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2019 has already seen some seriously inspiring campaigns come together. You just need to look at the millions who have been mobilised to protest against Brexit and climate change to know that a well-organised movement can be mightily impressive. However, 2019 has also taught us that, if you aren’t careful,…
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We’ve all known someone whose farts are so noxious that they should be illegal. However, no matter how many times they clear a room or cause involuntary gagging, the chances of any imminent arrest seems scarce. That, however, could be about to change thanks to an unintentionally hilarious Scottish court…
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A woman in South Carolina who pleaded with officers that she was “too pretty” to go to jail for a drunk driving charge has been spared a prison sentence after striking a controversial plea deal. 34-year-old Lauren Cutshaw, a local real estate agent, was stopped near the town of Bluffton…
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Area 51, an air force base in the middle of the desert in Nevada, has always been like Mecca for conspiracy theorists, who speculate that it's jam-packed with government secrets and alien tech. But now it's more famous for a viral social media initiative, which charged participants with storming the…
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A young climate change activist has vowed not to have children until governments take serious action to tackle the problem. Eighteen-year-old Emma Lim, a student at McGill University in Montreal, launched the #NoFutureNoChildren movement. Because of the crisis the planet is currently facing, she does not believe that it is…
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been forced to apologise after a yearbook photo emerged of him in 'brownface'. The image, which was published in a recent article in Time Magazine, shows Trudeau wearing brown makeup and a turban while dressed as Aladdin at an Arabian Nights-themed gala at West…
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A good idea can come from the most unlikely of places. It doesn't matter who comes up with a brilliant plan or awesome concept: it's the creativity behind it that matters most. A 92-year-old could come up with the best grime album you've ever heard. A teenager could invent something…
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While not every hero may wear a cape, they all need a weapon. Thor has his hammer, Iron Man has his suit and Patti Baumgartner from Montana has her hairdryer. Admittedly, two of those can do significantly more damage than the other, but that’s not to say that they aren’t…
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A couple has chosen to keep the gender of their baby a secret from family and friends to protect their child from "unconscious bias". Hobbit Humphrey and Jake England-Johns revealed their decision on BBC One's Inside Out last night. The couple, who are both circus performers from Bath, said that…
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An employee at a daycare worker in Ohio has been charged with child endangerment after a five-year-old girl was assaulted and held upside down by her legs. A disturbing image of the incident was shared on social by the Columbus Police Department following the arrests of Joshua Tennant and Emma…
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Dwarfism is a condition which is estimated to affect between 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 40,000 people, Medicine Plus reports. The condition, which can vary significantly in severity and form, has been notoriously stigmatized, with many terms offensive to those affected still used in everyday language, such as "midget".…
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According to Tverynews, approximately 70 litres of holy water was poured through an open door of a plane on Wednesday, the 11th of September, onto the city of Tver, Russia, in a bid to combat "drinking" and "fornication". The move was made by priests, who recited a prayer after pouring…
