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There are countless ways to go about pursuing someone you like - sliding into their DMs, sending them flowers and just outright asking them out. Some methods are a lot more OTT than others. One guy, for instance, used a PowerPoint presentation to win the affections of his crush. Berner…
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As consumers become increasingly aware of the dangers posed by farting cows and chlorinated chicken, fake meat is proving more popular than ever. No longer is seitan something you’d only encounter in a DVD of The Exorcist - it can now be devilishly yummy. Small wonder that plant-based diets are…
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Praise be to the fast food gods, for unto us a sandwich is given. Say goodbye to substandard burgers and soggy nuggets - finally, everyone’s favourite limited edition pork product has been resurrected by our father who art in Maccies. Strap yourselves in for the most exciting October since Michael…
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As the nights lengthen and it becomes suddenly inadvisable to wear short shorts in public, ice cream season is, tragically, coming to a close. However, just because eating something chilly isn’t necessarily the best way to mitigate plunging temperatures, that doesn’t mean that we should stop buying ice cream altogether.…
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Halloween is just around the corner, and that means brands have already started gearing up for the spookiest of all the holiday celebrations. It also means that it's time to dust off your collection of scary movies, or, if you have a Netflix account, simply click on their brand new…
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Last month, hundreds of millions of people around the world watched 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, a teenage climate activist from Sweden, condemn world leaders for not taking enough action as far as tackling climate change is concerned. This is the moment Greta Thunberg criticised world leaders at a climate summit at…
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If you're a fan of all things cheese - and assuming you're also a fan of Christmas - you'll be pleased to know that Aldi’s cheese advent calendar is coming back to the US for 2019. And that's no huge surprise considering just how popular the item was when it…
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If we can learn anything from the success of Marie Kondo, it’s that there are a surprising number of people who take a perverse pleasure in seeing stuff get tidied. Like a real life game of Tetris, watching books and clothes neatly slot onto precisely angled shelves is basically porn…
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As desserts go, ice cream isn’t especially evil. It might be responsible for the occasional bout of brain freeze, but it’s nowhere nowhere near as malevolent as a chocolate fudge cake or black forest gateau. Those are the Devil’s food. However, with Halloween around the corner, news from frozen treat…
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Sometimes, it gets to the point when a parent can think of nothing else but to tell their kids a little white lie. You know how it goes: you're exhausted from work and chores, and your children just won't stop bugging you, so you make something up to keep them…
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Haircuts are always tricky territory. If you’re brave enough to peer back into the annals of Facebook, you can find terrifying testaments to the unspeakable things people have done at the barber’s. Whether you went for the “unkempt hobbit” look, or decided to try blonde cornrows aged 15, we’ve all…
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The Nightmare Before Christmas is a cult classic in which an anthropomorphised skeleton, Jack Skellington, of Halloween Town, discovers a holiday-themed portal that transports him to Christmas Town. After a musical interlude, during which Skellington expresses his awe and admiration at all things festive, the re-animated corpse resolves to make…
