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A few weeks ago, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76. He left behind three children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim, who said of his death: "We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose…
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America has a gun problem. We have more mass shootings than every other civilized country, and after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the debate over gun control has been reignited. At the March For Our Lives, hundreds of thousands of people descended upon Washington D.C. to demand lawmakers pass…
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If you'd asked people who Stormy Daniels was a few months ago, most of them probably wouldn't have a clue. Sure, there might have been a few guys who were a bit too interested in blue movies that would recognize her face, but she wasn't a celebrity by any means. Now, however,…
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Tattoos are a unique form of expression and a significant part of many people's identities. But another thing that tattoos are is expensive. When a person decides they want one, not only do they have to think about the indelible mark that they're placing on their body, they also have to…
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It's been nearly 73 years since the Holocaust came to its end, but the scars of the victims will remain for eternity. The mass murder of some six million European Jews, as well as millions of other persecuted groups, including gypsies, homosexual people and disabled people, remains one of the…
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On May 23rd last year, Merryn Crofts passed away at her home in the UK. She had just turned 21 years old. The first sign that something was wrong with her appeared more than five years earlier, when she was just 15. She suddenly developed swelling around her face, hands, and feet,…
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After the Tide Pod challenge, you would think that the internet would be hard-pressed to find another trial that's half as ridiculous, dangerous and sheer idiotic. Unfortunately, you'd be wrong. It turns out people online are full to the brim of simply terrible ideas and that the lure of viral…
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Over the past few months, the world has been rocked by endless of claims of sexual harassment, with thousands coming forward to claim that they too were victims of vile and unacceptable behaviour. Each and every case was horrifying in its own way, however news of a sex cult that…
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I don't really know what is in the air right now, but for some reason, there seems to be an alarming amount of teachers engaging in sexual activity with their students. Whether it's the teacher who not only entered a sexual relationship with her student, but also bought them drugs,…
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Three boys were walking home from school when they found themselves in the midst of a harrowing and scary situation. Devonte Cafferkey, 13, Sammy Farah, 14, and Shawn Young, just 12 at the time, were heading home when they found a troubled man sitting on the edge of a bridge…
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There's nothing quite so shameful as the feeling of waking up after a big night out on the town, only to discover while in the throes of your hangover, that you did some drunk shopping hours before. Personally, I'd rather have drunk texted my ex than spent a fortune on…
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If you enjoy mental puzzles, weird days out and memorable experiences, then a trip to an escape room is the thing for you. They're fantastic, even if I'm not smart enough to break out. For those of you out there who haven't a clue what I'm talking about, allow me…
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In case you've been living on Mars for the past year or so, you might be interested to learn that it hasn't exactly been plain sailing for Donald Trump since he found himself - inexplicably - in the White House as President of the United States. Trump's victory over rival…
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Buying lottery tickets seems like a waste of money. The chances are miniscule that you'll win, and all that cash you blow on tickets adds up. Why not spend it on something you can enjoy, rather than a worthless slip of paper? Then I read an article about someone winning…
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It's fair to say that we're living in anxious times and facing an uncertain future. It's not completely paranoid to be worried about the continued survival of civilisation. Recently, we've seen a profound escalation in nuclear tensions between North Korea and the west and an increasingly divided United States. It's…
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In the wake of the tragedy of the Parkland school shooting, in which 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz killed 17 students and wounded a further 17, the United States has been forced to re-evaluate its policies on the availability of firearms. The Stoneman Douglas massacre was so egregious that it threw American's problem…
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I don't really know what is going on, but for some reason, there seems to be an alarming amount of teachers engaging in sexual activity with their students. Whether it's the teacher who not only entered a sexual relationship with her student, but also bought him drugs, or the teacher…
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When it comes to things that women have to put up with that men don't, the list is pretty much endless. Unfortunately, with sexism ingrained into our culture in many ways, this extends far beyond the obvious signs such as cat-calling or sexual misconduct. Even in the workplace, women are…
