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We all have that one unsanitary habit we know is gross — but still do anyway. The more you do it, the less you think about it. That’s about to change. On this recently popular AskReddit thread, user nevvycakes asked: What is something extremely unsanitary but everyone seems to do it anyways? From public spaces […]

Talented actor, writer and musician Jemaine Clement is probably most well-known for both the film and the TV series What We Do in the Shadows, or as one half of Flight of the Conchords, but the New Zealander also has a large following on Twitter/X, where he often speaks out about political issues. In 2024, […]

To the world now of Reform UK superfan @Jenny_1884 who describes herself, among other things, as a Brexiteer and a ‘generally nice person (unless something or someone really winds me up)’. And one of the things that apparently winds her up is things like food allergies, autism, ADHD, gluten intolerance, dairy intolerance and, well, you […]

There are certain things in life that make us nervous no matter how many times we’ve done it. We say this after WinstonChurchillin asked this over among the good people of Reddit. “What makes you nervous no matter how many times you do it?” And the replies came flooding in, sometimes funny, often relatable, and […]

Donald Trump took time out from failing to bring an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to announce plans to hold a UFC fight in the grounds of the White House. Well, he does love putting people in a cage. We can only hope they don’t have to dig up that giant flagpole to make […]

The Fourth of July is American Independence Day, celebrating the ratification of the Declaration of Independence which created the nation of The United States. It’s a federal holiday, celebrated with fireworks, food and family across all 50 states. However, in Washington’s British Embassy, it’s not such a straightforward celebration, seeing as the independence gained was […]

It all started when Redditor LaiqTheMaia asked this. ‘What’s a really awkward situation that everyone can relate with?’ And it prompted a whole load of responses, some very funny, often entirely relatable, and always utterly cringeworthy. We’ve read them all – well, quite a lot of them – so you don’t have to, and these […]

What is it that binds us together as the nation of Britain? Is it our shared values of democracy, individual liberty and rule of law? Or is it the fact that if you stood in a big Tesco and shouted out ‘Oggi, oggi, oggi!’ at least half of the shoppers would immediately yell back ‘Oi, […]

To the United States now – what do you mean you think we’ve never left? – where Donald Trump has been doing his best to unite the entire nation behind his ‘big beautiful bill’. And when we say doing his best, what we actually mean is doing nothing at all. Not just nothing at all, […]