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A 29-year-old airline employee who stole a commercial aircraft from a Seattle airport has crashed after being chased by fighter jets. The man, who took off from the runway without authorisation, was said to be doing "stunts" in the air before crashing about an hour after he took off. The…
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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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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…
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In a time of crisis, it's hard to know what we would do - but there are definitely some people out there who don't hesitate to help others. For instance, 39-year-old Randy Thompson jumped into action when one driver had a seizure behind the wheel. The incident, which occurred in…
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It's the middle of summer and many of us are experiencing a heat wave, so what better way to cool off than a trip to the beach. Going for a dip in the ocean is a lovely way to spend an afternoon in the dog days of summer, that is…
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If you've been living on Planet Earth anytime during the past 20 years, you've probably watched an episode or two of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Originally hitting screens in Britain back in September 1998, the quiz show is now practically a staple of TV, and can often be…
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Looking for a job is a full-time job in itself. If you're looking for work while trying to hold down your boring, mundane, 9-5 job, you'll know all about the rigmarole of trying to find work. Morning commutes are spent swiping through listings, like you're using Tinder but on Linkedin…
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When we're kids, we're all guilty of doing something dangerous, stupid and probably painful, for kicks. I've certainly am. Take any well-meaning adolescent, add alcohol and friends, and then toss in the exhilaration of summer vacation, and you've inevitably got a potential disaster on your hands. For example, when I…
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There's a little-known secret in Hollywood, and that secret goes by the name of Dylan Efron. In case you're not yet in on it, allow me to introduce you. Dylan Efron is Zac Efron's brother and is just as much a hot, funny, intelligent, all-round babe, as his famous sibling.…
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Parookaville, if you haven't heard of it already, is a three-day-long EDM festival in Weeze, Germany. Its debut in 2015 attracted 25,000 people, but by 2017 it sold out 80,000 tickets in just two days. So, you can bet it was getting pretty massive when it came to its fourth…
