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Grab some balut, hop in a jeepney and pull out your barrel man, because Miss Philippines just won the 2018 Miss Universe pageant! Catriona Gray, 24, became the fourth Filipina woman to receive the prestigious crown, defeating Miss South Africa and Miss Venezuela in the final round. It's a huge victory…
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We've all watched films where the spy poses as the family man. But what about a real life story where a conman claims to be the secret agent, but is really using this as a cover-up for his 13 children, three wives and multiple other partners? That's exactly what happened…
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A video of a white woman shouting racist abuse and kicking an Asian woman on a New York subway train has gone viral on social media. Anna Lushchinskaya had to be restrained by a fellow passenger and was the subject of a citizen's arrest last Tuesday morning when she repeatedly…
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An Australian man with Down's syndrome, who has worked at the same McDonald's restaurant for 30 years, has finally retired at the age of 50. Russell O’Grady was 18 years old when he first began his work experience at his local McDonald’s restaurant: a branch situated in Northmead branch in Australia.…
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A mother has opened up about her 12-year-old daughter's crippling fear of eating, claiming her child is "dying before her eyes". Janine Daw's daughter Grace has reportedly lived with a fear of choking her entire life and struggles to eat anything but crisps, ice-cream and jalapenos. No solid conclusion has…
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Law enforcement doesn't expect for the offenders behind the most horrific crimes to confess out of nowhere - and they especially don't expect them to turn up to the station to hand themselves in. But that's exactly what a man in South Africa did, confessing that not only was he…
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This weekend, on Sunday, December 9th, a Texas-bound flight was forced to turn back to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport almost halfway through its journey when a human heart was discovered on board. The organ was supposed to have been left in Seattle after a previous flight from Sacramento, but someone had forgotten…
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In November 2018, John Chau's voyage to North Sentinel Island ended in tragedy when he was shot dead by the Sentinelese, an indigenous group who refuse contact with the outside world. But a new account from an anthropologist has shed light on the completely different experience she had with the uncontacted tribe. Dr. Madhumala…
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People are divided on beauty pageants. Some believe them to be harmless fun, while other people see them as sexist and demeaning festivals that only serve to objectify women further. But there's no denying that the big beauty pageants, such as Miss World and Miss Universe, for example, are an important…
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This year, there was a worrying trend of white people calling the cops on black people for no reason. 'BBQ Betty' freaked out over a black family having a BBQ; 'Golfcart Gail' called the police on a black father at his son's soccer game; 'Permit Patty' called 911 to report…
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Last week, a mother-of-seven received a sentence of 28 years behind bars for inflicting extreme torture on her five-year-old stepson. Tammi Bleimeyer, a 37-year-old woman from Texas, was trialled last Friday more than four years since the abuse was discovered. Her stepson, Jordan Bleimeyer (now nine years of age), was reportedly…
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The case of the death of Mike Williams is shaping up to be one of the strangest and most incredible crimes of the last 20 years. Williams disappeared on December 16, 2000, during a fishing trip with his friend Brian Winchester at Lake Seminole. He was neve found, and five…
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Yesterday, Michael D. Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, was sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of breaking campaign finance laws, tax evasion and lying to Congress. This is terrible news for the president, who is no doubt panicking about all the dirt his former employee has on him,…
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Earlier this week, emergency services responded to an unusual report: that of a man stuck in the grease vent of a Chinese restaurant. Not only that, but the man - who it thought to have been attempting a robbery - was stuck in this position for two days before he…
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Many people in India do not have access to toilets, including Hanifa's family - who live in Ambur, a town in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India. Hanifa Zaara, seven, said that she felt "ashamed" to go outside, so asked her father to build a toilet for them.…
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Donald Trump is one of America's most polarizing presidents, stirring up fawning adoration from supporters and furious outrage from critics. As a result, his rallies became a cultural phenomenon, a magnet for both tribes to face off and yell at each other. It's the perfect microcosm of our country, poisoned…
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For many people, Christmas is the most wonderful time of year; myself included. I can be a total grouch for the majority of the year, but something about seeing all the decorations in the home and the bunting in the street, the sounds of carols and Christmas tunes playing in the…
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Brian Winchester testified in court on Tuesday, claiming that not only did he murder his best friend, but it was all part of a plan he had made with the friend's wife. He broke down into tears, describing how he had shot Mike Williams at the behest of his wife,…
