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Student comes up with the perfect plan to avoid getting parking tickets

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(Picture: Twitter)

To avoid a parking ticket, most of us just park in a legal spot. 

But not Twitter user TJ Azodeh. Nope, he’s found a way to outsmart the system.

19-year-old TJ, who studies at the University of Houston, has been avoiding getting parking tickets while on campus for quite some time now, by putting an old parking ticket on his windscreen after parking his car.

According to an interview with BuzzFeed News, TJ has had a 100% success rate so far.

And it’s all thanks to one of his friends, who he’d seen pay for parking ticket only to then… Read the full story


This couple’s ice cave wedding photos are the only ones we want to see

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(Picture: Darby Magill/Caters)
(Picture: Darby Magill/Caters)

Having to look through other people’s wedding albums can be a drag.

There are the same bored-looking flower girls, overly eager but atrociously dressed bridesmaids, and pastel-coloured table decorations in every collection.

This brother and sister keep pranking each other with a cardboard cutout of Tina Belcher

Like pictures of other people’s kids, your wedding pictures are rarely interesting to anyone other than you.

But one couple has ensured that that isn’t the case – by getting married down an ice cave.

There’s now a Harry Potter highlighting palette and it’s absolutely magical

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Harry Potter makeup.jpg This Harry Potter highlighting palette is all kinds of magical credit and link: Etsy/AWhimsicalWillow https://www.etsy.com/listing/472904104/the-hogwarts-highlight-and-contour?source=aw&awc=6091_1477303062_e0c069df6a41e10d2246aa8b10d3c224&utm_source=affiliate_window&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=uk_location_buyer&utm_content=78888
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Stop what you’re doing: There’s now a Harry Potter highlighting palette, and it’s just made of magic. 

Sold on Etsy shop AWhimsicalWillow, the highlighting palette consists of three stunning highlights and three contouring shades, all made from vegan ingredients.

And the names of each shade are just as magical as the colours – with Unicorn Hair, Dragon Scales and Firewhiskey each holding deep, sheer sparkles.

Woman lures people to her yard sale with brilliant celebrity memes

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(Picture: Getty)

Having a yard sale to raise some extra funds for Christmas? 

Here’s how to market it. Reddit user jbeech01 – wait, scratch that – it was his wife – wanted to find a way to make their yard sale stand out from the rest going on in the neighbourhood.

So, she came up with the perfect plan. No, she didn’t turn their house into a Pokestop. Instead, she attempted to lure potential customers with celebrity posters.

This brother and sister keep pranking each other with a cardboard cutout of Tina Belcher

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(Picture: Twitter/mollyy_freeman)
(Picture: Twitter/mollyy_freeman)

There’s been many a time when Bob’s Burger’s Tina Belcher has said something so awkwardly amusing that we’ve all thought ‘that’s me’. 

So when we found out these two siblings had a cardboard cut-out of her, we weren’t surprised. I mean, who wouldn’t want a life-size Tina in their lives?

Apparently, the cut-out was a gift to the oldest sibling, Molly, from her little brother Ben.

The guy who told women to ‘control their bladders’ has been dumped by his ‘girlfriend’

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(Picture: SWNS)

The guy who went on a rant against the end of the ‘tampon tax’ and biology has now apparently been dumped by his ‘girlfriend’.

Ryan Williams, 19, took to Twitter last week to condemn women who couldn’t ‘control their bladders’ while menstruating, saying that they didn’t deserve free sanitary products.

Friendship breakups are way worse than romantic onesHere's what it's like to be dumped by your best friend

He went on to boast that his own girlfriend wasn’t ‘crazy like these feminists’ and that ‘she never bleeds lol… Read the full story

15 things we all do the week before payday

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You're sure there was money in here a few days ago... (Picture: Giphy)
You’re sure there was money in here a few days ago… (Picture: Giphy)

‘You do not have sufficient funds to make this transaction’ screams the cash machine, with four working days to go before the happiest day in the month.

