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We all go through a phase where we crack up at hilarious names - Hugh Jass, Moe Lester, Seymour Butts, Dick Pound, I.P. Freely. Oh, who am I kidding, we never grow out of this phase! And sometimes you meet people in real life who are cursed with an unfortunate…
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If you've got a phobia of bees, this is your worst nightmare. Although, let's be honest, a swarm this big isn't exactly pleasant for the rest of us. The total number that swarmed a small area of New York City on Tuesday amounted to an estimated 20,000 - and all…
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A middle school teacher who let her pupils in her class call her "Kim Kardashian" has pleaded guilty to having inappropriate sexual relationships with several of her students, according to reports. Shannon Moser, 37, from North Dakota, entered guilty pleas on Monday after in Cass County Court to counts of gross sexual…
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CCTV footage from a gas station in New Mexico in June has recently been released, showing the heroic instincts of two men after gunshots were fired. Two videos of the incident were shared to the Española Police Department, showing one man covering his friend, using his body to protect her from…
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We tend to think that getting into a fight with a troll on the internet is an ultimately harmless affair. No matter how nasty or personal their attacks might be, we can always log out, switch off and go away for a while, safe in the knowledge that whomever we've…
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Over the summer, 9-year-old Jamel Myles told his mom he was gay. "And he looked so scared when he told me," said his mother, Leia Pierce, in an interview with KDVR. "He was like, 'Mom I’m gay.' And I thought he was playing, so I looked back because I was driving,…
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Last month a disturbing video spread across the internet. CCTV footage from outside a cafe in central Paris showed a man hitting a woman, moments after catcalling her. 22-year-old Marie Laguerre was walking when she bumped into the offender and later explained that he insulted her, wagged his tongue and made…
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On Monday, Rick Davis, Sen. John McCain's former presidential campaign manager and a family spokesman, read the senator's farewell statement at a news conference at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. McCain died aged 81 after being diagnosed with brain cancer. In his statement, he thanks the people he has…
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Police in Jacksonville, Florida have identified the mass shooter who terrorised a video game tournament in a spree that was partially captured on livestream. 24-year-old David Katz killed himself and two others, and left 11 people injured in the shooting which took place at the Jacksonville Landing complex at around…
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Yesterday, on Saturday August 25th, Senator John McCain passed away surrounded by his family at the age of 81. The renowned Vietnam veteran and presidential candidate succumbed to an aggressive brain tumour just a day after announcing that he would be ceasing treatment for the condition. "My heart is broken,"…
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One of 2017's most heartwarming stories has recently become a lot more complicated. Towards the end of last year, Kate McClure's story went viral, after a homeless man helped her out of a dire situation. Stranded by the side of a road after her car broke down, she met Johnny…
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Have you ever seen something in life that made you do a double-take? Something that looked so weird and unusual that it made you question exactly what you were supposed to be looking at? Sometimes our eyes can play tricks on us and make it look like the impossible has…
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It may have seemed outlandish to some that in Breaking Bad, Gus Fring operated a drug empire from behind the doors of a family-friendly fast food restaurant - but this fiction wasn't too far from the truth. Earlier this month, authorities in Arizona discovered $1 million in various drugs during…
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It's perfectly normal for most people to play with dolls when they're kids (or with action-figures, if your masculinity is so fragile that you insist that they're totally different) but it isn't a hobby that most people carry on with in adulthood. A small child cradling a little plastic baby…
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According to authorities in suburban Philadelphia, a former Playboy model has been found strangled to death in her home. 36-year-old, Christina Carlin-Kraft was discovered in the bedroom of her condominium complex in Lower Merion, Penn. Law enforcement were called to the residence around 9:15pm on Wednesday for a welfare check,…
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On Wednesday, August 22nd, a father-of-four was arrested in a courtroom after leaping over barriers in order to punch a pedophile who had abused two of his daughters. Kevin Smith, a 45-year-old US navy veteran, has been held on misdemeanour charges of obstructing governmental or judicial administration, fourth-degree assault and disorderly conduct…
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What would you do if you found out that someone was breaking into your car, in the dead of night, right outside your house? I'm assuming most of us would either shout at them to scare them off and call the police. I think, however, that even in the most…
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A couple, who both survived cancer as teenagers, say they have been given the "gift of life" from a group of mothers they have never met. Last year, 75 women from the May Babies 2016 group came together to raise £2,000 for Marisha Chaplin and Jon Hibbs, from Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire,…
