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Exploring the history of Vancouver's 'Baklava Man'
Amazing Yesterday
The Baklava Man is well known around Vancouver for selling delicious, homemade sweets. But few know the real story of Mohamed-Mamon Alhomsi, who was a Syrian parliamentarian, a human rights activist and a political prisoner before fleeing to Canada. The Tyee's @bychrischeung reports.
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Can you identify the correct lowercase letter g?
Today Yesterday
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the United States found that most people couldn't identify the correct form of the lowercase letter g.
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Dog missing for more than 10 months reunited with owners
Yesterday
🐶 A dog that was missing from Hill, New Hampshire, for nearly a year was found and reunited with his stunned owners this week, thanks to the efforts of Granite State Dog Recovery: https://goo.gl/VaXZZF
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🌸 The cherry blossoms in Washington, DC, have reached peak bloom 🌸
Amazing Yesterday
The National Park Service announced the Yoshino trees hit peak bloom on Thursday and the best viewing will continue for the next four to seven days.
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Prom vs. wedding: This woman's message for her spouse's ex is getting attention
Trending Yesterday
"You had your time, and now I get the wedding. You got to dress up in high school, but I get to dress up for my wedding with him," wrote Victoria Higgins for The Odyssey. The piece has been generating conversation.
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Meghan Markle's dad brushing up on British history is a meme
Trending Yesterday
Thomas Markle pulled the ultimate dad move when he was captured reading Images of Britain at a Starbucks.
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Classic Vines but as embroidered works of art
Cool Yesterday
Rather than pay homage to her most beloved Vines by stringing them together in a thread, @AudreyMadison5 got creative and used literal thread to show her appreciation for viral videos of days past.
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It's been one year since Carter asked Wendy's for some free nuggets
Amazing Yesterday
And exactly one year later, @carterjwm confirms he's eaten a whole lot of chicken nuggets.
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A simple way to improve bad graffiti
Amazing Yesterday
Barely Alive Clive is a graffiti tag that's been spotted across Brighton, England. But one particularly bad tag has been given art gallery-style notes to accompany it.
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These service dogs had the best trip to Disneyland
Cute Yesterday
Canine Companions, which raises and trains highly-skilled assistance dogs, took a group of service dogs to Disneyland and it was the happiest sight.
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People have lost all their Tinder matches and they are livid
Haha Yesterday
Changes in privacy settings meant some people had problems accessing their Tinder accounts. When they eventually logged back into the app many found they had lost their matches.
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Angry American Chopper meme is fashionable again
Trending April 5, 2018
The American Chopper argument meme has been around since 2011. Seven years on and it's proving that the classic shouting match between Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Teutul Jr. will never get old.
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This nine-year-old has mastered the New Yorker caption contest
Haha April 4, 2018
A nine-year-old girl in the US has proven her comedic brilliance, successfully making hundreds of people laugh with her hilarious New Yorker captions.
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Meet the pets who forget their disabilities
April 4, 2018
Australian pet photographer Alex Cearns set out to capture the personalities of animals who adapt to their damaged or different bodies without complaint. ‘They push on, wanting to be included and involved in everything as much as they can’.
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Karamel is an amputee squirrel with his own pair of prosthetic wheels
Animals April 4, 2018
After Karamel lost both of his front paws when he got stuck in an animal trap, vets at a university in Istanbul gave him a prosthetic set of wheels to help him get around. He's the first known squirrel to have received replacement limbs.
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This cat bumped into his owner a quarter of a mile away from home
Animals April 4, 2018
Because some cats prefer a ride back home.
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Some library-goers use a secret code to keep track of the books they've read
Amazing April 4, 2018
Library employee @green_grainger made an interesting discovery about how some people keep track of their reading material.
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When your song comes on in the club: Prince Harry edition 😂
Haha April 4, 2018
A video of the dramatic moment Prince Harry ran to a helicopter in the middle of a TV interview has resurfaced with a twist.
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A shortcut via one of the steepest streets in LA is not for the uninitiated
Weird April 4, 2018
According to the Los Angeles Times, routing apps have turned Baxter Street into a rush hour thoroughfare detour without accounting for the street's dramatic incline. Drivers who aren't familiar with the grade have been crashing and spinning out regularly.
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This woman responds to a phone scam the way you've probably always wanted to
Haha April 4, 2018
When a scammer called @twittysuch claiming she had defaulted on her tax payments, she was happy to play along.
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