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Back in 2013, a lone shepherd working out on a farm in Argentina spotted something unusual. Underneath a rock, something was jutting out of the ground, looking out of place in the environment. On closer inspection, it seemed to be the bone of something monumentally big. Palaeontologists were brought in…
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Having only two mindsets; feverish obsession or blithe abandon, I worry about my ability to successfully raise a child. One the one hand, I will guard a particularly aesthetically pleasing piece of fruit with my life, petrified at the thought that someone other than myself might try to eat it.…
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It’s August, which means we’re nearing the end of festival season. By now, most of us will already have staggered through fields more muddy than the Somme circa 1917, have paid exuberant prices to sleep in a tent in the same clothes for a long weekend, and will have seen…
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Whether you believe him to be innocent or guilty, there's no denying that former footballer and actor OJ Simpson is one of the most infamous celebrities in history. It's hard to believe now, but there was a time when "The Juice" was considered untouchable. His career seemed to perfectly encapsulate…
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A social media post from a local roofer has gone viral after he told the story of a homeless man who was willing to help him and his colleagues out with a job, after they had bought him a tea in the morning and got chatting with him. JayJay Murray,…
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The dog my family had during my childhood never really had his own space. Sure, he had his own dog basket to sleep in, as well as a rug he liked to stretch and relax on - but these things weren't in his own private area. They were in corners…
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When I was around five years old, I got my very first pet in the form of a guinea pig. His name was Jamie, and although I was very excited to have him, the relative naivety shown by myself and my brother meant that we spent a lot more time…
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There are innumerable scenarios that might occur in a lift that all have the potential to descend into fisticuffs. A confined space is never the best place to badly fall out with someone; at the very least you've got to travel several floors together in tense, uneasy silence, at the…
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Today's eclipse provided remarkable insight into the lengths Donald Trump will go to prove fake news wrong. Don't look at the eclipse? Pffh. He'll gaze into the widening gyre, the circling drain of cosmic death, and he'll do it without silly glasses. Despite warnings from scientists, saying that the unnatural…
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Renovating your house is a monumental task. Personally, I couldn't get further away from the do-it-yourself craze, but there are some people out there who are extremely talented with this stuff. And once you've seen the examples from this list, you will want to track down whoever is responsible and…
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Being an actor must be a strange old job. One minute you're just being yourself in your family home, the next minute you have to completely transform your image, character and lifestyle in order to get into part. You see some extreme transformations throughout the world of acting, whether it's…