One day, we will be able to be just like the people in the office that proclaim ‘oh is it payday?’ whilst you’ve been sitting there counting down the seconds until you can afford some dinner.

But until that day comes, we will carry on doing exactly the same things during the last week before payday every month.

1. Consider how long it would actually take… Read the full story

What is sepsis? Deadly condition kills tens of thousands every year

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More than 100,000 people in Britain are admitted to hospital with sepsis every year and 31,000 of those die as a result of the condition.

World Sepsis Day launched to reduce deaths from disease that kills millions

While some may be more vulnerable to a sepsis infection- those who are young or old – anyone can suffering from the condition if they have sustained an injury, had surgery, are in hospital with a serious illness or have a medical condition that weakens the immune system.

Here is everything you need to know.

What is sepsis


Teenager snaps Tinder profile pic in match’s bathroom before they’d even met

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tinder 2.jpg These college students have the weirdest Tinder story you've ever heard https://twitter.com/m_d_k_34/status/788038035497623554
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While most people spend their evenings swiping through Tinder, not many come across a potential match who seems to have already made themselves at home – by snapping selfies in your very own house. 

Harry Potter fans can now spend the weekend at Wizarding school

But that’s what happened to 19-year-old student Mark Kowalczyk.

He had been flicking through girl after girl when he came across Jenna Zagrodniczek, also 19.

And while Jenna is beautiful, it wasn’t her beauty that… Read the full story

Photographer transforms rescued lab animals into book characters so they get their fairytale endings

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(Picture: Rachele Totaro)
(Picture: Rachele Totaro)

An amateur photographer is turning animals rescued from labs into characters from fairy stories, in a bid to give them the happy end to their stories they deserve.

A woman who ate 9,000 chocolate bars a year has finally given them up

Rachele Totaro snaps rabbits, rats and Guinea pigs to help the Italian animal charity La Collina dei Conigli (Watership Down) and to raise awareness of their activities.

The charity rescues small animals which are used as test subjects in laboratories, and once they have recovered, volunteers try… Read the full story

Harry Potter fans can now spend the weekend at Wizarding school

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(Photo by Mintaha Neslihan Eroglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

If you’ve spent the years since your 11th birthday feeling bitter that your Hogwarts letter never turned up, then we might be about to make your day.

tinder 2.jpg These college students have the weirdest Tinder story you've ever heard https://twitter.com/m_d_k_34/status/788038035497623554Teenager snaps Tinder profile pic in match's bathroom before they'd even met

While Hogwarts itself hasn’t yet opened its doors to Muggles, there’s a Wizarding school in France which is ready to welcome you with open arms.

The Mimbulus Mimbletonia association (which the true fans among you will know is named after one of Neville’s plants) is running a three night… Read the full story

The makeup artists you need to follow on Instagram

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Makeup artists know what they're doing (Picture: Getty)
Makeup artists know what they’re doing (Picture: Getty)

If you want to do something a bit different with your makeup, but feel stuck in a rut and don’t know where to begin with switching things up, makeup artists’ social media accounts are a great place to look for inspiration.

MUAs are always posting photos of their latest creations as a way to advertise their skills, so why not take one of their looks and attempt it yourself?

These are the ones to follow on Instagram.

Alyssa Marie @alyssamarieartistry

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A woman who ate 9,000 chocolate bars a year has finally given them up

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(Picture: Anita Garnett)
(Picture: Anita Garrett/Caters)

A morbidly obese woman has lost almost half her body weight after cracking her chocolate addiction.

Anita Garrett was such a chocaholic that she managed to get through 9,000 bars a year. Her weight grew to 28st and she wore a size 34.

This brother and sister keep pranking each other with a cardboard cutout of Tina Belcher

But now, after giving up chocolate for good, she has managed to slim down to 13st and wears a size 12.

