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Just so you know, McDonald’s pizza does indeed exist in the world

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This is not McDonald’s pizza, but it’s the kind of thing they’re trying. (Picture: Getty)

Do you dream of a world in which McDonald’s serves not just Big Macs and fries, but also pizza, pasta, and all other delicious Italian delights?

We have some marvelous news if you do. That world you dream of is REAL. And it’s in Orlando, Florida.

After being closed for redevlopment last summer, the world’s largest McDonald’s has just reopened. It’s two storeys high, has an area of nearly 19,000 square feet, and sits on 2.29 acres of land in Orlando, Florida.

Oh, and it has eight kitchens which offer a fancy new ‘create your taste’ concept, which… Read the full story


Two girls competed to see how many pens they could hold with their heads and things got seriously out of hand

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(Picture: lauryn/twitter)

Twitter user Lauryn is the sort of teen who gets easily distracted. 

Well, that’s the way it looks, anyway. Because according to her Twitter, Lauryn was supposed to be revising when one thing led to another and she ended up seeing how many pens she could hold using her head instead.

Happens to the best of us, right?

Of course, the fun didn’t stop there. Because, one of Lauryn’s followers liked her thinking – and challenged Lauryn to a pen-off.

And yeah, things got crazily out of hand seriously fast.

People are admitting the most awkward things they’ve ever done on a date

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(Picture: Getty Images/Metro)
(Picture: Getty Images/Metro)

First dates can be awkward as hell. 

Most of us have been there, at least once. And if you haven’t, you should count yourself lucky.

But, while most of us would class an uncomfortable date as saying the wrong thing or not having enough to say to one another, some people have taken complete, toe-curlingly horrendous awkwardness to the next level – and are therefore making us feel way better about our own pitiful experiences.

After one Redditor asked the question: ‘What’s the most awkward thing you’ve ever done on a date?‘ lots of people chimed in to offer their experiences. Some are rather funny, but… Read the full story

The 15 most horrendous people you meet on every bus journey

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Illustration Request: The XX most annoying people you see on the bus
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The morning and evening commute is bad enough – you’re tired, moody and the last thing you want is to be stuck on a bus in the middle of rush hour traffic. 

But if it weren’t for some of your fellow commuters, your bus experience would be far more bearable. Can you imagine a bus journey bereft of shouting kids, loud music, pungent aromas, bags on seats, bumping and jostling and PDAs? No, me neither.

If you dread the journey purely for your travelling neighbours, then you aren’t alone. If you don’t – then you’re probably one of them.

Here are… Read the full story

For and Against: The big period sex debate

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Period sex: Yay or nay? (Picture: metro.co.uk)

Period sex: a joyful way to get rid of cramps and fulfill all hormonal horniness? Or a load of mess that’s just not worth the faff?

It’s a topic that divides the internet into two main camps: the proud body-positive sex-havers who don’t see why a little blood should hold you back from sexual pleasure (*cough* that’s me) versus those who squeal that period sex is ‘gross’, unnecessary, or simply the last thing any woman wants to do when she’s got the painters in.

There’s also a third camp – the ones who say that period sex isn’t for them, but… Read the full story

Study explains why people who lose a lot of weight often pile it back on again

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A new study has looked at why The Biggest Loser contestants tend to put the weight back on (Picture: Trae Patton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

With weight loss, the first battle is getting the weight off. The second is keeping it off.

Now, a new study has found that the reason many people regain the weight they’ve lost, is because their bodies are actually fighting against them.

In other words, your body wants you to fail.

Researchers came to this conclusion after tracking the progress of 14 contestants from Season 8 of American TV show The Biggest Loser. In the six years since the show aired, 13 of them have regained much, if not all, of the weight… Read the full story

14 times North West was your style icon

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She may only been two years old, but North West has got a better fashion sense than most of us.

There’s no denying that North West is a fashionista, who can pull off outfits we could only dream of owning.

From Doc Martens in every shade and leather look trousers to fur coats and tutus, North West has the wardrobe of dreams.

Here’s 14 times North West was our style icon.

