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Dwayne Stafford is the man…
Dwayne Stafford was the man who became a legend by sneaking out of his jail cell and beating Dylan Roof, the shooter of a church in Charleston, SC. He then began a GoFundMe account, and earned enough money for bond, and the legend grew. According to Stafford’s lawyer, Stafford was accused of roughing up and […]
If the asteroid that killed…
If the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs arrived just 30 seconds later, it would have landed in deep ocean water which would have absorbed much of the force of the impact. The resulting extinction would have been less severe, many dinosaur species would have survived, and humans would not exist.
There was a traffic jam in China…
There was a traffic jam in China that started on August 13th 2010; it lasted two weeks, jammed traffic for over 100km and allowed drivers to move roughly 1km a day. It inspired people to sell noodles in the jam for 3x the normal price and bottled water for ¥15, it normally sold for ¥1.
Kelly Mcgillis Said She Wasn’t Asked to Be in the Top Gun Sequel for a Simple Reason: Because She’s Aged
Hollywood is ageist, no doubt about it. Men can get older and still play dashing romantic leads and action stars, but women are too old to play a love interest as soon as they hit their 30s. So it’s sad, but not surprising, that Kelly McGillis wasn’t asked to reprise her role from the classic Top Gun. It would have been nice to see her, even if it wasn’t as a love interest for Tom Cruise.
McGillis talked to Entertainment Tonight about why she wasn’t cast, and she didn’t hold back.
“I’m old and I’m fat, and I look age-appropriate for what my age is, and that is not what that whole scene is about,” said McGillis.
The "Top Gun" star got brutally frank in explaining why she thinks she wasn't invited to be in the sequel. https://t.co/ua44GrUoXR
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) July 30, 2019
At 62, McGillis is just a few years older than Cruise, 57, and Val Kilmer, 59, who are both appearing in the sequel.
McGillis told ET that she left Hollywood to become sober and take care of her family.
“It was very challenging for me to have any kind of sense of self or self-identity or real self-worth other than what I did for a living,” she said.
McGillis’ experience reflects what many other women have experienced in Hollywood. For example, Jessica Lange told AARP that “Ageism is pervasive in this industry…You will see men in their 60s playing romantic leads with costars who are decades younger.”
Now I want to see the story of Kelly McGillis' character from TOP GUN as she is now. Astrophysicist Charly Blackwood who once had a fling with some flyboy she barely remembers now that she's in charge of landing a team on Mars.
— William C. Martell (@wcmartell) July 28, 2019
I love that we are seeing richer roles for women who are in their 40s and beyond, especially on television. It may not have been intentional, but Hollywood has been sending the message that women aren’t allowed to age, for too long – cause we all do. Aging is fabulous, and it certainly beats the alternative.
I love McGillis’ honesty, and I’m glad she’s living a rich, fulfilling life. Good for her.
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15 Funny Tweets About How British People Speak
Mind your head on the tube, love!
I kid, I kid. We know all British people don’t sound like that…or do they? Just kidding! Again!
Hey, they make fun of us too, so let’s dish it out a little, shall we?
Righty-o!
1. YewChube.com
British people be like:
Yew chube— dies of botulism (@paigettey) July 20, 2019
2. ROIGHT
british people be like ROIGHT wots oll dis den
— not as cool and bodacious as funky kong (@quinnmacncheese) July 20, 2019
3. Sexy
british people be having sex like:
mmmm yes splendid ah indeed scrumptious carry on good heavens i’m arriving
— butters (@yung_butters) July 8, 2019
4. Don’t bover me
British people be like
I'm not bovered
— Circe On A String (@Circe_Speaks) July 23, 2019
5. There it is again
british ppl be like ‘chewsday’ :/
— . (@golxgappay) February 5, 2019
6. My favorite!
british people be like i fink so
— read bio (@goobsoup) February 3, 2019
7. Hahahaha
english ppl be like im droring a picksher
— matthew (@denimjaisket) December 23, 2018
8. Hayche-BO
Why do British people say “hayche” instead of just H???
— Steven (@n0tsteven) June 19, 2019
9. Those spicy things
Why do British people say Jah-la-peños
— E (@ExquisiteWilli1) July 24, 2019
10. My second favorite!
"Fank yew" – any British person ever
— ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@gucciano) February 13, 2012
11. Thirsty
english people be like can i get a glass of wah-uh
— are u worried? (@brolteon) September 19, 2018
12. You’ve heard this one
english ppl be like: massive
— aspiring cat boy (@visuaInoveI) July 27, 2019
13. That’s means the conversation is over
british people be like "right then"
— monica (@ttuesdayaddams) July 8, 2019
14. Good ideer
uk ppl be like "i have an ideer"
— yousef said (@yousef_hilmy) November 8, 2017
15. Absolutely famished
Brits be like "im proper famished" dude just say you're hungry
— Lou (@Loucifer_III) October 10, 2017
To all our friends across the pond: we’re just being cheeky!
