Life within stock photos is curious and fancy. Oh, and also not real.
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Meet Kibo, your new favorite internet pup.
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Mmm, beefy.
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Taking the high road, Ariana Grande had nothing but positive things to say about Midler, noting she wanted the "sexy mermaid" side of Midler back.
Kick this year’s New Year’s resolution in the butt.
Easily serve-able in lettuce cups or big bowl. Recipe here.
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If you have family members who wouldn't want salad, it would be delicious inside tortillas for regular tacos as well. Recipe here.
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Who’s really the baddest wizard in the land?
Dumbledore defeated the dark wizard Grindelwald and is known for discovering the 12 uses of dragon's blood.
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Gandalf defeated the Balrog and he's basically immortal.
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Photographers Ãlvaro Laiz and David Rengel ask a simple question: “What are your future plans?” The answers are sobering and tragic.
The war in northern Uganda began in 1986 and has been marked by the LRA's well-documented brutality against civilians, including the seizure of children to be used as fighters and sex slaves, and the widespread use of mutilation.
"In the LRA they beat me constantly because I couldn't understand their language, and when I came back my brother disowned me for bearing a child to the rebels. What choice did I have in both cases? Was it my fault?"
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"The only lives spared were those of children too young to be kidnapped and pregnant women, who were allowed to stay so that they would look after the children who could be kidnapped in the future. When they finished, we were obliged to clap. Only one year after they came back and took me"
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He says that she should find a “king” who respects her and opens doors.
"Right, because you're going to be a what?" he asks. "Queen!" she says.
"He's going to always do what?" he asks her. "Re-pect you," she replies.
Kids, don’t try this at home.
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5, 4, 3, 2…what the hell is the point of all this, anyway?
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1. You and your friends will unanimously agree on a party to attend.
2. You will find a house party where you actually like most of the attendees.
3. You will find a party at a club with affordable cover charges.
4. You will buy a festive sequin-covered outfit at an affordable price.
5. Your particularly sequin-covered outfit will, against all odds, stand out against the dozens of other sequin-covered outfits.
6. Your stuff will not be covered in sequins for the first three months of the year.
7. You can always wear the sequined outfit again next holiday season.
8. You will look like a cool, party-going jetsetter in 5-inch heels.
9. You will not have to hide the agony that 5-inch heels cause you.
10. You will miraculously develop a taste for cheap champagne served in plastic flutes.
11. You will miraculously not get a hangover from cheap champagne served in plastic flutes.
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12. Everyone will keep it together and not vomit because they're being careful about their sequins.
13. Everyone on TV for the "Rockin' New Year's Eve" will have worthwhile things to say.
14. Everyone on TV for the "Rockin' New Year's Eve" will give a great performance.
15. You might meet someone really cool to kiss at midnight at this party.
16. It isn't actually a big deal to have no one to kiss at midnight.
17. It isn't actually a big deal that the person you plan to kiss is probably not "The One."
18. It isn't actually a big deal that you kissed your best friend's significant other that one year when you two got in a fight and then threw up in a stranger's winter coat pocket.
19. No one remembers that year anyway.
20. Your commitment to non-violence will not be tested by idiots screaming the countdown to the new year.
21. No one will forget the words to "Auld Lang Syne."
22. No one will butcher the high notes in "Auld Lang Syne."
Want more books in your life in the new year? Then the BuzzFeed Books newsletter is for you!
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You might say these are … uppercrust.
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If you have only seven hours to spend watching Friends (which is available to stream on Netflix starting Jan. 1) on New Year’s Day, these are the flat out funniest episodes — ones you don’t need to have any prior knowledge about the show’s intricate history to enjoy. Presented in chronological order.
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A quick note: With 236 episodes to choose from, there were countless worthy contenders for this list, but in the end, the episodes selected had to be funny from start to finish and represent the very best whole installments of Friends. So, while some major and hugely memorable moments are not represented below — Phoebe's free-balling boyfriend, Ross' preachy pivot, Monica's sexual "seven," etc. — that does not make them any less iconic.
The Plot: A city-wide blackout strands Monica (Courteney Cox), Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Joey (Matt LeBlanc), and Ross (David Schwimmer) at the girls' apartment and traps Chandler (Matthew Perry) in — say it with me — "An ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacre" (who plays herself).
Why It's So Funny: While the gang in the apartment delivers great comedic moments — Joey's menorah, the cat attacking Ross, Mr. Heckles (Larry Hankin) trying to steal the cat, which he calls Bob Buttons — this episode is a showcase for Chandler as he chokes (literally and figuratively) while trying to play it cool around the Victoria's Secret model.
Best Line: "You know, on second thought, gum would be perfection." —Chandler
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The Plot: Ross frets over impending fatherhood while Joey is dating Phoebe's twin sister, Ursula, much to Phoebe's chagrin. After Rachel injures her ankle, Monica rushes her to the hospital, where they meet two cute doctors (George Clooney and Noah Wyle, who were starring on E.R. at the time, but play different characters here). The rub is that Rachel doesn't have health insurance so she pretends to be Monica, which wreaks havoc on their subsequent double date.
Why It's So Funny: The double-crossing double date is one of the most hilarious bits of comedy the show has ever done. As the girls' frustrations with one another take over, Monica (as Rachel) and Rachel (as Monica) begin to talk shit about one another to the doctors, who could not be more confused by what they've walked in to.
Best Line: "[hysterical laughing] Oh God, I'm so spoiled." —Monica as Rachel
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The tweet beef between Azealia Banks and Iggy Azalea has become part of the larger discussion of race in America. But it can be hard to keep track of.
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“I want to let everyone see who you really are, as a teacher, as a person, as our friend.”
Ting
"Never ever, would i have imagined that someone i knew would be on that flight," Ting wrote on her blog on Monday.
"An hour later, our class whatsapp chat was flooded with news that our form teacher, Miss Tina was on that flight."
"Miss Tina" is 26-year-old Florentina Maria Widodo, who was nicknamed Tina by her family and friends.
"It just didn't seem real that you were really on that flight, Miss Tina, it didn't," wrote Ting.
In the blog post, Ting called Tina her favorite teacher. They first met when Tina was still training, and to Ting, she seemed "quiet" and "reserved." The 26-year-old then went on to become a biology teacher at the school, and worked with Ting for many months.
"We had loads of fun in class," Ting wrote in her heartbreaking post.
"And for telling us how dashing/pretty we looked that day. I could see how proud you were of us, for making it through all the way till where we are today."
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” - Ian Maclaren
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From this point on: I realized just how difficult and thankless so many service jobs are and how much being a patient customer actually can brighten the day of a tired server.
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From this point on: I caught a brief glimpse of how exhausting it is to have limited mobility. And now I am quicker to make room for those in wheelchairs to pass or turn around (in an elevator for instance.)
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From that point on: I realized that babies do not do what you ask them to do even if you ask very nicely. And my heart goes out to tired parents on an airplane or pretty much wherever.
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The O.C. is a lie and so is love.
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Right on this face.
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But mainly, because she wants to pArTyyyy.
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A great year for dudes in untucked shirts and jeans.
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