1. North was the ultimate style crush in her custom Balmain ballerina outfit.

We can only dream of owning something even remotely as stylish and sophisticated.

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2. Nori brought back the questionable 80s leg warmers trend but showed that they can be as stylish as ever with matte black Dr Martens.

She also proved that she can pull off hardcore fashion in her bullet proof vest.

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Masturbation Month 2016: What I wish someone had told me about masturbation when I was 16

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We need to be talking about masturbation in our teens. (Picture: Dave Anderon/metro.co.uk)

‘What, with a pencil?’

Yeah, I’ll probably always remember the first time I realised just how badly my friends and I were being let down by our sex education.

We were in the corridor outside our classroom, chewing gum. A teacher walked by and reminded us that ‘masticating in the hallways’ wasn’t allowed, and a friend and I cracked up laughing (because masticating sounds like masturbating. Ha).

Then one of my friends asked what was so funny. We explained, and she responded: ‘but what’s masturbating?’

We must have been around 15.

I then had to gently explain what masturbating was… Read the full story


Bath is now more hipster than Dalston and here’s the photographic proof

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Society Cafe (Picture: Yvette Caster)
Society Cafe (Picture: Yvette Caster)

You may be labouring under the misapprehension that Dalston or Peckham has the most hipsters per square mile than anywhere else in the UK.

Nope. Bath. As in home of the buns and the Roman Baths and The Royal Crescent and Jane Austen.

Bath is so hipster, people are starting to complain about it.

I went there and have photographic evidence.

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This is why we toast each other and clink our glasses before drinking

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It’s not something we spend much time thinking about. You toast one another, you ‘cheers’, you clink glasses, and then the rest is (often forgotten) history.

But why do we clink glasses while staring into each other’s eyes. And what exactly has toast got to do with anything?

Well, apparently, the custom of raising a glass to one another before drinking originated with the Romans and the Greeks (surprise, surprise), who used to offer wine to their gods before celebrations.

The expression ‘to toast’, meanwhile, does actually come from the practice of putting a piece of toast in your drink. It was something people did in Elizabethan times to improve the taste of wine – the bread soaked up some of the acidity in poor wines.

It also helped stretch supplies further in times of scarcity, by softening stale bread.

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The earliest written account of the custom comes from Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives… Read the full story

Wedding guests rock out to Rage Against The Machine in epic bridal party mosh pit

A dad turned his son into a little Darth Vader for the cutest photo series

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Cute photo series shows what it would look like if your son was Darth Vader Credit: James Hopkirk
Little Lord Vader needs a nap. (Picture: James Hopkirk)

Ever wondered what it would be like if Darth Vader wasn’t the father, but the son?

Probably not. But hey. There’s now a photo series to show you what that would look like, and it’s adorable.

Photographer James Hopkirk has been documenting his son’s adventures while dressed as Darth Vader in the series Little Lord Vader – all documented on his Tumblr.

It’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Four-year-old Harry dresses up as a tiny Darth Vader and goes about his business, while James takes photos.… Read the full story

These pictures of Tobypuff the chow chow will make you say ‘me as a dog’

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All day, err’day (Picture: Tobypuff/Instagram)

This is Toby the chow chow. Although we prefer to call him Tobypuff because that’s his Instagram name and we think it suits his fluffy personality down to the ground.

Tobypuff is all of us. Tobypuff is our spirit animal.

Tobypuff’s moto is ‘it’s actually okay to do nothing’.

He hates Mondays. He’s not a fan of vigorous exercise. And he hates it when people throw things at his face.

He also likes to dress up as Taylor Swift.

Like we said, he is all of us.

He is us watching life just pass us by. 

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He is us after a long, hard day at work when… Read the full story

KFC is now making ‘Finger Lickin’ Good’ nail polishes that taste like chicken

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Finger lickin’ good. (Picture: KFC)

Sure, no one may have asked for this. But it’s exactly what we deserve.

KFC is now making its own line of nail polishes. They’re edible. They’re called ‘Finger Lickin’ Good’ polishes. And yes, they taste like chicken.

