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In the social media age, it can often feel like everybody agrees about everything. Particularly when it comes to President Trump, people can hardly fathom how his supporters think, or how anyone can excuse his behavior. The reality is that the media's conception of reality is not accurate. Plenty of…
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Fans of Game of Thrones have gone through a lot. We have seen our favourite characters die gruesome deaths and the purest citizens of Westeros be punished in the most unjust ways. Some survive and some don't, but two central characters who have managed to overcome startling odds over the…
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This morning at 8:20 am, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in the London Underground, on a train departing the Parsons Green station. 22 people have been hospitalized for their injuries, and no one has been killed. "Walking wounded" people were spotted all throughout the area by medical workers, mostly…
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Picture yourself at an SNL afterparty. Amy Poehler is there. Tina Fey is telling jokes beside an ice sculpture. Steve Carell is somewhere showing off his rubber-band-finger-trick skills. You're Jon Hamm. Okay, yeah, this isn't create-a-character. You're Jon Hamm and you're standing in the middle of all the commotion, chatting…
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Back in the 80s and 90s, there was a period of what came to be known as "Satanic Panic". The media and fundamentalist Christian groups warned of the evils of satanism present in everything from Dungeons & Dragons to Harry Potter. After thousands of, usually unfounded, accusations of ritualistic sex abuse,…
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Martin Shkreli is like the ultimate Rorschach test. Look at his face, and you will find what you think about ruthless capitalist 'Pharma bros' and their victims. He's most famous for raising the price of an HIV drug, Daraprim, by over 5,000 percent. He's also bought a priceless Wu-Tang album…
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After North Korea unleashed its sixth and largest-ever nuclear test, sanctions were put in place on the country by the United Nations. The weapon, which the country's state news confirmed to be a "perfect success", is believed to be a hydrogen bomb made for use in an intercontinental ballistic missile. According…
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It seems there's good reason people are dancing in September (shout out to Earth, Wind and Fire for that banger). If you're born in the ninth month of the year, you've got high chances of being "successful" in life. If you're a September baby you're probably smarter, not a convicted…
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George Carlin once said that corporate America was turning the whole country in a giant mall. So, Silicon Valley is going one further - why not turn it into one big vending machine? Two ex-Google employees have raised $2.5 million for their start-up, called Bodega. The vision? To replace bodega…
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I can't imagine how I would feel dropping onto one knee, popping out that black velvet box, then feeling, wrenching in the base of my gut, the sensation of knowing that my $3,000 ring had just flung onto the wooden bridge planks. It was visible as a glint for just…
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Mike Tyson, now 51 years old, has come to that familiar part of any iconic sportsman's life: the point where they get their own biopic. The former professional boxer dominated the sport from 1985 to 2006, winning 50 of his 58 professional bouts, with 44 of them by knockout. Known…
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Whether it's your cup of tea or not, it's pretty clear by now that Game of Thrones is the most popular show on TV, right? The season seven finale was the most watched episode of the show, and the series averaged around 30 million viewers per episode. But it turns out…
