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VIDEO: Want to learn how to deep fry water?
A Massachusetts man has come up with a bizarre new culinary innovation, as he figures out how to deep fry water for the 'Stupid Hackathon'.
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Woman Walks Naked Through Town After Emerging From Tanning Salon
The woman was captured on camera emerging from a tanning salon in Newquay, Cornwall, after a bronzing session, wearing nothing and carrying only a towel. Amy Martin, who snapped a picture of the woman, spotted her outside her workplace at Burger King. Ms Martin later spoke to the owner of a nearby tanning salon who said the woman had been a customer.
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Canadians shamed for disrespecting iconic American landmarks
Arrest warrants have now been issued on misdemeanor charges of violating park rules after three of the men — Justis Cooper Price-Brown, Charles Ryker Gamble and Alexey Andriyovych Lyakh — allegedly walked off the boardwalk in Yellowstone's Old Faithful District to get next to the Grand Prismatic Spring. As a result, they're now being investigated for allegedly water-skiing behind their bus on the beloved Bonneville Salt Flats. "I can't remember in the many, many, many years I've been doing this any case that has brought this much attention," says John Powell, a spokesman for the U.S. States Attorney's office in the district of Wyoming.
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Students shamed for 'appalling' Harrison Lake area campsite mess
Piles of litter and garbage left at a campsite near Harrison Lake has cast a pall on the 2016 Elgin Park Secondary School's graduating class, says the principal. "It is unfortunate but this reflects very badly on every member of our school community, regardless of direct involvement," wrote Principal Bruce Filsinger, in a letter to parents and students, imploring them for better behaviour. Kyle Williams posted pictures in fury after he found the mess at his favourite spot north of Chilliwack.
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Man Has Melon-Sized Tumour Removed After Living With It For 24 Years
Ian Crown’s tumour is believed to be the third largest of its kind in the world, and the 66-year-old lived with it for 24 years before finally having it removed. The lump, weighing a whopping 1.2kg, started growing in 1992 but Ian said it became “a part of him” and he learned to live with it.
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'Everything that was going on was consensual': No charges after bizarre incident triggers police standoff
Constable Brian Montague says the incident began shortly after noon Friday, May 20, when a would-be customer tried to enter the Wind Mobile store at Robson and Hamilton but found the door locked. When police arrived, Montague says the individuals inside were "uncooperative ... and didn't want to open the door and talk to officers". "The strange set of circumstances, the suspicious nature of the circumstances and what our officers were seeing triggered a pretty large police response," he said.
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Canadian shoppers feel duped by U.S. mall's at-par promotion
Several Canadian shoppers are crying foul, saying a U.S. mall misled them when it offered "at par" sales this past long weekend. Some of the cross-border shoppers did not like what they saw and took to social media to vent. The mall's social media team responded to some upset shoppers, adding it apologized for the confusion.
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India says Apple must sell locally-sourced goods to set up stores: source
India has said Apple Inc must meet a rule obliging foreign retailers to sell at least 30 percent locally-sourced goods if it wishes to open stores in the country, a senior government official told Reuters. Apple is hoping to expand its retail presence in India, one of the world's fastest-growing smartphone markets, at a time when sales in the United States and China have slowed. A change in legislation last year exempted foreign retailers selling high-tech goods from the rule, which states 30 percent of the value of goods sold in the store should be made in India.
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These Brothers Are Now Sisters After Coming Out As Trans At The Same Time
Bartender Jamie O’Herlihy, 23, and hairdressing student Chloe O'Herlihy, 20, kept their gender issues a secret from everyone for their entire lives. Just days later both brothers had come out as trans and, with the pair both planning to go under the knife for gender reassignment surgery, they are sharing their story in the hope of inspiring others to be true to themselves.
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Are Smart People Really Less Happy?
