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How often do you go to the gym? That's a question that's sure to make most people stare guiltily at their shoes. Can you imagine that you'll still be working out in your old age? Or would you prefer to put your feet up in front of the TV when…
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When you take your child to daycare you expect them to be looked after, not ridiculed. However, for Jessica and Steve Rold, their daughter received the latter. When the parents were picking up their two year-old-son from daycare with their infant daughter in tow, daycare staff took it upon themselves to…
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Paris Jackson has always been a staunch LGBTQ+ supporter, who regularly speaks out against labels and leverages her fame to help other members of the community. "I will use my voice to speak for the voiceless, and fight for the rights that every one of us deserve. Every woman that…
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Sunday mornings at the car boot sale are one of life's little pleasures. There you are, $20 in hand, ready to whittle someone down into giving you a $200 item for $15. Your fist is clenched, the money is crinkling as you and your sweaty palms approach them: "How much for…
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It's no secret that being pregnant can be a bit of an ordeal, and all kinds of aches and pains have to be endured during that nine-month gestation period. You have to cope with gaining weight, hormonal changes, morning sickness, food cravings, and giving up drinking and smoking until the…
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In this crazy, unpredictable world, the best thing we can do to get by is to be prepared. And this applies in all sorts of ways: you want to be able to pay your bills at the end of the month? Prepare by keeping your savings separate to your spending…
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Most of us have some regret in our lives. Whether a past action that we wish we had handled rather differently, or a failure to pursue a dream, many of us carry around lamentations of the past with us every day. Of course, it is easy to much easier to…
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You'd think the days of the Wild Wild West are over, with lasso-swinging dudes in cowboy hats galloping across the plains very much the stuff of old movies. While the cattle-herding folk of America have adapted to the modern world in more way than one, cowboys still remain a strong…
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Donating organs is one of the most selfless and altruistic acts a person can do - not least because there are often no rewards for those that commit to it. If you've chosen to donate parts of your own body after you die for instance, then you'll never know how…
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While it's easy to hate on bus drivers for being miserable, it's also easy to see why their work can get to them. Every day, bus drivers have to deal with people from all walks of life and, as anyone who has worked in the hospitality industry will tell you,…
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Sometimes doctors are forced to employ extreme measures to save a patient's life: measures that we might turn our nose up at if we weren't in pain or close to death. Indeed, some of their methods can be frankly stomach-turning. Just think of doctors who use maggots to chew their…
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Pranks: we all love them, don't we? Well, that is, unless you're the recipient of one. Pranks can come in all shapes and forms, whether it's simply swapping numbers on your mate's phone so that he texts his sister thinking it's his girlfriend, or, like Khloe Kardashian, spending a lot…
