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With all the newfangled technology we have these days, it's easy to forget how different things were just a decade or two ago. Cell phones were still luxuries, DVDs seemed ridiculously advanced, and WiFi was pretty much magic. Now, however, internet access is pretty much treated like a human right,…
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Back in August 2016, Colin Kaepernick courted some significant controversy when he refused to adhere to one of the NFL's oldest traditions. Before every game, it's customary for both football teams competing to stand for the national anthem, but on this occasion, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback refused, citing the…
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The idea of achieving zero waste seems to be the new holy grail, with businesses, bloggers and governments all moving the issue into the mainstream and vying to be seen as leading the way when it comes to responsible living. Held high as a poster-boy for this movement is Sweden,…
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Despite being the reason us Millennials are unable to enter the property market or invest in stocks and shares, Baby Boomers continue to take offence at everything we do. I mean, when they're not pointedly telling us to stop tapping away at our numerous screens, they're blaming our inability to…
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"Oh, you look just like so and so" is usually met with groans and an exaggerated eye roll. Often it's some reality TV star or someone completely meaningless to you, like "my waxing lady". People might try to flatter you by saying you look like a moderately attractive actor, but…
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Going through airport customs is a stressful enough process as it is. There's a billion factors that come into play when you're getting your baggage searched, and each and every one of them contributes to making you a nervous wreck: Where is my passport? Is it even in date? Do…
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A faceless man wearing a white mask stands alone onscreen. “Early on I noticed that I’m a bit different,” he tells the camera as his identity beneath the disguise begins to switch from one face to another. "It was obvious what you should think of the likes of me. Sicko. Pervert.…
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Oh, to be asleep. To ride on those most emollient waves that gently swaddle and soothe us against the aggressive mundanity of reality. To clamber atop the highest mountain, and swim beneath the deepest seas, impervious to the day to day frustrations that so plague our waking moments. Can there…
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Given how fantastical and outrageous Game of Thrones can be, it's sometimes difficult to realise that the stars of the show have real lives outside of Westeros. Sure, sometimes we see them at award ceremonies and red carpet events, but when it comes to the more pedestrian stuff, those who…
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Remember Sabrina the Teenage Witch? For those of us who grew up in the late 80s and early 90s, it was likely to be an important part of your childhood viewing experience. Sabrina Spellman finds out on her sixteenth birthday she has magical powers, which of course gets her into a…
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It's a question that has bugged people in relationships since the dawn of time: how do you spot a cheater? It's a tough one and it's more than likely that there is no definitive answer, but according new research, there may be some subtle hints. What are these signs? Is…
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In today's modern age, looking good on social media is increasingly become a metric of social status. You may turn your nose up at the notion, but with there being hundreds (if not thousands) of likes on Instagram and Facebook at stake, it's not surprising that some people go above…
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Back when I was single, I found myself looking at the guys I knew who were in relationships and thinking to myself how when I have a girlfriend I'd treat her better, or think of the mistakes they made that I would avoid. After all, when your friends vent about…
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While most kids don't notice the witty grown-up jokes thrown into children's films, there are some things we can never forget. Most of the time, that's because we're emotionally scarred by them. Things can get really dark, and that can be traumatising for young viewers. Here are 12 scenes from children's…
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Whatever you think of the North Korean government, it’s probably quite unlikely that the first thing that springs to mind when you picture its despotic leaders is "children’s authors". But since the 1960s, the country’s elite, and particularly the country’s leaders, have been penning books to be consumed by generations…
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Ah, gamers. You gotta love em. Lemme give you a history of gaming. In 1913, Vladimir Lenin invented gaming while- okay, so actually, Shigero Miyamoto invented Mario in 1981. Pong had existed since 1958, but it was the home consoles, machines like the NES, Atari, and the like that popularized…
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Kevin Hart is "not doing too well". Following a bizarre Instagram video where he seems to apologize for cheating on his family, the extremely popular comedian has been treated to a flurry of unwanted press and even a multi-million dollar extortion for a sexually suggestive tape he does not want…
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Who isn't partial to a celebrity doppelgänger? At one point or the other, we've all been told that we look like such and such, but in most instances, we're not told that we look like Megan Fox or some Victoria's Secret model, rather we're informed that we resemble someone's twice…
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