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Ed Sheeran Has Spent Millions Buying Houses and Property from His Complaining Neighbors
This ma is living the dream. Ed Sheeran has all the money he could ever want, and he’s been using it to slowly buy up all the property around his farmhouse in Framlingham, England, supposedly to build himself a “mini-village.”
That sounds like paradise to me. No neighbors, no hassle, no problems.
No.6 went #1 today and Beautiful People went #1 in the singles chart, which makes it the second #1 from this project….
Posted by Ed Sheeran on Friday, July 19, 2019
And by “buying up all the property,” I mean buying OUT his neighbors. Sheeran bought a farmhouse and some land around it in 2012 for just over $1 million (we’re talking US currency here). He then bought the house next door for about $550,000. Fast forward to 2016 and Sheeran purchased another nearby house for $1.1 million. The following year, the singer dished out $640,000 for a bungalow across the street.
Not only is Sheeran buying these properties, but he’s putting a lot of work back into them and the house he originally purchased. Sheeran was granted permission to build a kidney-shaped pool on the condition that it would also be a natural habitat to attract wildlife, but his plans for the pool got his neighbors peeved.
Ed Sheeran's home in Framlingham, Suffolk.
Posted by Realty One on Monday, January 29, 2018
Neighbors were annoyed when Sheeran placed hay bales around the pool to block neighbors’ views, and they accused him of using the water for recreation instead of a wildlife attraction, as originally decided. His neighbors have also complained that the famous singer has plans to build a giant treehouse and a chapel on his property.
So, what to do? Drop some cash on ’em, of course! Then no one can complain! And that’s exactly what Sheeran continues to do. Because he can.
Today the Divide tour broke the all time tour record set by U2. It's now the most attended and highest grossing tour of…
Posted by Ed Sheeran on Friday, August 2, 2019
When you have that much cash, you can pretty do whatever you want, whenever you want.
Now I need to get busy designing my own compound…
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Las Vegas Is Dealing with a Grasshopper Invasion
Uh oh…prepare to never your houses again…
Have you ever seen the 1950s sci-fi classic Them! about an invasion of ants grown huge due to atomic radiation?
Well, this story is kind of like that, except with grasshoppers…and these bugs are a little smaller, so don’t get too alarmed, okay? Also, no atomic radiation.
But the fact remains that Las Vegas, Nevada, is being overrun with massive hordes of grasshoppers. GRASSHOPPERS! EVERYWHERE!
This is legit the linq rn pic.twitter.com/IIZTFTgsCv
— andi (@grammyandoo) July 26, 2019
These particular insects are called pallid-winged grasshoppers, and they aren’t messing around. An entomologist named Jeff Knight said that this type of grasshopper’s number increase after wet winters and springs, and the evidence is in the videos and photos that people are sharing from Las Vegas of the insects’ migration.
Koval Ln behind The Linq. Construction worker#grasshopperinvasion pic.twitter.com/2soWBsErB1
— Eva (@KaKass) July 26, 2019
Nevada was one of the five wettest states in the first five months of 2019, double the national average. So, while it may be a normal-ish migration for these grasshoppers, people on social media are freaking the hell out – with good reason.
Breaking! Live footage from the first shots of the Human vs Grasshopper war. @LasVegasLocally @FOX5Vegas #GRASSHOPPERS pic.twitter.com/WfRhpJ5U1r
— Griffin Vincent (@GriffTheDiff) July 26, 2019
yall…. this ain’t it #GRASSHOPPERS #lasvegas pic.twitter.com/3mqtVks7Za
— Javier (@javiverdin) July 26, 2019
The good news? Jeff Knight said the insects don’t bite, don’t carry disease, and they won’t cause damage to anyone’s yard during their weeks-long invasion of Vegas.
Knight also said this isn’t the first time this has happened: “We have records clear from the ’60s of it happening, and I have seen it … at least four or five times in my 30-plus years. There are some special weather conditions that trigger the migration.”
#GRASSHOPPERS have taken over #Vegas! pic.twitter.com/N6aYHTigIH
— Hearth & Home Specialties, Inc. (@hnhsi_inc) July 26, 2019
Las Vegas is a very strange place…and it just got a little weirder.
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Men and Women Confess What Really Goes on at Bachelor Parties
Yeah, people still do crazy shit at bachelor parties. Because, technically, they’re not married yet. So one last fling isn’t that bad.
Except, ya know, it’s cheating and RIGHT before your wedding.
These 20 men and women tell tales of cheating and being cheated on right before they got married.
