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Period pain is no laughing matter, and the fact that it’s part of life leads some people to underestimate how severe it can be. A company called Somedays, which produces period pain relief products, has found a way to address that problem. They take their period pain simulator out into the world, where people who […]

The definition of ‘Stick it to the man’ – at least, the one we just looked up – is to ‘show resistance to or fight back against the established doctrines of a person or body of authority, especially the government’. And these supremely satisfying moments are classic cases in point, 17 people who played by […]

It’s not always easy starting a conversation, particularly if you have to interrupt someone, but that’s nothing compared with the horror of trying to end a chat with someone who just won’t stop talking. But never fear because help is at hand after Redditor Spritti33 asked this. ‘How does someone politely end a conversation with […]

Dr. Seuess’s iconic kitty is using up another one of its nine lives in a new animated movie coming out next February. The trailer does little to distinguish itself from all of the other overly sanitized animated kids movies Hollywood keeps pumping out. The first trailer for ‘THE CAT IN THE HAT’ animated movie has […]

Hall of Fame NBA superstar Tony Parker accomplished a lot in his career. In his prime, Parker could drive by any defender on the court and played Robin to Tim Duncan’s Batman on four title winning San Antonio Spurs teams. Now in retirement, he’s still history. Not in basketball, but in poultry. On a recent […]

The good people of the Bank of England have clearly forgotten the lessons of the Boaty McBoatface saga – if you want something done well (in your eyes, at least) don’t ask the public to do it. Because they’ve just launched the first major redesign of their bank notes in more than 50 years and […]

Kirstie Allsopp took time out from searching Rightmove and all the other stuff she does to share her dismay at the particular vista she encountered on the London Underground this week. The Location, Location, Location presenter got on the Tube at 9.20am on Tuesday to find her carriage completely empty (apart from her, obviously). And […]

Kirstie Allsopp took time out from searching Rightmove and all the other stuff she does to share her dismay at the particular vista she encountered on the London Underground this week. The Location, Location, Location presenter got on the Tube at 9.20am on Tuesday to find her carriage completely empty (apart from her, obviously). And […]

To the United States now – what do you mean you thought we were already there? – where Donald Trump has been bigging up the progress he has made with the US economy since returning to the White House. Except when we say ‘bigging up’ what we really mean is ‘making up’ after the president […]