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Over the years, there have been plenty of beauty trends designed to be as over-the-top as possible. Okay, so they're not to everyone's taste, but these fashions inevitably come and go. At the moment, most nail salons are used to customers who really want to get themselves especially long, fake…

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Women regularly lose about three hours of sleep a night, a survey carried out by Bensons for Bed revealed - and apparently, their partners are partly to blame for this consistent lack of sleep. The study focused on 2,000 British couples, and came out with a host of reasons for…

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Scientists from Qatar University have published research suggesting that eating spicy chillies could trigger memory loss. According to a new study of over 4,500 participants, consuming around 50g of chilli per day could make you twice as likely to complain about having a poor memory, while high chilli consumption has…

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Meridian, Mississippi, Belleville, Illinois, and certain towns in Virginia all have age limits on trick-or-treating. Those over 12 caught with a candy bag in-hand face a hefty fine. But even those who aren't allowed to trick-or-treat - or rather, think they're too old for it - want more time to…

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A lemonade stand is a great way to teach kids the basics about entrepreneurship, the value of a dollar, and the importance of hard work. But these tyke-sized business ventures are typically just a way for kids to raise some funds for pocket money, and to buy sweets or toys.…

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In the great pantheon of famous historical lions, there aren’t many names that rank above Simba. He might not have the gravity of Aslan, or the tragic pathos of Cecil, but when you combine the crooning of a young Matthew Broderick with the sing-song joie de vivre of Elton John,…

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When it comes to birthday cakes, it's always nice to try and give them a personal touch. There are all kinds of talented bakers out there, who can do things with piping bags and icing sugar that would put most actual sculptors to shame. Most of the time, the people…

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An Australian Instagram influencer has had a meltdown over the photosharing app's alleged decision to remove likes from posts. Despite having a fairly modest following of less than 50,000, Mikaela Testa, 19, went into a Facebook rant about how the social network's change has affected the lives of those who…

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Famed American department store Macy’s has become embroiled in a body shaming controversy, after it pulled a range of controversial plates from its shelves. The business have been forced to reconsider their partnership with dinnerware brand, Pourtions, after social media users began heavily criticising some of the slogans seen on…

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Given the various traumatic dining experiences that he has endured over the course of Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares and other TV appearances, it’s safe to assume that Gordon Ramsay has a fairly strong stomach. You can’t make a living attempting to resuscitate some of the worst kitchens on the planet…

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They say that love is blind. In some cases, love is also sparkly, covered in candles and suspended from the ceiling. A woman who’s previous relationship history has included a nineteenth century candelabra and the Statue of Liberty has announced that she is now engaged to a 97-year-old chandelier. Londoner,…

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Anyone with breasts will tell you that boob sweat is the bane of their lives during a heatwave. Seriously. It's bad enough sweating from your pits, but when you can feel a small swimming pool forming inside your bra, it's a whole new level of tropical horror - especially when…