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Ah, teens.
Smart enough to hack into the most valuable company in the world, not smart enough to hide their stolen files anywhere other than a folder named “hacky hack hack.”
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Ed Sheeran performs for free in a laneway, fans predictably go wild
Ed Sheeran certainly knows how to pull a crowd, especially in the middle of a Australian laneway.
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In-N-Out pops up in Australia again, and suitably people went nuts for it
Whatever your opinion may be of beloved Californian burger outlet In-N-Out, you can’t deny the brand has quite the pull.
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Apple’s sleek glass and metal constructed stores are oft-admired around the world.
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Like to dance in the aisles at concerts? Don’t do it in this city.
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Heading to a concert, the last thing you’d expect to be kicked out for is dancing.
But that’s reportedly what happened to a fan at a Stevie Nicks concert in Melbourne — she was thrown out by security for “dancing,” according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
Nicks concertgoer Jo-Ann George told the newspaper that she was removed from her $204 floor seat in Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Nov. 16, after she was asked by security to stop dancing mid-show.
If you’ve ever tried to listen to “Edge of Seventeen” sitting in your designated seat, it’s a goddamn fool’s errand. Read more…
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