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A homeless man in Moscow has steadily been building himself an army of followers online ever since he started video blogging in May. The self-confessed ‘bum-blogger’ says his videos are so popular because they “show you the Moscow you have not yet seen “. Many of the...

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Moving is a pain. Even if you're doing it for the job of your dreams. You'll have to get new a driver's license, switch off the old utilities, switch on the new, sleuth a new doctor, find a new place, sell or sublet your current one — oh, and deal with the physical acts of...

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A café in Istanbul is making headlines for exclusively hiring people with Down syndrome. The aptly named ‘Down Café’ employs staff between the ages of 18 and 25, and aims to empower them with self-confidence and independence. Saruhan Singen, who founded the café...

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One of the most exclusive colleges in the world is located bang in the middle of the remote high California desert. The institution accepts only 12 male students a year, and believe it or not, it consistently tops Harvard’s yield rate! Deep Springs College, founded in 1917, is unusual in...

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A 65-year-old dog lover from China, has gone to great lengths to save as many dogs as she possibly could from being eaten during this year’s Yulin Dog Meat Festival. She managed to pay around $1,000 for the release of 100 otherwise doomed canines. It may not sound like much, but the media...

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If you’re looking for a job, chances are you’ve heard the standard tips: "Don’t underestimate the value of eye contact," "Dress for the job you want" and, "Remember to smile." Every article on finding a job (not to mention every well-meaning friend...

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Calling Albert Podell ‘well traveled’ would be an understatement. 78-year-old Podell, a former Playboy editor, can truly say that he’s seen it all, after spending half a century visiting every country in the world. He’s encountered pretty much everything on his travels,...

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Living in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhood can take a toll on mental health. However, feeling a close connection to neighbors may offset some of those negative effects, a new study finds. The study, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, involved a longitudinal multilevel...

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When making a choice between school and a job, students in countries with high fertility and mortality rates are more likely to drop out. Access to public schools is one explanation for the educational gap between students in rich and poor countries, but a new study shows other factors are more...

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Kids who perform better on verbal memory tests are better at covering up lies, a hidden-camera experiment shows. Researchers gave six- and seven-year-olds the opportunity to do something they were instructed not to: peek at the final answers on the back of a card during a trivia game. A hidden...

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The migrants are packed like sardines into old fishing boats, or forced to sit shoulder-to-shoulder in inflatable rafts, dinghies and overcrowded ships. Hailing from countries roiled by violence in parts of Africa and the Middle East, the men, women and children have paid human traffickers...

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While the rest of the world reaches into the freezer for ice, there’s someone on this planet who actually climbs mountains to chop it off. Meet Baltazar Ushca, Ecuador’s last hielero, or ‘iceman’. Ushca is the last surviving practitioner of his family’s trade...

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Hailey Ford may look like an ordinary nine-year-old girl, but her magnanimity is rather uncommon and awe-inspiring. The little saint has made it her mission to help the homeless in her community by giving them a place to sleep. While most other kids her age are content playing with toys, Hailey...

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Older adults who are looking for a job should expect to search for weeks longer and receive fewer offers than their younger counterparts, a new study shows. “There’s very robust evidence that as an individual moves beyond age 50, they experience a large penalty toward how quickly...

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There are not many of us out there who do not enjoy winning in one way or another and playing poker is for many an art form, playing the game within the game replete with all of its subtle nuances. Many games are games of chance and whilst it is true that your cards are random, the psychology...