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This smart mattress could be the answer to your partner’s snoring problem

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Sleeping next to someone who snores can feel like a punishment from God. While they’re there deep in slumber, you’re lying with a pillow over your face, weighing up whether it’s too harsh to dump or divorce someone over their nocturnal noise.

But this might all soon be a thing of the past, because this mattress is designed to help adjust a person’s body if it detects snoring.

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The 360 Smart Bed is apparently able to adjust your body position to ensure that both people… Read the full story


This teen wore a suit to meet his baby niece for the first time

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(Picture: Iris Kessler)
(Picture: Iris Kessler)

18-year-old Grant turned up to the hospital to meet his newborn niece in a suit, because, according to him, ‘first impressions matter’.

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His youngest sister, 16-year-old Iris, had been waiting at the hospital to greet her older sister Olivia’s newborn child, when Grant turned up dressed in a full suit and tie – even wearing a tie clip, for good measure.

So impressed by… Read the full story

This formerly ‘obese’ women has shed over 9st to become a bikini fitness model

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(Picture: Caters)

A slimmer who managed to drop over 9st thanks to a strict diet and weight training regime now has hopes of becoming a bikini fitness model.

Jessie Gibson, 33, says that her transformation has been so dramatic that people think her photos are fake.

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A vegan Atkins diet is the new plant-based food craze in town

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The Eco-Atkins diet is a plant-based version of the classic low carb Atkins diet (Picture: Getty)

Looking to radicalise your eating plan this 2017?

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New year, new you and all that?

Then you might be interested in this – the US News and World Report has ranked the world’s diets for their effectiveness at keeping you trim and healthy.

The list rates diets in categories like ‘fastest weight loss’, ‘easiest to follow’ and ‘best overall’.

It… Read the full story

What is Seasonal Affective Disorder and does SAD light therapy help?

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Ever felt really down during the winter, and been unsure what’s causing it? Chances are you’ve got SAD.

No, that isn’t an insult. SAD, seasonal affective disorder, is a depression that only hits during the winter months, leaving you feeling tired and downright miserable.

A vegan Atkins diet is the new plant-based food craze in town

The lack of sunlight winter brings can bring about this seasonal disorder – but what can be done about it?

Light therapy offers a way to get the natural light you miss out on during the colder season, but does it really work?

Great-grandma accidentally prays to Lord of the Rings figurine for years

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(Picture: Gabriela Brandao)

A great-grandmother has been accidentally praying to a figure of Elrond, an elf from The Lord of the Rings, after mistaking it for a figurine of Saint Anthony, every day for years.

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Her relative, Gabriela Brandão, a freelance makeup artist from Florianópolis, Brazil, made the discovery after taking a look at the great-grandmother’s figurine, and realising something wasn’t quite right.

Following her gut instinct, Gabriela searched online for the figure – and found one exactly identical to the great-grandmother’s.

However, there… Read the full story

Twitter had a meltdown when this woman discovered a library sign banning Oreos

Cat owner learns the hard way to always read the small print when ordering online


Man celebrates his birthday by finally eating the pineapple he grew for 20 years

So long, Chokers – we’re all about these vagina necklaces now

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(Picture: @mullum_moonflower)

Some choose to wear chokers around their necks, others choose to wear vaginas. 

So long, Chokers - we're all about these vagina necklaces now

And Australian artist and jewellery maker Emily Mystical is making the latter possible, by selling her NSFW accessories on her Etsy account.

Dubbed the ‘yoni pendants’, Emily’s masterpieces are getting huge amounts of recognition through her Instagram account, which has racked up more than 80,000 followers.

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Each pendant costs $34.40 AUD and features various… Read the full story

16 reasons gin is better than vodka

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Everyone loves gin, right? Vodka meanwhile… well.

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And it’s not just in the taste. Gin has a curious history, thought to date back to the 1600s, and is even said to have been invented by Dutch doctor Franciscus Sylvius.

Not to mention some suggesting that drinking gin can make you live longer and help get rid of any wrinkles.

Here are 16 reasons gin beats vodka every time.

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24 mandala tattoos that will have you running to your local studio

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Mandala designs have spiritual connotations (Picture: Getty)

If you’re on the ‘new year, new you’ vibe then you might be considering some fresh ink.