KFC Hong Kong has released nail polishes in two chicken-y flavours: Hot & Spicy and Original Recipe.

They worked with food technicians at McCormick – the spice company behind KFC’s secret spice and herb mix – to create the polishes (which are entirely edible, so you’re free to lick your fingers to your heart’s desire).

Snowboxx 2017: Why you should book the ski festival and what else you should do in Avoriaz

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(Picture: Snowboxx)

As any music fan or hedonist knows only too well, festival season runs 12 months a year these days.

It’s an exciting yet exhausting proposition.

UK party people now spend summer stocking up on rays at beachfront bashes, and descend upon, or rather ascend to, Alpine towns once the snow falls for wintry kicks.

Whoever realised apres could do with a better soundtrack was obviously on to a winner.

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Man puts fake tan in his girlfriend’s foundation and the results are hilarious

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(Picture: ReuBekah Vidz/Facebook)
(Picture: ReuBekah Vidz/Facebook)

Reuben and Rebekah are a couple who like to play pranks on each other. 

Their most recent video saw Reuben getting his own back on Rebekah for waxing half of his eyebrow off while he was asleep.

Here’s how he got her back.

He crept into the bathroom when she wasn’t looking and mixed fake tan into her pot of foundation.

The next morning, with a hidden camera he captured Rebekah innocently applying her foundation.

It’s only once she returns from the school run that all is revealed.

This video of a woman’s natural birth is unlike anything you might expect

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Elle was comforted by her midwife during the day (Picture: The Lindquists/YouTube)
Elle was comforted by her midwife during the day (Picture: The Lindquists/YouTube)

When you read the word ‘birth’, what comes to mind? 

Perhaps pain, screaming and uncomfortable positions. That’s what we tend to see when it’s represented on TV anyway.

But, it seems it’s not as terrible for some (yes, we know not all by any means) – and it’s not always as scary as it sounds.

Woman rejected for job over three-year-old lesbian Instagram post gets hired again

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26-year-old Samantha Chirichella was preparing to start a new $70,000-a-year job as a staff investigator for Con Edison, one of the largest energy companies in the US, when her job offer was completely revoked following a background check. 

But it wasn’t a criminal record or anything of the sort that caused her offer to be withdrawn.

No, it was in fact a photo that had been posted to her Instagram three years ago.

According to the New York Daily News, Con Edison had been performing background checks on Samantha when their legal services department flagged up the photo – which featured Samantha posing for a lesbian shoot.

The photo, which was actually produced for her friend’s art exhibit, saw Samantha posing topless for a mirrored image where she had her lips to a nipple.

The image in question: 

People are using liquid lipstick as eyeliner and we love it

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There’s been many a beauty trend that we’ve not been totally sure of. 

Such as when people started contouring their feet, or giving themselves chiselled cheeks with a ruler.

But finally, there’s something that we are sure of. The liquid-lipstick-liner. Basically, it is what it says on the tin: people are using liquid lipstick to achieve the perfect cat’s eye.

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Why? Because bold-coloured liners – bar the obvious, black – are pretty limited.

So people have done their own personal research – and they’ve found the perfect substitute.

First making its debut on Instagram (obviously), the look has since been mastered by beauty bloggers and makeup artists galore.

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But while it may look wonderful, we’re all aware that lipstick doesn’t have the same consistency as eye-liner. Luckily, there is a trick to help you perfect it without ending up a hot mess.

First put a… Read the full story

It took 6 people 600 hours to make Claire Danes’ light-up Cinderella dress

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Claire Danes won the Met Gala red carpet with a fairytale light-up gown
The designer has revealed how the dress was made (Picture: Getty)

Claire Danes’ magical light-up Cinderella dress totally stole the show at this year’s Met Gala.

Cinderella went to the Met Ball and it was all thanks to US fashion designer Zac Posen.

The designer has now revealed what went into making the dream dress and, despite what we might have thought – or dreamt – there were no cartoon mice called Jaq, Gus, Major, and Bruno, or Fairy Godmothers, involved.

It actually took six people around 600 hours to make.

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‘I like to make people dream,’… Read the full story

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