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An anorexic woman who weighs the same as a four-year-old has reportedly been told by her doctor that she could play a "living corpse in a horror movie". Kristina Karyagina, from Barnaul in south-central Russia, weighs just 2st 7lb (17kg) and has spent years surviving on a diet consisting mainly of…
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A heartbreaking photograph of a young Indian boy crying next to his father's dead body has spurred people on social media to raise more than $43,000 in a single day. The picture, which was shared on Twitter more than 7,000 times, shows the weeping son of a sewer worker named…
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Passengers were left bleeding from their ears and noses after a cockpit crew reportedly "forgot" to switch on the cabin pressure system during a flight to India. An unsettling video from the Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Jaipur shows passengers wearing oxygen masks, with one alleging that the safety…
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Earlier this month, several people in the nation of Australia were mortified to discover sewing needles located in grocery store-bought strawberries. In all six states of Australia there were reports of this horrifying fruit contamination, and at least two people have been taken to hospital after suffering from abdominal pain. Then,…
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A man in India has undoubtedly caused a stir at Uber HQ this week, after tweeting customer support with one of the worst complaints imaginable for a globally renowned taxi firm. Surya Oruganti booked a taxi to pick him up at Bengaluru International Airport in India, but was immediately suspicious…
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For people who have lost a loved one, it's always the things which were left unsaid that make grief all the more painful. Even worse is someone who imagined that they would be able to relay one last message of trust and care, only for the moment to be cruelly…
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Two members of the Colt clan, the incestuous Australian family that shocked the nation, have been found living together after being separated. The Colts were a family of immigrants from New Zealand who moved to New South Wales, in Australia in the 1970s. They lived in a remote, rural part of…
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What would you be prepared to do to save your own life in the event of a brush with death? Some people able to suddenly perform feats of bravery that they never would have thought themselves capable of in a crisis. One such person is Nadine Crabtree, who narrowly escaped death…
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Robberies, even small-time petty thieveries, are usually something we hear about in the news, rather than actually witness in person. Most of the time, this is because any thief with a little common sense knows to do it in the dark of night, or in an area without any witnesses.…
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How well do you really know your partner? That's a question few people would want to answer. If you've been in a relationship with someone for some considerable time, then you might well assume that you know them better than anyone else. But the fact is that there are many,…
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It's not often that you get to witness a scene from what looks like a real-life action movie. Probably because the situation that kind of scene would entail would be highly dangerous and probably life-threatening. Explosions, gun-fights and car-chases would be pretty horrifying, not exciting or thrilling if you had…
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It's September - a sad time for millions of kids around the world, because it means that summer vacation is finally over. Yes, after weeks of glorious freedom, children everywhere are now going to have to trudge sadly back to the classroom and prepare for the boring drudgery of exams, homework and…
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Yesterday, in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, Mexican investigators announced that they had uncovered a mass grave containing 166 human skulls. For security reasons, the exact location of the site cannot be disclosed, but detectives have implied that it is most likely a clandestine pit used by a drug cartel…
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Fiction is filled with stories of people avenging their parent's death, and to be honest, it's a pretty relatable concept. I think most people would want to seek justice and retribution if a parent was killed by someone else. Think how short-lived Batman's comic book adventures would have been if…
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According to new research from the University of Canberra, millennial men are leading a backlash against women's rights. The cohort of men, born between 1982 and 2000, are backed by their older Generation X brothers in the belief that they are being left out of the conversation about gender equality,…
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Elon Musk has launched another unprovoked attack on a rescue diver who helped to save 12 Thai boys who became stuck in a flooded cave back in July. In an email to Buzzfeed, the Tesla CEO named Vernon Unsworth "a child rapist" and claimed the diver had married a child bride who "was…
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Looking after your nails is a bit of a chore, especially if you're a woman. People expect your hands to look pristine at all times, but it takes a lot of hard work, maintenance, and plenty of polish. All that clipping and filling, or chewing if you like that bad…
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Yesterday, news broke that 20-year-old Instagram model, Sinead McNamara, had died while aboard a superyacht in Greece. The young woman, who was from Australia, was reportedly discovered "twisted in rope" at the rear of the boat last Friday at 1.45 am, with no immediate explanation as to how she had got…
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