Cat owner learns the hard way to read those Amazon descriptions carefullyCat owner learns the hard way to always read the small print when ordering online

Maybe you’re looking into your first tattoo or perhaps you’re after a new addition to the ones you’ve already got.

Whichever it is, we’ve got some inspiration coming your way in the form of some incredible mandala designs.

Mandala is a Sanskrit word and means ‘circle’ – the mandala has spiritual connotations of balance, eternity and… Read the full story

15 tips for losing weight and keeping it off in 2017

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Ever wondered why losing weight and keeping it off in the new year is so hard?

Starting a health and fitness drive just after the new year more often than not ends in failure.

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Generally, this is because the new lifestyle you are trying to follow – in terms of both diet and training – is unrealistic, unsustainable and unenjoyable.

Big changes, restrictive diets and lots of training, are not the way forward.

Instead, try making small and easily followed changes and apply them to your life consistently.

They will work better than a celeb… Read the full story

Cream loving pup hilariously sabotages family’s Pie Face game

Three labels showing at London Men’s Fashion Week who make clothes you’d actually wear

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Men’s fashion week often spews up some horrific outfits but there are labels out there catering for your normcore needs (Picture: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

The problem with a lot of stuff at fashion week is that it’s often a bit…outrageous.

London Men's Fashion Week labels who make clothes you'd actually wear

Like, it looks great on an Amazonian child model with cheekbones you could slice Brie on but on your average Joe plodding wearily through the aisles at Tesco Metro?

Hell no.

Luckily, this isn’t the case for all designers – there are some that just get us regular bods, y’know?

Here are three of our faves… Read the full story


Heartbroken woman’s voicemail to gelato store that closed too early sounds like a devastating break-up call

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There’s nothing worse than having a craving for something and not being able to have it.

This smart mattress could be the answer to your partner's snoring problem

Especially when your craving is delicious, delicious gelato and your favourite store closes unexpectedly early.

Which is what happened to one disappointed woman when she tried to go to her favourite gelato parlour on New Year’s Eve and discovered it was…closed.

Now, most of us would have dealt with the crushing blow of disappointment by going home and bitching about the store to a couple of (disinterested) people and perhaps sending an angry tweet.

But this woman? Oh,… Read the full story

Girl finds seriously sassy diary entry written from when she was a kid in 2009

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(Credit: Twitter/Destiny Vandenberg)
(Credit: Twitter/Destiny Vandenberg)

Remember when childhood meant playing outdoors, physically calling on your friends to come out and asking out your crush with a ‘tick yes or no’ note? 

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And how can we forget jotting down our childhood angst in the most private of diaries – usually Argos-bought with a colourful plastic lock on them.

One girl who had forgotten – until now – is Destiny Vandenberg, who came across a diary entry she had written back in 2009.

Veganuary 2017: 16 delicious vegan cakes and bakes

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(Picture: Mandy Mazliah)

When you’ve gone vegan but still have a sweet tooth.

Are you currently doing Veganuary but are not sure how to satisfy your sweet cravings?

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Perhaps you’ve been vegan for a while now but you’re on the look out for some new recipes for baked delights?

Or maybe you’re a parent who needs something for treats for a child with a dairy or egg intolerance/allergy ?

Whoever you are, you’ll find some inspirations on this page for delicious vegan cakes and bakes.

Here are 16 recipes to get you started:

1. Baked doughnuts with maple cinnamon cashew frosting

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By Will Frolic For Food.

2. Coconut lime polenta… Read the full story

14 things you discover only after moving in with your boyfriend

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Moving in together sounds incredibly romantic – until it actually happens.

So you’ve taken the plunge and decided to move in together.

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Hurrah, you’ve finally started the next phase of your relationship.

But it’s not until you actually move in together that you start to realise the things that you really love and hate about each other.

He will probably end up being the best housemate you could ever ask for but unfortunately it’s not all fun and games.

And sometimes, it’ll be really, really awful.

Here are… Read the full story

What is the Ephipany? Why today is officially the end of Christmas 2016

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Today is officially the end of Christmas 2016.

That’s because it is the Epiphany, when the Pope holds a Holy Mass at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome and countless other traditions happen across the globe.

Here is everything you need to know about the date and what it all means.

When is the Epiphany and Twelfth Night?

The Epiphany is on January 6, 2017, meaning that the Twelfth Night is on January 5, 2017.

What is the… Read the full story

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