Move over Tide Pods, police are cracking down on a dangerous Ikea challenge

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It seems the internet can’t get enough of dangerous challenges. 

UK police have issued a warning about a teen craze called the “24 hour challenge” after an 11-year-old went missing while sleeping over in Ikea. 

11-year-old Kaden Mirza from Sheffield, UK, was reported missing earlier this week after he didn’t return home from school. Mirza was found the following day after having spent the night inside Ikea as part of the viral internet trend. The boy’s father, Abid Mirza, posted a warning to parents on his Facebook—which has since been made private—stating that his son had been participating in a “stay in Ikea overnight and not get caught challenge.”  Read more…

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Trying to sing multiple parts of your favorite song? Twitter users invent a way to star in your own selfie concert.

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There’s always that one song you know by heart and can instantly belt out the words at any given moment. 

But when that specific song has more than one part in it, you may find yourself gasping for air and exhausted because, let’s face it, we’re not professionals entertainers here. 

Luckily, Twitter users have found a solution to nail that duet or four-part harmony you’ve been so desperately trying to croon just by using a mirror and a front-facing camera.  

This new trend or challenge (we’re really not sure how The Teens™ would classify this) has been increasingly popular over the past month or so. And we are in awe of the clever people who have made it work so well.  Read more…

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Student wearing Christmas tree costume takes Twitter challenge, regrets it immediately

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This story teaches you at least two valuable life lessons. Never take a bet you might later regret. And never underestimate the power of social media. 

Kelsey Hall, a 20-year-old student from the University of Alabama, posted on Twitter a pic of herself while wearing a Christmas tree costume and challenged Twitter to give her 1,000 retweets and she’d wear it for the rest of the semester: 

1,000 retweets and I’ll wear this to all my classes for the rest of the semester pic.twitter.com/uzIDepK43k

— Kelsey Hall (@kelseyhall1313) December 3, 2017 Read more…

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Cheerleader’s ‘Invisible Box’ stunt leaves everyone really confused but eager to try

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Another challenge has swept the internet and it’s certainly making our brains ache. 

High school cheerleader and Twitter user, Ariel Olivar (@arielo1220) stunned the world over the weekend with an ‘invisible box’ stunt that left us, and the internet, completely baffled. 

Come to think of it, is she even human? 

challenge accepted pic.twitter.com/QQ1JWbkXx0

— ariel (@arielo1220) December 2, 2017

The trick is to fool the brain into believing you’re standing on a box by patting the air and steadily placing one foot a few inches above the ground.  Read more…

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