Meet the incredibly brave ‘Butterfly Boy’ who refuses to give up hope despite ‘constant pain’
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You can now buy a Vladimir Putin Apple watch
Finally, what we’ve all been waiting for – an Apple watch that pays tribute to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
Why you ask? Well who wouldn’t want a £1,974 watch with an artistic reproduction of Putin’s signature?
Russian luxury phone company, Caviar, are behind the new gold… Read the full story
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Is it a studio flat? Is it a shed? Either way it’s yours for 1k a month in Hackney
This charming studio in Clapton, that may very well actually be a shed, could be yours for a mere £1,083 a month – because London.
It’s in a ‘secure gated complex’. Or at least, there’s a gate. This may or may not have something to do with the very large possibility it’s actually a garage.
Or a shed – the jury’s still out.
On the plus side bills are included and there’s off road parking.
It even comes with a wooden floor. At £1,000 a month, we’re expecting it to be the nicest wooden floor to ever graze your foot.
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Say goodbye to jet lag with a new mask that rearranges your body clock
Travelling around the world is brilliant – you can meet amazing people, be exposed to new cultures and explore beautiful places.
What’s not so great is jet lag, when all you want to do is crawl into a ball in your hotel bed and wait for the confusion, nausea and tiredness to pass you by.
The Polish creators behind NeuroOn hopes to cure all that.
It’s an intelligent mask that measures sleep waves,… Read the full story
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This parody of cheery body positivity videos is SPOT ON
Look, body positivity is a wonderful thing.
But when people get so caught up in the ‘big is beautiful’ stuff that they’re slamming every other body type, there’s a serious problem. Especially when you’re setting up a curvy girls vs. ‘skinny bitches’ battle.
Throwing in a catchy tune and some colourful backdrops (*cough* Meghan Trainor) doesn’t take away from the blatant body-shaming.
Which is why Pop Roulette have gone ahead and created a video parodying the shady side of the body positive movement, with superb lyrics like: ‘we’re here to tell you that ALL bodies are beautiful – unless you’re thin, then you are disgusting!’
It’s a… Read the full story
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British women think ‘overweight/ plus-size men’ make the best lovers
Lads – if you’re currently sporting a beer belly or carrying a few spare tyres, we have some good news for you.
As apparently that’s exactly what women are looking for in the bedroom.
The survey of 2,544 British women aged 18 and over – all of whom had previously indicated they’d slept with lovers of various shapes and sizes – came out overwhelmingly in favour of bigger boys.
First up, the women were asked what size and shape of man they’d found to be best in the sack. To which a massive 38 per cent of women replied ‘overweight/plus-size men’.
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Brace yourselves: PYT Burger, home to America’s craziest burgers, is coming to London this August
Clear your diary. Get yourself a colonic (or don’t). And get yourself ready for the mother of all US invasions.
PYT Burger, the outrageous Philadelphia-based burger joint who gave us cheeseburger-stuffed doughnuts and (a riff on the theme) the Donut Cheesesteak burger, is coming to London for three glorious days this August.
They’ll be losing their British cherry at the Mr Hyde National Burger Day party in Dalston on August 27, and will stay on for Street Feast 2015 from August 28-29.
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Being hungry affects women’s arousal, says a new study
Finally, an answer to the food vs sex debate.
A new study suggests that food can have a major impact on women’s arousal. And not just oysters.
Alice Ely, a researcher from the University of California, San Diego, suggests that hunger affects how women respond to romance and arousal, finding that when female participants were hungry, they weren’t as responsive to romantic stimuli.
So less ‘horngry’, more ‘hangry’.
Ely and her team of researchers gathered 20 women for the study, half of whom had previously tried to lose weight, and half who had never dieted.
The women fasted for eight hours and came into the lab feeling pretty hungry. They were then sent into an MRI scanner… Read the full story
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Meet Flo: The new device that’s making periods easier for women living in poverty
For most of us, periods are just a minor annoyance, with the main bugbear being the handbag space that has to be dedicated to a pack of Tampax.
But in many parts of the world, limited access to sanitary products has a significant impact on the lives of young women, with girls missing school because they’re unable to get hold of clean pads and tampons.
As disposable pads are often too expensive, women end up re-using rags.
What makes things worse is that in many of these places, washing out the rags in public places is strictly prohibited, meaning the women have to hide their rags in unhygienic places… Read the full story
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27 very important questions for the men of Tinder
Tinder is where dreams go to die.
It’s where expectations of men are destroyed by backwards caps and naked photo requests.
Where you go when you want to lose all faith in the dating world.
The place that will kill any hope of finding love.
It’s also a place of mass confusion and intrigue. We have so, so many questions. Here are 27.
1. Where are these tigers coming from?
Do you work at the zoo? Is there a special tiger sanctuary exclusively for dudes on Tinder to visit for profile pictures?
What does it all MEAN.
2. Who is that attractive girl next to you?
Ex-girlfriend? Creepy. Friend? Well, that’s going to get awkward.
3. If you have so many attractive female friends, why are you on Tinder?
Something is wrong here.
