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Looking back, most people can remember being taught by a schoolteacher who was either incompetent, insane, or both; someone who should never be made the admin of a WhatsApp group, let alone look after a classroom of young, impressionable kids. When I was in school, we had a fair few teachers…
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For more than three weeks, First Lady Melania Trump had stayed out of the public eye following a medical procedure for a benign kidney condition. The last event she attended with her husband was on May 10th, when the president welcomed home three Americans that had been detained in North…
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Have you ever lied on your résumé? Most people are guilty of writing a little fib somewhere on their CV at one time. Be honest: was the experience you had as a salesman actually just the lemonade stand you operated as a kid? Are you really that skilled at programming?…
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About two weeks ago, the world learned of Michael Rotondo: the 30-year-old man who took his parents to court (and lost) after refusing to move out of their house. The unemployed father-of-one had lived with his folks rent-free for eight years before finally being kicked out - but he didn't…
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There's a lot of strange and terrible news going around this year, so it can be hard to keep up on top of all of it. So, you may have missed it when we first learned about what went down at Preston Junior High School, Idaho, back in March this…
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The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle feels like it was years ago, when it was simply a matter of weeks. What an occasion it was, by the way. There was a celebration of black culture that has never been seen before in the Royal Family, Meghan part-walked herself…
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In the early hours of June 6th, 1968 - almost 50 years ago to the day - Robert F Kennedy was in attendance at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles as part of his presidential campaign. He had just won the California primary and was in LA to speak to his…
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If there were ever to be an official award for the weirdest sounding news headlines, this one would probably be a top contender. But as absurd as it sounds, it really did happen, and there's a video to prove it. Yep, an FBI agent who was off-duty and enjoying his…
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It's a fact that the human body is a very strange and delicate instrument, and it doesn't always work exactly right. Over the years, in the history of medicine, all kinds of strange and unpredictable things have occurred to ordinary people which have marked them out as something extraordinary.Just think…
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Every once in a while, a big business will royally screw up their PR. Just think of the fiasco that occurred int the eighties over New Coke; when Coca-Cola made the bone-headed decision to change their iconic formula, to the outrage of their millions of paying customers. Things are arguably…
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Nathan Larson, a 37-year-old accountant from Charlottesville, Virginia, is running as an independent candidate for Congress. According to the Huffington Post, he has also admitted to being a pedophile, and has even bragged about raping his ex-wife. If you think that was bad enough, it somehow gets even worse. In a…
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While some people may genuinely despise us, we millennials do have a bit of a rough ride. Questionable career prospects and a severe lack of economic growth mixed in with rising rent prices mean that our futures look pretty bleak. And, because of this gloomy outlook, we quite often ended up living…
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been forced out of office after a no-confidence vote in parliament, called after his party was implemented in a corruption scandal. Making Spanish political history by becoming the first PM to be removed from office in this way, he will be replaced by Pedro Sánchez,…
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A disturbing video that shows an under-clothed black woman in a wheelchair "harassed" by transit police has gone viral. Richie Goldstein claims to have come across white members of the New Jersey Transit Police Department targeting a disabled seemingly homeless woman named Gina in Penn Station, Newark, on Saturday and uploaded three…
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Wildwood Police Department have responded to the shocking footage of an underage woman being beaten by a police officer that went viral this week on Twitter. Emily Weinman was arrested on Saturday, May 26 on a New Jersey each where she had been spending time with her family and friends…
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When you hear stories about those who have been stranded in the wilderness and have to be saved by rescue services, it tends to be a traveller who has overstepped their abilities in some form. However, in the case of Claire Nelson, it was misfortune that left her stranded in…
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Comedian Samantha Bee has ripped into Ivanka Trump in an expletive-packed tirade that named her a "feckless c**t". In an episode of her Emmy Award-winning show, Full Frontal, 48-year-old Bee attacked President Trump's daughter while discussing the Trump administration's policy of separating undocumented children from their parents. During her rant,…
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The Danish government has passed a law to ban Islamic face veils, such as the niqab and burqa, in public spaces. The law was approved by a 75 to 30 vote this Thursday, after it was proposed by the centre-right governing coalition, and was backed by the Social Democrats and the far-right…
