Thursday, July 31, 2014

Here's What To Do When Your Ice Cream Is Too Hard

This genius life-hack means you will NEVER AGAIN have to wait around like a chump while your quart of cookies-and-cream softens up.

As a living human, chances are you've known the soul-crushing pain of taking a quart of delicious ice cream out of the freezer and then realizing that's it TOO HARD TO EAT.

What, you really expect me to wait around for 20 minutes while it thaws out? What do I look like, some kind of saint with INFINITE PATIENCE?

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But! Great news! The brilliant minds over at America's Test Kitchen have devised a method to circumvent this serious problem.

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First, run a sharp knife under hot water to heat it up.

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Now, slice your ice cream cross-wise...

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Someone Used NDTV Good Times' Twitter Account To Admit How Much They Hate Working There

And @NDTVGoodTimes actually had a pretty fantastic response.

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6 Famous People Who Died In July 2014

The Ramones are reunited.

Tommy Ramone

Rock Musician

January 29, 1949 – July 11, 2014

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Elaine Stritch

Actress

February 2, 1925 - July 17, 2014

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Johnny Winter

Blues Musician

February 23, 1944 - July 16, 2014

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James Garner

Actor

April 7, 1928 - July 19, 2014

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14 Horrifically Gory Moments On TV

Series like FX’s The Strain are upping the ante on television violence. But there are plenty of other gruesome examples of televised gore. Warning: Potential spoilers ahead!

The Strain: Gabriel Bolivar loses a penis.

The Strain : Gabriel Bolivar loses a penis.

And then he just...flushes it? Because I guess what else are you supposed to do? Listen, this entire series is gory and revolting. Rest assured, there are way more gross-out moments to come.

Hemlock Grove: The werewolf transformation

Hemlock Grove : The werewolf transformation

There is nothing not ridiculously disturbing about the way Hemlock Grove does a werewolf transformation. I mean, falling eyeballs? Kudos. And also, WHY.

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Hannibal: Mason Verger eats his own nose.

Hannibal : Mason Verger eats his own nose.

That is, of course, after feeding scraps of his face to a dog. Fans of the Hannibal Lecter book series and films knew this moment was coming, but seeing Mason Verger (Michael Pitt) graphically self-mutilate was (sorry) tough to swallow.

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Breaking Bad: A partially dissolved body falls through the ceiling.

Breaking Bad : A partially dissolved body falls through the ceiling.

See, this is why you always follow Walt's (Bryan Cranston) instructions carefully. Now you have to deal with a bloody mess and a giant hole in the ceiling.

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Which Celebrity Cat Should Be Your BFF?

Do you wanna have a bitching session with Grumpy? Or sit in a box with Maru?

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The Internet Is Obsessed With Argentina's Gorgeous Economy Minister

Argentina defaults on its national debt but at least the man delivering the news looks nice.

Kicillof was made economy minister late last year by Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and tasked with renegotiating his country's national debt, which is mainly owned by overseas bondholders.

Despite Kicillof's efforts, Argentina was declared on Wednesday to be in default by debt rating agencies. The South American country says the US hedge funds who are refusing to accept a pay cut are "vulture funds", preying on a struggling nation. The US hedge funds think Argentina is a financial basket case and want their money, even if that means the Argentinian economy will suffer. The hedge funds won.

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25 Signs You're Actually Andy Dwyer From "Parks And Recreation"

You might not know what you’re doing, but you know you’re doing it really, really well.

You're a great problem solver.

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You're not about the exercising lifestyle.

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But you have a lot of self-confidence.

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Definitive Proof That Queensland Is The Sunshine State

So, the rumours are true. Pictures via Tourism Queensland’s Instagram .

Queensland is Australia's Sunshine State, with 263 sunny days a year on average.

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Every morning, thousands of Queenslanders hit the beach for the greatest show on Earth.

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"GOOD MORNING AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!!"

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Queensland has 6,973 km of coastline (4,333 miles) = spectacular sunrises aplenty.

Mostly you can have the sunrise to yourself. Covering 1.8m sq km, Queensland is more than seven times the size of the United Kingdom, with a population of just under four million, mostly living in the south-east corner.

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Make Peace With Your God Because Ants Learned English

RUN FOR THE HILLS.

:((((((((((

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BYYYYYYE.

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12 Awe-Inspiring And Enlightening Looks Of Life And Style Guru Blake Lively

My how things have changed.

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Which One-Hit Wonder Can You Absolutely Not Live Without?

Stop, collaborate and listen.

One-hit wonders are actually the best type of songs.

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For listeners, it's the kind of music that perfectly captures the decade they grew up in.

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But it's so extremely catchy that it sticks with them for a lifetime.

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It's hard to live without such amazing one-hit wonders, like "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang...

It's hard to live without such amazing one-hit wonders, like " Rapper's Delight " by The Sugarhill Gang...

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13 Insane Boozy Tweets From Brits Abroad In Magaluf

Magaluf gets some bad press, but these naked, vomiting, party animals love it.

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Why J.K. Rowling Will Always Be Your Favorite Author

“After all this time?” “Always.”

First off, she is a genuinely good person.

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Whose storytelling has been the cornerstone of many of our childhoods.

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She loves what she does.

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And the people she is writing for.

When asked, "What do you most hope children take away from the experience of reading Harry Potter?" She responded:

"What I would most like to think they would take away, is what I take away when I read my favorite books. Which is the knowledge that there is always somewhere you can go, that you love, and where you're safe. And that's how I feel about my favorite books, wherever I am, if I've got that book with me, I've got a place where I can go and be happy. So if that place is Hogwarts for anyone, then I couldn't be more honored or humbled."