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These illustrations nail what it feels like to be an introvert
Illustrations every introvert will relate to.
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is an artist and self-professed INFJ (one of Myers-Briggs 16 personality types, standing for introversion, intuition, feeling, judging), whose INFJoe illustrations share his experience of life as an introvert.
They’re getting pretty popular all over the internet, with all the world’s introverts relating to these typical introverted moments HARD.
The classic ‘I feel a bit rude, but can you leave?’
Something you should NEVER do to your introverted friends
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Women challenge damaging stereotypes with powerful ‘I’m tired’ photo project
‘I’m Tired’ is an ongoing photo project aimed at highlighting the real and lasting impact of everyday discrimination.
The project was started by Nottingham graduates Paula Akpan and Harriet Evans in June.
A series of powerful black and white images show phrases scrawled across people’s backs. These phrases come from volunteers, strangers from all walks of life. They are all things people are tired of hearing.
I’m tired of being the angry black woman
By writing the phrases on people’s backs, the project offers both anonymity and the possibility for empathy. These people could be anyone – your colleague, your friend,… Read the full story
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18 things you’ll understand if you’ve known your BFFs from school
Remember how nervous you were on your first day of school? If you were one of the lucky ones it would end up being one of the greatest days of your life because you would end up meeting your soon-to-be best friend.
If you were fortunate enough to meet your BFF at school, you’ll probably be able to relate to these things:
1. You will never tire of mocking them for their previous fashion choices
Croydon facelift, tooth gems, ankle swingers, double demin… it’s enough to make anyone cringe.
2. You shared the same celebrity crushes as a youngster
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Artist creates clever, funny and plain old trippy images featuring marijuana
Some people claim that smoking weed makes them more creative, and that would seem to be the case for Dan Cretu.
In fact, the Romanian artist seems to be so inspired by weed, he’s made it the centrepiece of some of his work.
Talking to Metro.co.uk, Dan explained: ‘I do not like to talk about what my art projects mean, I prefer others to do it for me,
‘It is not a sign of arrogance, but from experience I noticed that most times people see in my work more than I tried to express.’
Well, that told us!
Dan’s work includes Mary Jane takes on everything from famous landmarks…
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Lal the dog is the perfect model for some seriously artistic photos
This is Lal who is possibly the greatest dog model that ever lived. He has grace, patience and the camera simply adores him.
Even pros like Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss could learn a thing or two from Lal.
He’s a stoic German shorthaired pointer owned by Samuel Jurcic, who likes to take some very surreal photos of Lal.
Luckily, Lal is totally cool with the whole situation and is a total boss on set.
Just check out these top model shots:
This is the first adorable photo of Lal at 3 weeks old, he’s since learned a thing or two about working it for the camera
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Hooray! Target is making its toy aisles gender neutral
Props to US retailer Target for listening to the internet.
Target has announced that they’re now dedicated to making their stores more gender neutral, after hundreds of people tweeted their dismay at their gendered toy aisles.
From now on, certain aisles where recommendations by gender are, frankly, completely unnecessary, will no longer have gender-specific signage. Clothing signs will remain the… Read the full story
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Sweary pensioner comes to the rescue of scantily clad woman abused by suit on the central line
Long story short: a granny said f*nny on the Central line, and now everyone loves her.
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As all good Londoners know – talking is strictly forbidden on the underground. But every now and then something kicks off, and suddenly it’s like you’re live on stage at the Jeremy Kyle show, and it’s basically the best thing ever.
And that’s exactly what happened on Monday night on the Central line.
The story, as reported by actor Scott Sparrow whose FB post about the event has now been shared nearly 20,000 times, goes a little something like this…
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Checking your emails outside of work is making you a stressed out mess
Put away the iPhone. Close the laptop.
Turns out all those life advice gurus banging on about work/life balance were on to something, because checking your email outside of the office is genuinely making us all massively stressed out.
A new study from the University of Hamburg has concluded once and for all that checking emails outside of office hours elevates a person’s stress levels.
19 work moments that are the WORST for awkward people
Psychologists asked 132 people to answer a series of questions over an eight day period – four days when they were expected to be available for work, and four when they weren’t.
During the survey period, half of the participants had saliva samples measured for cortisol – the stress hormone.
As you’d expect, the results showed that during times when a… Read the full story
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Artist creates incredibly detailed drawings on the inside of eggshells
Eggs-quisite.
Turkish artist Süreyya Noyan creates stunning versions of classic works of art, shrunk down to tiny proportions on the insides of eggshells.
To create her pieces, she carefully cracks a window into each shell and removes the egg. With fine paintbrushes and drawing pens, she delicately draws on the egg’s shell.
Then, she snaps a quick photo for her Instagram, where she shares her creations with the hashtag #eggart.
The results are stunning.
A teeny-tiny starry night
A wave that’s great in detail, rather than size
The Kiss, in an eggshell
A stunning sunset over a mosque
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, shrunk down to eggshell size
Yep, Süreyya can do pen drawings, too. Very, very carefully
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Photographer shows the amount of sugar hiding in fizzy drinks, in lollipop form
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