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“Like, there is literally NO choice but to face it & get through it.” The post Woman Says She’ll “Never Recover” After Booking Plane’s First Row first appeared on Bored Panda.

Optical illusions are a clever way to train your brain to be sharper, and to spot the finer details in images - can you find the cute corgi here? It's tougher than it seems

In 1956, Alma Merrick Helms announced that she was bound for Stanford University. But she would not be attending classes. Upon learning that there was a “special shortage of women’s bodies” for medical students, this semiretired actress had filled out forms to donate her corpse to the medical college upon…

Break out the aluminum pole from the crawl space and grease up for the feats of strength, it’s time for Festivus!

As travelers head to the airports, rail stations and cruise ships for international travel, many likely will forget to pack their over-the-counter and prescription medicines. Many more will forget to check the international rules and regulations for common medicines easily obtained in their home country – but possibly not allowed…

"Truth in Journalism: How Should Journalists Think about Accuracy?" is organized by Allison Baker and Viviane Fairbank, respectively the current and former heads of research at The Walrus.

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