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This New ‘Cafeteria Goddess’ is Winning the Hearts of Chinese University Students
The boys in the cafeteria are once again drooling over their cafeteria lady in China. Pictures of a new “cafeteria goddess” have recently surfaced on the Chinese Internet, adding fuel to the China craze of beautiful people working ordinary day jobs. Yan, the newly crowned…
· Sebastian Dillon
Angry Reviewer Gets Shut Down By Cafe Owner After Complaining Over $2.88 Bill
A U.K. cafe owner is being applauded after responding to one TripAdvisor reviewer who was on a “tight budget” and left a not-so-nice review after she was charged £2, about $2.88, for a slice of lemon and some hot water. The woman, known as Hannah C., went out for tea with some…
· Benny Luo
I Went to a Japanese Owl Cafe and Things Got Seriously Magical
Cat Cafes have become all the rage in Japan, but in this fast-paced world, they have quickly become old news. Now Japan has a new type of animal cafe that’s been rapidly growing in popularity: owl cafes. On a recent trip to Japan, NextShark was able to check out one of the few…
· Benny Luo
I Hated Cats Until I Went to a Cat Cafe in Japan
On a recent trip, NextShark was able to check out one of the dozens of famous cat cafes in Japan. This particular cafe is called “Cat Cafe NekoYa” and is located in 2 Chome-2-3 Shintomicho, Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture 350-0043, Japan.
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Chinese University Students Are in Love With Their New ‘Cafeteria Goddess’
The latest addition to China’s list of beautiful people working ordinary day jobs is a Yangzhou University cafeteria worker who has been dubbed the “cafeteria goddess.” The cafeteria goddess, surnamed Li, is a sophomore partaking in a work-study program that requires her to work…
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An Isreali Cafe is Offering 50 Percent Off to Jews and Arabs Who Eat Hummus Together
An Israeli cafe owner has come up with his own positive way to promote peace between Israelis and Arabs — sit down together and share their love of hummus for a 50% discount. Kobi Tzafrir is the owner of the Hummus Bar at the M Mall in Kfar Vitkin, located in central Israel.…
· Sebastian Dillon
New Cafe in Tokyo Has Bikini-Clad Waitresses That Pretend to Be Your Wife
A new cafe in the Higashi Ikebukuro neighborhood of Tokyo offers a bizarre service to hungry and lonely men — waitresses remembers their names, pretend to be their wife and serves them meals. The cafe is called Ore no Yome, which translates to “My Wife.” Customers call…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Chinese Woman Gives Birth in Internet Cafe, Continues Surfing Internet Covered in Blood
A pregnant woman ended up giving birth in the restroom of an internet cafe in Nanchang, China, on Monday.
· Benny Luo
Meet the Entrepreneur Behind New York’s First Japanese ‘Maid Cafe’
A couple months ago, the first Japanese Maid Cafe opened in New York’s Chinatown. These cafes are known in Japan to have girls dressed in maid outfits and greet all customers that enter with “Okaerinasaimase, goshujinsama!”, meaning “welcome home, master!” in a baby-like voice.
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Jared Fogle Now Has the Most Ironic Job in Jail After Getting Beat Up
Jared Fogle, the former spokesperson for Subway, is now ironically serving sandwiches in his new job in prison. Fogle has been assigned cafeteria duties at Federal Correctional Institution Englewood where his main task is serving sandwiches at the end of the cafeteria line,…
· Laura Dang
How a Swedish Farm Boy Hustled His Way to Becoming the Billionaire Owner of IKEA
The man who founded IKEA, the world-famous Swedish furniture store, insists on flying economy and buying his clothes secondhand at flea markets. One of the richest and most mysterious self-made billionaires, Ingvar Kamprad has an incredible rags to riches tale that began on the…
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Chinese Parents Sell Their Newborn Daughter for an iPhone, Claim They Didn’t Know it was Illegal
While it is well known that iPhones are more expensive and highly coveted in China than in most other places, one Chinese man took it to the extreme when he purchased an Apple smartphone with money he made from selling his newborn baby. The young man, identified as “A Duan” in…
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Chinese Pop Star Gets into an Argument With Her Friend, Accidentally Sets Herself on Fire
A Chinese pop star accidentally set herself on fire at a coffee shop and suffered severe burns on 80% of her body. Tang Anqi, a member of the Shanghai-based girl group SNH48, was treated for severe burns at Shanghai’s Changhai Hospital on Tuesday evening following the incident.
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There’s a Job Opening in England That Pays You to Play With Cats All Day
If you’ve ever dreamed of getting paid to play with cats, there’s a job opening in England just for you. A new cat cafe set to open in Manchester is looking for a cafe manager, assistant manager, barista, front of house staff and a cat nanny, reports the Telegraph.
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This $10 Japanese Spray Makes Anything Smell Like a Cat’s Head
True feline lovers know cats’ heads often have a distinct, oftentimes pleasing smell. A Japanese company is selling a scented spray that mimics the aroma so that everything in your life can smell like your cat. It was only after four months of research sniffing at various cat…
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A Kind Stranger’s Simple Gesture Reduces a Girl to Tears After Overhearing Her Struggles in School
Charlotte Rose Ford is a second-year student studying at the University of Manchester. Recently, she was sitting in the cafe at the students’ union and decided to make a few phone calls. One of the calls was to book an appointment at the counselors office at the university…
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Missing Chinese Girl Found After 10 Years Playing Video Games to Survive
All the time you spent on online gaming is nothing compared to one missing Chinese woman who had spent a decade living and playing in internet cafes.
· Laura Dang
George Clooney Did Something Amazing For The Homeless While He Was In Scotland
Hollywood’s beloved heartthrob George Clooney is doing something that is making us fall in love with him even more. The 54-year-old award-winning actor stopped by Social Bite, a small sandwich cafe for homeless people in Edinburgh, Scotland early Thursday. The acclaimed actor…
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The Chinese Have a Way of Messaging That’s Way Better and Safer Than Texting
The Chinese have been messaging each other in a way that almost puts texting to shame given how many accidents we’ve had from walking while texting or the often fatal driving while texting. Rather than glue their eyes and attention to the screen for those crucial moments while…
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Chinese University Forced to Ban PDA Because Couples Won’t Stop Feeding Each Other
A Chinese university is cracking down on couples getting to first base in the school cafeteria. By Chinese base standards, that means spoon-feeding or chopsticking each other affectionately while eating on campus, according to Shanghaiist.
Hello Kitty → Sanrio
Hello Kitty connects to Sanrio through characters, licensing, merch, collabs, cafes, and games.
Sanrio wants Hello Kitty to be more than merch.
If Hello Kitty already shows up in what you wear, gift, or collect, Sanrio now wants the same characters showing up in your next Switch play session too.
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Sanrio wants Hello Kitty to be more than merch.
If Hello Kitty already shows up in what you wear, gift, or collect, Sanrio now wants the same characters showing up in your next Switch play session too.
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Hello Kitty is not just something you buy anymore. Sanrio wants you to play inside the world.
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