While we were all busy carving scary faces and cats into our pumpkins this Halloween, one girl pulled off a more realistic design.
One that will scare the hell out of you at just one glance.
She didn’t bother cutting into her pumpkin or even scraping out its insides – she simply took to the outside with a pen, and wrote some truly terrifying words.
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Grown-ups use Halloween as an excuse to drunkenly get with people we shouldn’t, just because we’re wearing face paint. But for kids, it’s massive.
In fact, particularly in the USA, there’s probably some sort of child cruelty law against not letting children go trick-or-treating.
It’s huge.
So imagine the crushing disappointment one small child must have had when it transpired that she’d be missing the big night because she and her family had to catch a flight.
But her dad wasn’t going to let a tiny thing like… Read the full story
When I was a child, I was perfectly cool sleeping with the lights off in my house. I couldn’t, however, bear to lie in darkness when I was at our home in Portugal during the holidays.
And I still can’t.
At night, I’ll literally run down the dark corridor to the loo and then run back to the living room. IDK who could possibly be lurking at the back of my second floor apartment, but I just can’t risk loitering in the dark.
Am I the lone moron?
Apparently not. A Go Glow survey of 2,000 British adults found that 40% of us are too scared to walk around their own homes without a light on.
It’s completely normal not to get over nyctophobia – or irrational fear of darkness – on reaching adulthood.
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Pretty much nothing tastes better than something you haven’t had to pay for.
So you’re in for a real treat, because today is Free Tea Day.
Commuters all over London and further afield will be able to get their hands on free tea at various venues, cafes, and stations.
Why?
Because it’s tea people teapigs’ 10th birthday tomorrow, and they’re marking the event by driving a Routemaster through the… Read the full story
This year’s Halloween was fantastic because everyone got so creative.
There was a man who dressed as his cat, a girl who dressed as a ouija board, a girl who made her own costumes inspired by Mexican food, and even a hairless cat who got into the spirit of things by dressing as Dobby.
But we think one little boy may just have trumped all of these fantastic costumes. Literally.
Even Maggie Thatcher would approve of this latest addition to the House of Commons.
Parliament is getting its very own brand of gin – a favourite of the former prime minister’s husband Denis (her own preference was Scotch whisky).
Yes, for the first time in history, Sipsmith has been commissioned to create a new type of gin designed specially for British politics.
The new type of gin is said to take inspiration from a historical reference to Parliament Gin in 1736, just when new laws were being passed on how gin… Read the full story
Sometimes Reddit is a place of pure genius, where minds from all corners of the earth can come together to discuss topics that higher powers might want censored.
And sometimes it’s a place for men to share candid photos of porn stars drinking Starbucks and comment on them.
You could be forgiving that sharing selfies of young women online isn’t a problem, or at least not on the same scale as revenge porn or doxxing. But you’d be wrong.
Because what these Redditors (who are in the vast majority male) are doing… Read the full story
If you’re not a protein swilling gym-a-holic, you might not have wondered about whether your ‘alone time’ affects your physique, except maybe your forearm.
But, those who pump iron a lot apparently do – and there is a concern that too much masturbation might prevent gains.
Luckily fitness channel PictureFit is on hand to explain exactly how your sexual activity might affect your muscle growth.
The video explains that yes, you do lose testosterone when you ejaculate, and yes, testosterone is an… Read the full story
We’ve all been guilty of taking our laptops to bed in the hope of soothing our way into slumber – only to find that after watching a film, we’re more awake than ever.
But now something exists to get you off to sleep and satisfy your late night Netflix habit.
Napflix is a Spanish ‘siesta video platform’ which tries to find you ‘the most silent and sleepy content selection to relax your brain and easily fall asleep’.
There’s a menu which offers you videos on anything from… Read the full story
When parents divorce, many are keen to keep the lines of communication for children open.
Cutting all contact between kids and the parent they don’t live with is a last resort for anyone.
‘Co-parenting’ is where separated couples continue to parent together, even if their own relationship has broken down.
But it can obviously be incredibly difficult – despite your best intentions.
One mum has now spoken out about her experiences of trying to co-parent with her ex.
Rosie Dutton, from Tamworth, has written an… Read the full story
Wedding photos can be corny and dry. They usually show the bride and groom looking dreamily into each other’s eyes, with flower girls and bridesmaids posing nauseatingly in the background.
But one pair of newlyweds have taken a stand against the traditional wedding album fodder – by having their photographer snap the bride simulating giving her new husband… Read the full story
There’s nothing more frustrating than going to put your make-up on and realising that you’ve run out of primer (first world problems, we know).
Actually there’s quite a lot that’s more frustrating than that.
Like ordering pizza and then falling asleep before it gets delivered, or realising that the exact moment your career takes off is when your fertility starts to decline.
But not having a primer is frustrating, because… Read the full story
This weekend the skies over London will be lit up with dazzling fireworks as we all celebrate Bonfire Night.
But if you’re looking for something a little more impressive (and safer) than a back garden display with a small cup of tomato soup and a large dose of potential injury, then check out one of these displays.
Here are 12 of the best places to see the fireworks in London this Guy Fawkes weekend.
Diwali and Bonfire Night mean that the majority of us city dwellers spend the end of October/beginning of November in a fug of gunpowder.
The normally dull British sky becomes alive with explosions – which can be fun for the most part, but also can be pant-wettingly startling.
And not just for humans.
New research has found that 82% of Britain’s dogs and cats are distressed by fireworks.
That’s because for… Read the full story
Millions of Americans will give thanks later this month during their annual Thanksgiving celebration.
The date, which many Americans consider more important than Christmas, was first set by the first president of the United States George Washington on October 3, 1789 as a ‘National Thanksgiving Proclamation’.
It was only when author Sarah Josepha Hale campaigned for Thanksgiving to be officially recognised as a national holiday that it started gaining the status it has today.
Not only that, but it started to be officially recognised across America on the same date… Read the full story
I can’t remember a time in my life before stress.
Some people talk about their childhoods with giddy nostalgia, as if youth is some mystical world without worries and cares.
But, for me, it starred stomach pains every Sunday night – not just because it was the night before school but because it was the night before the dreaded PE, in which my Trunchbull-esque teacher would inflict all manner of torture on my pudgy physique.
I took solace in books and TV, hiding away in my mind.
As I grew the main ways I tackled stress… Read the full story
On Monday, Apple released a shed load of new emojis.
And they were ones we’ve wanted for months.
Finally, we have an avocado emoji (talk about overdue).
We’ve got a facepalm one (ideal for dealing with meninists and trolls).
Apple has even given us a creepy drooling face (anyone who sends you this – not in relation to food – should be immediately blocked).
While Halloween may be over, photos from the night are still hitting social media.
And we’re thankful for that – otherwise we may have missed out on one hell of a costume – courtesy of this awesome mum who dressed as her son for Halloween.
So long with the hoops, dinosaur earrings are what you need to stand out.
The earrings, which are made from upcycled retro toys, come in twelve different breeds – including a Stegosaurus, a Velociraptor, a Ceratosaurus, a Brontosaurus and a Triceratops.
There’s dangly ones or studs, which come in two parts, with the head section making up the front of the earring and the rest up making the back – so you can mix up your dinosaurs to create your very own hybrid.
Each pair of earrings are lovingly handmade, cost £10.88 and can be shipped worldwide from Hong Kong-based OOO Workshop on Etsy,
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