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Indonesian Popstar Bitten by Cobra During Show Continues Like Nothing Happened, Dies Soon After
Some artists will go to extreme lengths for their passions and dedication to their craft. Indonesian pop artist Irma Bule, 29, died this past Sunday after being bitten by a king cobra during a live on stage performance.
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Indonesian Divers Discover the Most Heartbreaking Scene Underwater, But There’s a Happy Ending
A heartbreaking discovery was made by divers off the remote island of Kokoya, Indonesia, last week. Divers swimming near the island found two dugongs, close relatives of the manatee, being held captive in underwater cages in the shallow ocean floor. The rare marine mammals…
· Sebastian Dillon
Instant Noodles Can Make Your Baby Gay, According to One Indonesian Mayor
An Indonesian mayor is in the news for suggesting that infants who consume canned formula and instant foods are at risk of becoming gay due to malnutrition. Arief R. Wismansyah, the mayor of Tangerang, a city 25 kilometers west of the capital Jakarta, was speaking at a seminar…
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6 Things Anthony Bourdain Learned After Eating a $6 Dinner With Obama
Earlier this week, CNN host Anthony Bourdain and President Obama had a $6 dinner and beer at a small restaurant in Vietnam. The dinner was part of an interview for Bourdain’s popular show “Parts Unknown” and it’s set to air during the eighth season. Recently, Bourdain went on…
· Laura Dang
I Spent the Day With the World’s Hottest Animal Doctor — This is What Happened
Many may know Dr. Evan Antin as the veterinarian dubbed “Sexiest Beast Charmer” by People, but his clients know him as the caring doctor who performs regular check-ups on their beloved pets. Since the beginning of this year, Dr. Antin has gone from having just 11,000 to 274,000…
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Japanese Badminton Star Kento Momota Ruins His Olympic Dreams After Gambling at a Casino
A Japanese badminton star has ruined his chances of competing at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after admitting to gambling at an illegal casino. Kento Momota, 21, who’s currently ranked number #2 in the world in men’s single admitted to making bets at a Tokyo casino with…
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How a Flight Attendant Hustled Her Way to Become Singapore’s ‘Queen of Instagram’
Sometimes to be a “rich kid” on Instagram, you don’t even have to be a kid — just maybe look young enough to be one. Jamie Chua is one of the Rich Kids of Singapore, despite being a 42-year-old Indonesian-Chinese mother of two teens.
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The Female ‘Robin Hood of Science’ Released 50 Million Copyrighted Science Journals Online — For Free
A researcher from Kazakhstan has been called the “Robin Hood of science” for making research journals available to everyone free of charge. In 2011, Alexandra Elbakyan built a website that grants anyone free access to almost every scientific paper ever published. Sci-Hub lets…
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Meet the Outrageous Rich Kids of Singapore on Instagram
Singapore, the island city-state of over 5.4 million people, 19 of whom are billionaires, is by no means too small to have their very own set of Rich Kids of Instagram. Meet the Rich Kids of Singapore, who cruise around their city in their supercars and intense designer fashion.…
· Max Chang
How a Poor Refugee From Vietnam Became Uber’s CTO
Today, Thuan Pham is the successful Chief Technology Officer at Uber, the most valuable ride-sharing startup in the world worth over $62 billion, but as a child, Pham struggled to survive as a poor refugee boy escaping a war-ravaged Vietnam. Pham was among the tens of thousands…
· Laura Dang
Hottest Animal Doctor Ever Brings Out the Animal in All of Us
Dr. Evan Antin is an animal expert and exotic animal veterinarian who was dubbed “Sexiest Beast Charmer” by People magazine last year. Antin, who works at Conejo Valley Veterinary Hospital in Thousand Oaks, California, is considered by many to be one of the hottest veterinarians…
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One Instagram Post From Justin Bieber Turned a $6-An-Hour Babysitter into a Model
We live in a world where lives are rocketed towards fame by chance encounters with celebrities. Before Justin Bieber’s famous “OMG who is this!!” comment on Instagram, Cindy Kimberly was a $6-an-hour babysitter in Spain.
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Chinese People Are Extremely Optimistic When it Comes to The World’s Future
China is the most optimistic country in the world when it comes to the future of the planet, according to a new poll. Market research firm YouGov asked 18,235 people from 17 different countries to assess the world’s future for their online poll.
· Laura Dang
Revealed: Miss Universe Contestants Without Makeup
This year’s Miss Universe contestants are proving that natural beauty is more than skin deep. The pageant queens teamed up together to post no-make-up selfies for the #confidentlybeautiful campaign online. Their message is meant to empower women everywhere to be confident in…
· Benny Luo
He Sold His Startup For $54 Million, Then Gave His Family a Gift of a Lifetime
What do you do when SnapChat buys your startup and you become a millionaire? If you’re 25-year-old Garrett Gee, you put all the money in savings, sell everything you own, and take your family on an endless trip around the world. Gee is the founder of Scan, a QR code-scanning…
· Jacob Wagner
Twenty-Four-Year-Old Hits Three People in His Lamborghini, Hangs Out the Window to Text After
A 24-year-old man driving a Lamborghini Gallardo in the port city of Surabaya on the Indonesian island of Java allegedly lost control of his sports car and ran over three innocent bystanders. One man was killed and two others were injured from the accident. Snapshots of the…
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Why This Woman Left a Successful Fashion Career to Build Sustainable Homes in Bali
Elora Hardy is the daughter of John Hardy, a successful jewelry designer from Canada. She was raised in Bali, Indonesia and spent 14 years of her life growing up in the United States. After receiving a degree in fine arts, she went to New York City and carved out a successful…
· Max Chang
This Asian Country Has the Most Superficial Workers in the World, Survey Finds
A new LinkedIn study suggests that white collar workers in Hong Kong are some of the most superficial in the world because they care more for appearances than being truthful about their job history, according to SCMP. However, they still aren’t THE most superficial workers in…
· Waylae Gregoire
Undercover Footage Shows Brutal Factory Conditions, Children Buried Alive — All For Apple Products
Secret footage taken from Chinese factories and illegal child-labor mines show the horrible price paid to make iPhones and iPads.
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New Study Reveals the Surprising Health Risks to Eating Instant Ramen
If instant ramen is your go-to meal of choice, you may want to read this new study before you consume those tasty noodles. A new Korean study published in the Journal of Nutrition found that instant noodle products are linked to cardiometabolic syndrome, a factor that increases…
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