commercial depicted Jenner joining a…
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One thing that's pretty much universal about human beings is that we all have the innate ability to say things that we're certain aren't true. Your average toddler will have learned how to lie before he or she learns how to use a toilet or tie their shoe properly, while…
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Five terror suspects have been shot dead after Spanish police intercepted a vehicle which was swerving into pedestrians in the town of Cambrils. This is the second attack to hit Spain in the last 24 hours. Another van atrocity took place in Barcelona yesterday evening wherein a white Fiat van…
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As we get older, many aspects of our lives will inevitably change. Gone are the days of blithe social abandon, of sunny days playing in the park and alcohol-fulled nights in city bars. Instead, keeping in touch with friends and loved ones as we move further into old age becomes…
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Plagued with some convoluted and downright nonsensical grammatical and spelling rules, the English language is notoriously difficult to learn. I mean, without some heavy-duty proofing, you could fall victim to embarrassing yourself in an important work email on account of a rogue apostrophe or semicolon, and really... who needs that?…
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Are psychics real? It's an interesting question. I've never believed in psychic powers. To me, it doesn't matter what you call yourself, whether it's a soothsayer, fortune-teller, medium or prognosticator, I simply don't believe that the power of faith or the energy of the mind makes one capable of bending…
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Four terror suspects have been killed following a shootout with police at a beach resort just south of Barcelona. Yesterday's attacks left 13 people killed after a driver smashed down Las Ramblas, one of the busiest tourist streets in Spain. The attack forced Spain to raise their terror warning to…
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This is a routine move for ISIS, which seeks to appear as powerful as possible, and so attaches its name to every instance of violence related to the Arab-African world. Still, this indicates the attack was terror, whether homegrown or foreign-abetted.
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One of the suspects of today's horrific car-attack in Barcelona has been killed during a police shootout as he attempted to flee the Spanish city. Local newspaper La Vanguardia says the suspected terrorist died after fleeing central Barcelona. He allegedly drove through a police barricade injuring at least one officer before being…