By 18, Anita says she was eating three big bars… Read the full story

Twitter users are summing up romance using just four words

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(Picture: Getty Images / Twitter/METRO)
(Picture: Getty Images / Twitter/METRO)

We all have our own ideas with regards to romance.

While some see it as a trip to the cinema, for others it’s a bouquet of roses and a handwritten poem.

But apparently, there’s no need for grand romantic gestures, because romance can be distilled down to just four short, sweet words – as this Twitter hashtag game has proved.

And, it seems, food really is the key to love.

This guy thought romance meant ‘Level of comfortableness’

6-year-old girl writes heartfelt letter after someone called her autistic brother ‘weird’

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(Picture: Facebook)
(Picture: Facebook)

A little girl has melted the hearts of thousands after her very emotional letter about her brother was posted to Facebook by her mum. 

Six-year-old Lex had been left feeling very hurt after another girl in her class told her that her brother was ‘weird’. Unbeknownst to the girl, Lex’s brother actually has autism. And so Lex decided to write about the incident, and how it made her feel.

The letter reads:

On Monday I felt very sad because a girl in my class said that my brother was weird.

My brother has autism and is not weird.

I would… Read the full story


This artist made a suit out of 150 breast milk bags to make an important point about working mothers

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‘Our system does not support new mothers.’ (Picture: Kasey Jones)

While women push themselves to get back to work after giving birth, often missing sleep, missing out on valuable time with their children, and running themselves ragged to fit everything in, employers are still making minimal effort to make things easier.

‘Our system does not support new mothers or families during this transitional phase,’ says artist and mother of two Kasey Jones.

To draw light to this issue, Kasey made herself a suit out of 150 breast milk bags, and posed wearing it in an office.

‘I created this… Read the full story

Here’s why breaking up with a mate is so much worse than a relationship split

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Friendship breakups are way worse than romantic ones
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Everyone falls out with friends. Whether as kids, teens or adults, all friendships are bound to go through rough patches.

But what happens when you find yourself permanently dumped by a mate?

Friendship breakups are way worse than romantic onesHere's what it's like to be dumped by your best friend

I had my own friendship breakup almost a year ago.

An old school friend had gone quiet on the text-and-meet-up front and, when confronted at a Christmas party, told… Read the full story

American woman lists all the things Brits do better

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credit: TS Photography/Getty. Traditional British afternoon tea with teapot, cakes, sandwiches and Union Jack bunting.
(Picture: TS Photography/Getty)

There are many things that British people and American people do very differently.

Spelling words like ‘colour’ and ‘favour’, for example. Breakfast. Making cups of tea.

And as everyone residing in the UK will know, the way we do things is correct, and the way Americans do things is deeply, deeply wrong.

Because tea needs milk and sugar. Breakfast can include sausages and beans. Words deserve the letter ‘u’.

But sadly, many Americans don’t see it this way. They’re stuck in their own (wrong) traditions… Read the full story

Man takes photos two days apart to show just how much he changed

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Man takes photo for himself for two consecutive days to document the changes
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There’s one thing we all go through, that’s totally out of our control. Change. 

While some of us like it, others lump it – and the rest document it.

We’ve all seen countless photos of videos documenting how a person has changed over the years.

And often, admittedly, there is a remarkably significant difference between beginning and end. Still, they have become a bit of an over-used internet trope.

 

This woman’s wedding dress got cancelled while she was in a coma so she got married naked

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(Picture: Kate Lee Joystar/PA Real Life)
(Picture: Kate Lee Joystar/PA Real Life)

When Monique Penberthy fell into a coma, her wedding dress order was cancelled and her big day was called off.

But when she came round 31 days later, she was determined to still tie the knot – and decided to do it without the frock.

For this week only, Londoners can catch a unicorn cab to work

At 31, Monique developed the flesh-eating bug necrotising fasciitis, and doctors couldn’t say if she’d pull through.

But after waking up, the… Read the full story

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