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What The CIA Twitter Account Really Means To Say

The CIA admitted Thursday it hacked computers used by a Senate committee investigating the CIA .

On Thursday, the CIA said an internal investigation had found that the agency had improperly accessed computers used by the Senate Intelligence Committee while the committee was preparing a report … on the CIA.

At the time, the Senate Intelligence Committee was investigating the CIA's detention and interrogation program, now defunct. A CIA spokesman said in a statement that the agency's inspector general "concluded that CIA officers had acted inappropriately by gaining access to the computers," the New York Times reported. CIA Director John Brennan apologized to the committee's ranking members, Senators Dianne Feinstein and Saxby Chambliss, it said.

The Twitter account doesn't look so warm and fuzzy now. What would it look like if the account tweeted in light of today's news?

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17 Words That Have A Completely Different Meaning When You're A Dog

BuzzFeed UK has an office dog, Phineas, so we asked him to help come up with this handy guide.

"Sofa"

For humans means: A nice place to sit.

For dogs means: A nice place to roll.

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"Cat"

For humans means: An alternative animal to keep as a pet.

For dogs means: The enemy. I mean, I'll be friends if I have to be... but just whyyyy?

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"Friends"

For humans means: A carefully selected group of people that you like.

For dogs means: All dogs. All dogs are friends. And people. And everything.

"Supermarket"

For humans means: Where you go to do shopping.

For dogs means: Where the human disappears to. Seriously, I forget what they look like and it's rubbish.

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This iPhone Game Lets You Pop Virtual Pimples

Behold, the acme of acne apps.

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The goal of Pimple Popper is, as you might expect, to pop a series of pimples until you get to the next, more-pimply level.

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22 Reasons To Worship JK Rowling

Potterheads rejoice!

She's not afraid to start from the bottom.

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She proved that all it takes is one good idea, and a lot of determination.

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Which led her to become the first billionaire from writing books.

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But she fell off Forbes' Billionaire List thanks to all her charitable donations.

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Breathtakingly Beautiful Pictures From The 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest

Here are the winning images from National Geographic Traveler Magazine ‘s 2014 photography contest, chosen from over 18,000 entries.

Winner, Grand Prize – "The Independence Day", Julesburg, Colorado, USA, by Marko Korošec.

Winner, Grand Prize – "The Independence Day", Julesburg, Colorado, USA, by Marko Koro&scaron;ec.

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While on stormchasing expeditions in the Tornado Alley in the USA, I have encountered many photogenic supercell storms. This photograph was taken while we were approaching the storm near Julesburg, Colorado, on 28 May 2013. The storm was tornado-warned for more than one hour, but stayed an LP [low precipitation] storm through all its cycles and never produced a tornado, just occasional brief funnels, large hail, and some rain.

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Second place – "First Time", Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, Israel, by Agnieszka Traczewska.

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Mea Shearim, in the ultra-Orthodox district of Jerusalem. Newly married, Aaron and Rivkeh are, after the wedding ceremony, to stay together for the very first time alone. Their marriage was arranged by families. The 18-year-old candidates confirmed the choice from one meeting only. Since then, until the wedding day, they were prohibited to meet or even talk.

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35 Adorable Reasons To Adopt Your Next Pet

Rescues are the best breed! The followers of BuzzFeed Animals on Twitter sent in their #rescuepetpic yesterday, and there were some MAJOR cuties.

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This Beach Is So Pristine And Gorgeous That A Bunch Of Italians Decided To Use It As A Parking Lot

Towels: yes. Cars: no.

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Environmentalists in Italy are fuming over what's happening at Pergole beach in Realmonte, Sicily, the Guardian reports.

MareAmico, an Italian environmental group, flew a drone over the beach over the weekend to show cars swarming the beach, just at the water's edge.

"Reckless parking on the magnificent Realmonte beach flourishes again this year, despite the promises made in winter by the council, which said it wanted to solve the problem," the group said in a statement this week, the Guardian reported. "It is not even August yet and the season hasn't fully got going, and on Sunday dozens and dozens of cars were parked just a few centimeters from the water without this uncivil practice being forbidden by any authority."

A Woman Has Reportedly Given Birth To Quadruplets Amid The Death And Destruction In Gaza

More than 1,300 people have been killed in Gaza during 23 days of fighting.

The news came as the death toll after 23 days of fighting continued to rise on Thursday. More than 1,370 Palestinians, mainly civilians, and 56 Israelis, mainly soldiers, have been killed. At least 249 children are among Gaza's dead, while another 2,000 have been injured, the UN reported Thursday. Eight Palestinian journalists and media workers have also been killed, according to the International Federation of Journalists; journalists have reported being threatened by both Israeli and Hamas officials over their coverage.

A boy who fled his home after an Israeli air strike sleeps inside a classroom at a U.N.-run school in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on July 31.

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Israel has said that their military campaign is intended to stop Hamas militants from firing rockets into Israel and building tunnels into Israel and Egypt to smuggle weapons and people. On Tuesday, Hamas released a video of their militants using a tunnel to enter Israel and attack Israeli soldiers. The Israeli army confirmed that five soldiers were killed in the raid.

Israeli air strikes have also taken a high toll on Gaza's impoverished densely populated civilian population. Both Israel and Egypt have blocked their borders with Gaza, preventing Palestinians from leaving and accessing vital humanitarian care. Israeli air strikes have destroyed at least half of Gaza's water and sanitation infrastructure, leaving two-thirds of the besieged population without access to safe water, according to the U.N. Over 245,000 people have sought refuge in U.N. facilities in Gaza, and another 200,000 Palestinians have been displaced, according to the U.N. Since the start of the conflict, hospitals in Gaza have warned that they are underresourced.

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