Dr. Raghunathan, a professor of marketing at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, studies the relationships between affect (a.k.a. mood and happiness) and consumption behavior. What he’s found is that we, in general, put too much effort into material goods and money and not enough into happiness, especially when you consider how many of us want to be happy. (Sound familiar?) “If you think of happiness, it’s one of our most important goals,” Dr. Raghunathan says. “Happiness is more important than money or being successful. It turns out, smart people should have figured it out. But they aren’t happier. Education does not lead to [happiness] as you would think.” The
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10 TV Shows Where The Cast Hated Each Other (10 photos)
Things might have looked rosy on-screen, but there is a raft of famous TV shows which were a bit more tense once the cameras were packed up… Image credits: Getty/Yahoo File/WENN/PA
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Packed house at Weyburn, Sask., KFC buffet after fears of closure
Fears were calmed and people flocked to the KFC in Weyburn, Sask., after rumours circled that it was closing. People across the province and Canada expressed their fear over such rumours. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall went on Twitter to call for the buffet to not be shut down. Health Minister Dustin Duncan had planned to attend the sit-in to show support for the buffet staying open.
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Terrified Driver Followed By Bee Swarm For Two DAYS After Queen Got Stuck In Boot
A terrified driver was followed for TWO DAYS by a swarm of bees who were desperate to get their queen back. It was only when he stopped to get a closer look that he realised this was not just some weird design - but the swarm of bees who had congregated on the vehicle.
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Calgary 1st city in Canada and U.S. to exhibit Body Worlds 'coupling' specimen
Body Worlds, the touring exhibit of cadavers preserved through plastination, has visited more than 100 cities around the globe — but very few have had the courage to exhibit one of the 'coupling' specimens. Calgary's Telus Spark Science Centre is the first in Canada and the U.S. to put it out there, but they're doing it with the utmost respect to their diverse clientele. The couple, which features a woman astride a well-endowed man, are hidden behind a sliding door that only opens on weekends and after 2:30 p.m. on weekdays at Telus Spark.
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Japan's prime minister puts heat on Trudeau over TPP, South China Sea
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upped the pressure Tuesday on Justin Trudeau by publicly suggesting his Canadian counterpart's positions had budged on a pair of prickly international files. Following a bilateral meeting with the visiting Canadian prime minister in Tokyo, Abe read a statement to reporters saying the two leaders shared "serious concern" about the territorial dispute that involved the "building of outposts" in the South China Sea. Trudeau initially made no mention of the contentious South China Sea dispute in remarks Tuesday that followed Abe's. As for the TPP, the government has made clear it is taking its time to review the 12-country Pacific Rim trade agreement before deciding to ratify.
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9 facts you may not have known about dandelions
Dandelions are sprouting up all around Manitoba while city officials and homeowners try to find ways to deal with the yellow blooms.
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How often do newly married couples have sex?
Tue, May 24: Jessica O’Reilly explains why some newly married couples have sex more often than others.
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Human remains found in rural Sask., belong to missing Saskatoon man
RCMP confirmed the human remains they found last Friday near the town or Arelee, Sask., belong to a missing person from Saskatoon. Following an autopsy conducted on Tuesday, Mounties said the human remains discovered on May 20 in the Rural Municipality of Perdue are that of 37-year-old Shane Perret. Perret was reported missing to city police and was reportedly last seen on Dec. 11, 2015.
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Victoria home sold for $800k back on market for $980k weeks later
A two-bedroom James Bay house that sold for $800,000 about a month ago has just gone back on the market — this time, for $980,000.
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Gord Downie’s incurable cancer: 5 things about glioblastoma
The Tragically Hip, announced Tuesday morning that lead singer Gord Downie has terminal brain cancer. Downie, 52, had a seizure in his hometown of Kingston, Ont., and as a result he was diagnosed in December with a deadly form of brain cancer. There are more than 120 types of brain and central nervous system tumours, according to the National Brain Tumour Society.
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Safe sex misconceptions: Here are things you should know about STIs
Canadian communities — and much of the world — are in the grips of a historic outbreak of sexually transmitted infections. Global News asked an STI clinician and an epidemiologist for some tips, and the things they wish people knew.
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