1. Well, he definitely deserved it.
2. Do. Not. Ever. Tell. Anybody.
3. You have every right to tell him you DO NOT want him to do that.
4. Up to you. Can you live with that knowledge?
5. Well, you aren’t the only one. Don’t be a martyr.
6. Look like it’s time for a talk..
7. Everybody deserves to be forgiven at least once.
8. Boom.
9. Do whatever you need to do.
10. Good for you!
11. Well, cheating isn’t normal. Bad guys cheat in that situation. Dump the bad guys.
12. Oh, this guy is a complete POS.
13. And… what do you do after you found out?
14. Talk to him.
15. Oh. My. God. That is so fucked up.
16. I don’t think the strip club thing is that big of a deal. But everybody has their own line in the sand.
17. You gotta do what you gotta do…
18. Go.
19. Feel betrayed. Hurt. Untrusting. All of those are valid.
20. Well, isn’t she progressive!
Okay, I’m wrecked.
Faith in humanity completely lost.
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15 People Reveal the Weirdest Things Their Partners Say in Their Sleep
I am the undisputed king of talking in my sleep. It has caused me derision and ridicule since I started going to sleepovers as a young lad…and it hasn’t gotten any better.
The good news is: I’m not alone. In this article, AskReddit users share the strangest/funniest things their significant others have said in their sleep. Enjoy!
1. Creepy
“I was up all night because my girlfriend was viciously jolting in the night. When I got fed up with it I tried to wake her up and she quietly said “who dis?” And then replied to her own question in a really creepy voice, “It danger.” She’s weird.”
2. LOL
“My girlfriend did a thing early one morning. I asked her what she was doing because she was throwing elbows at the sky and she calmly and simply said: “punching hamburgers.”
I haven’t laughed so hard in ages.”
3. Raise the roof
“Mine did the “raise the roof” motion with her arms and said “hells to the yeah” while giggling.
**Added Bonus ** She can occasionally say some _”blonde” _things and while her, myself and her three kids were sitting in our living room, she randomly says _”you know, it’s crazy to think that you’ve all been inside me.” She didn’t mean to include me but the kids all stopped talking and got very confused looks on their faces and started looking at me.”
4. Okay…
“I forgive you for your dark Chinese past.”
5. Perfect data
“When my wife was writing her PhD thesis, I woke up one night at like 3 AM to her stroking the duvet and smiling. I asked her what she was doing. She said, “Shh, don’t disturb my data. It’s finally perfect,” still smiling.
I said, “Hon, that’s not your data. That’s the duvet.”
The smile drained from her face and she started sobbing uncontrollably. For about five seconds, at which point she passed out mid-sob and was fast asleep again.”
6. Slabs
“I often try to have conversations with my SO when he starts sleep-talking… I transcribed the most recent one we had.
SO: No?
Me: Yeah?
SO: We can go if you want to.
Me: Where are we going?
SO: The… dollar slab bacon at Costco.
Me: Oh yeah? Why?
SO: Yeah, dollar for dollar it’s the best… slabs.”
7. That wasn’t nice
“Apparently my girlfriend sneezed and I yelled “Shut the f**k up!!” in my sleep…”
8. Gives me the creeps…
“For me it’s what she hasn’t said. Usually if she talks in her sleep it’s unintelligible gibberish but said in a manner that sounds like it’s supposed to make sense.
Its weird given it’s not just random words but sounds that are trying to be words.
Always gives me the creeps.”
9. Go back to sleep
“My girlfriend woke up at like 4am to go to the bathroom. When she came back I was sat on the edge of the bed, looked at her and said ‘i’m breaking out of here.’ She was obviously freaked out and asked me wtf I was on about and if I was awake. To which I replied ‘i’m getting a Chinese’ then laid back down and resumed sleeping.”
10. Katie
“Late to the party but here you go:
Woke up one night because my boyfriend was talking in his sleep and I’m generally a light sleeper. I listen for a moment while he just talks jibberish and then hear him say, “yeah, Katie! That’s what I’m talkin’ about!”
My name isn’t Katie.
So being the moderately unstable woman I am I sat on that one for a couple days and stewed silently. Who is Katie? Why is he dreaming about Katie? What did she do in his dream that was so awesome?
About a week later I’m at his work having a drink (he’s a bartender) after I got off work when his coworker/our mutual friend walks up to him and asks if he wants to go out to her car and smoke a bowl. He says, “yeah, Katie! That’s what I’m talking about!”
I forgot we both knew a Katie. Katie is a lesbian.”
11. The important stuff
“We gotta get the elusive passwords…..for Mario kart!”
12. Dangerous sleeper
“I’ll tell this one for my wife.
One night, I kicked her in the back, when she turned round and said”what the f**k?” i apparently said “What? Don’t you like it?” and tried to push her off the bed.
Recollection. I wish I did because thats funny as hell.”
13. Do they?
“Don’t trust the penguins, they have fake ID’s!”
14. Spider!
“One night he full on screamed at me to turn the light on, because he had caught a spider in the bed. He was crouched over it and had his hands cupped around it. I turned on the light and he gave me the weirdest look then looked down at his hands planted firmly on the mattress. He lifted them really carefully one at a time and … no spider.”
15. That is sexy
“I thought she was having a sexy dream because she was saying: “oh oh oh.” The. She followed up with “O’Reily auto parts!” “
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