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Chinese millionaire fails 27th attempt at passing university entrance exams

The 56-year-old has been trying for decades to pass China's notoriously tough Gaokao exams.

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"'I might give up (next year),' he said. 'If I do attend it next year, I will give up my last name Liang if I fail.'"

The exam loser formerly known as Liang. Just give up and become a communist party member and get your way through that.

 

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Chinese social media users are not impressed with your ham sandwich

The #WhitePeopleFood hashtag has gone viral, even as young professionals find that low-effort packed lunches do have some advantages.

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“'White people food' still has many detractors in a country with a long and rich culinary tradition.

'It’s absurd for an adult to eat this for daily nutrition,' said Xianglan Huo, a college student in the southern city of Kunming. 'The portion is not even enough for my cat.'

'It’s too cruel to the body,' Huo said. 'I prefer rich cuisines.'"

Okay I will keep my croque monsieur of bechamel, dijon, madrange ham, and gruyere cheese to myself then.

 

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Cocaine found in White House sparks brief evacuation

The US Secret Service is investigating how the substance got into the West Wing.

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No one mentioned Hunter Biden?

 

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Typo sends millions of US military emails to Russian ally Mali

Some of the emails reportedly contain sensitive information such as passwords and medical records.

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Oops..

"Emails intended for the US military's '.mil' domain have, for years, been sent to the west African country which ends with the '.ml' suffix."

 

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Former Lizzo dancers were weight-shamed and pressured while at strip club, lawsuit says

Three former dancers have filed a suit against Lizzo, accusing the singer of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.

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"The dancers accused Lizzo — a performer known for embracing body positivity and celebrating her physique — of calling attention to one dancer’s weight gain and later berating, then firing, that dancer after she recorded a meeting because of a health condition."

Fat on fat hate.

 

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An 87-year-old woman fought off an intruder, then fed him after he told her he was hungry

Marjorie Perkins said she awoke at 2 a.m. on July 26 and saw the young man standing over her bed. He had shed his shirt and pants and told her he was going to cut her.

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"So, she gave him a box of peanut butter and honey crackers, two protein drinks and two tangerines.

Perkins dialed 911 on her rotary phone and was talking to a dispatcher while the intruder collected his pants and left. He left behind a knife, shirt, shoes and a water bottle containing alcohol, she said."

For a minute I thought she made him a meal, he became rejuvenated and the struggle resumed.

 

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Female journalist flees Afghanistan after the Taliban targeted her

Lida Khurami was part of a generation that grew up after the first Taliban government fell in 2001 and benefited from billions in aid aimed specifically at women and girls.

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Must be pretty bad when you have to flee to Iran to escape persecution as a woman.

 

[Dropbear]

Taryn Manning Sparks Concern With Strange Video

The “Orange Is the New Black” star has shared a number of bizarre videos in recent days.

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Fukushima nuclear disaster: Japan to release treated water in 48 hours

The UN-approved plan will proceed despite opposition from locals and neighbouring countries.

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Better chomp on those final pieces of sashimi from Fukushima.

 

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Fukushima: China retaliates as Japan releases treated nuclear water

The controversial discharge of treated nuclear water sparks an outcry and a seafood ban from China.

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Here's your freshly sliced sashimi - fished from your local Chinese river.

 

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Burger King faces legal claim over size of Whopper

The fast food giant is accused of making the burger appear larger on menus than it actually is.

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Do I even want to eat more whopper than I bought?

 

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Shock after popular bear shot dead in Italian town

A bear named Amarena is killed in central Italy and a man has claimed he opened fire out of fear.

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"'Amarena was a symbol of the park,' said Piero Genovesi, head of Italy's wildlife service Ispra. 'Everybody loved her. She was so frequently observed; she was never aggressive.'"

Definitely a poacher. Orders were placed in China or Africa.

 

[Fwiffo]

Miley Cyrus says meme of her with Taylor Swift and Demi Lovato gave away her bisexuality

“If you guys didn’t know I was bisexual from this d--- picture, I don’t know what’s wrong with you,” the singer said in a new TikTok series.

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No problem. Happy to watch any porn with them in it.

 

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China's Great Wall damaged by workers looking for shortcut

Part of the wall running through China's Shanxi province was dug open, causing severe damage.

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"The best-preserved parts were built during the Ming Dynasty between the 14th and 17th centuries. It is one of these that now has a huge new hole blasted through it.
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The oldest portions, dating back thousands of years, were rammed earth walls and now appear as mounds, not even immediately recognisable as the Great Wall. Much of the degradation of the wall has been attributed to local farmers stealing bricks or stones to build houses or animal pens."

Top quality judgment. You have to wonder how their engineering/infrastructure aid to the rest of the world works.

 

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99.9% certain this is Bar Raval where they resell tins from Conservas de Cambados. The restaurant was built by a local restauranteur/former chef who went to Barcelona for a soul searching trip before starting that venture. But of course this one preferred to get Clover Leaf or something.

 

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Still trying to get laid …

Jordan Peterson Now Tweets in a Strange Poetic Style. We Asked Actual Poets to Review Him

The controversial Canadian psychologist has adopted a more grandiose air as he battles a medical board that wants him to post more professionally

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'Ritual mass murder' report in Chapel St Leonards was yoga class

Police say the call was made with "good intentions" after students were mistaken for bodies.

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Wait until they get into sex poses from Kama sutra.

 

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Dozens of crocodiles in China escape during floods

Around 75 crocodiles escaped from a breeding farm after typhoon Haikui caused flooding in Guangdong.

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Great. Now it's like Florida.

 

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Stranded cruise ship the Ocean Explorer freed three days after running aground in Greenland

The ship, which has passengers from around the world on board, was pulled free from mud and silt by a fishing vessel.

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"Lisa, another passenger, told CNN that her biggest fear at the moment is running out of alcohol, but if the worst did happen, she had a back-up plan."

I just came back from the local aquarium and there was a whole section on Franklin's expedition to the Arctic. Good to know Lisa here knows her priorities when she's stuck on a ship there.

 

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B nations rejoice. 1970s technology is finally available to y'all.

 

[Fwiffo]

Luxury cruise ship stranded in Greenland with Covid-positive passengers is finally pulled free

The luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer was successfully pulled free on Thursday, three days after running aground in Greenland with 206 people on board.

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"Cmdr. Brian Jensen of the Joint Arctic Command told Greenland broadcaster KNR that the ship is likely to go to Iceland, the closest place with large ports.

'Now it is exciting to find out what the condition of the ship is,' Jensen was quoted as saying by KNR. 'They are in the process of investigating whether the ship is intact and seaworthy and ready to sail on.'"

Exciting? I'm not sure that's the right term for it. Or maybe if it's not seaworthy it is exciting because you get to experience what the people who sailed Titanic went through. Hopefully there's no excursion fee for that.

 

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Have you seen a missing fighter jet? U.S. asks for help after ‘mishap’

The jet was left in autopilot mode so there’s a possibility it could still be airborne somewhere over South Carolina, a spokesman at Joint Base Charleston told NBC News.

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I mean it's a stealth fighter. It's designed to be hidden no?