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"Born free, as free as the wind blows, as free as the grass grows," sings Matt Monro in his 1966 smash hit 'Born Free.' It's a notion we'd all like to carry around with us - being free. Except, if we're being honest, we're not free, are we? They say…
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You know how in high school, the popular kids would always do that thing where they threw an exclusive party, just to show off about it? All the rich folk would club together and have this amazing night out just for themselves, which you and your average-Joe crowd would never…
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Today there are three female rappers fighting for the crown: Nicki Minaj, Cardi B and Mary Halsey from West Warwick, Rhode Island. Oh, you haven't heard of Mary Halsey? Then you've been wasting your life. Stop what you're doing right now and watch her hilarious cover of Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott's…
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It's strange how certain bugs will freak us out more than others. Ladybugs are regarded by many as pretty and relatively harmless. However, as someone has had an infestation of them in my house, I can't stand the things. The same goes for butterflies and moths - there's not a…
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Earlier this week came the shocking news that a teen's prank had some disastrous consequences. Many of us would have been in a similar situation to 16-year-old Jordan Holgerson at some point - uncertain whether to do something risky as our friends pressure us to go through with it. But most…
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High school is a difficult time for everyone, but for some people, it's much worse than others. Unfortunately, bullying is a common issue that many teenagers have to deal with during their years in school and, while social media has been good for a lot of things, it's also had…
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I'm getting to the age now where a lot of people I know are settling down and having kids. Now personally, I'm not someone who likes babies. I like kids, don't get me wrong, but for me a baby is just a lazy, bald, pooping pet that you can't take…
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At Stanford University, two graduate students cycled past Kappa Alpha fraternity at 1AM, and stopped. They noticed a horrific assault. Brock Turner, a 19-year-old student and promising swimmer, was forcing himself on an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. "What the f*** are you doing?" one of the graduate students reportedly yelled. "She's…
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Juggalos are perhaps the only appropriate bogeymen for the Trumpian era. In an age when life in the western world has never before seemed so strange, fragmented or unstable, it takes a villain of disastrous proportions to cut through the noise. With international tensions rising to unbearable levels one minute…
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I get it, advertisers. In this modern world we live in, where there's several companies competing for your attention for every cell phone, laptop or pair of pants you even think of having in your possession. So it's not surprising that businesses pour millions into making sure their product or service gets your…
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Although we like to think of our favourite food brands as being above common human problems like politics, the harsh truth is that this isn't always the case. While we're too busy gobbling down cheese to wonder what Pizza Hut's stance on abortion is, the fact remains that these companies…
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Despite the years of training and high intelligence needed to become a doctor, it's shocking how many professionals out there have a terrible bedside manner. However, there are still plenty of medical staff out there that are willing to go the extra mile to keep their patients' spirits up. Five-year-old…
