Edvan Cinque Terra and Darvid Tokishi report from San Fransisco's Mission District on hipster vegans, the taliban of dieters.

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TECH BUZZ: If you get a text that begins, “I swear, I will make sure I give you HIV…” don't fret right away, it could be a Nigerian love letter! It's all about creativity when you show your love! That “HIV” text would end: “H is for Happiness and joy forever with an I: Incomparable love that will never V: Vanish until death do us part. I love you.” Unless you do actually have HIV, then the romance might be lost.

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1. How to say I Luv U in Nigeria
2. via Neatorama

A clip from the upcoming Discover/BBC series Seasons of Survival , with a new soundtrack added. You can watch other clips from the show (minus Santogold) here . This looks amahzing.

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1. Most Dramatic Natural Events on the Planet
2. Nature’s Great Events

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainm...

The web is abuzz with reactions (and confusions) about the recent announcement of popular Brit series Doctor Who 's newest star. The new Doctor will be newcomer Matt Smith, who is not only unheard of by sci-fi lovers, but also the youngest actor to ever portray the Doctor on the series.

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1. And the new Doctor Who is…
2. Matt Smith Is The New Doctor Who
3. Matt Smith is Doctor Who?
4. Matt Smith Is The Eleventh Doctor
5. The 11th Doctor
6. Doctor Who: And The New Doctor Is…
7. The New Doctor Who!
8. Doctor Who!? BBC Names Unknown As New Time Lord
9. Casting Matt Smith Shows That Doctor Who is a Savvy Multi-million Pound Brand

When this report was broadcast on the BBC in 1957, hundreds of people phoned in asking how they could grow their own spaghetti trees. I have so many fond memories of spaghetti-harvesting time on my Grandpa’s farm…except for that one terrible year when the spaghetti weevil wiped out the whole crop.

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1. Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes Of All Time
2. Seven of the Greatest Scientific Hoaxes

A new BBC show, “The Wrong Door,” incorporates sci-fi effects into everyday life. Also makes me fear the future.

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1. “The Wrong Door” promo clips on YouTube
2. BBC 3 Show “The Wrong Door” Shows the Computer’s Revenge
3. The Wrong Door: If Terry Gilliam Directed “Transformers” as a TV Variety Show

TV BUZZ: A new BBC show takes eight young disabled women to compete for a photo shoot in a top fashion magazine. Disabilities are so edgy! These are the kinds of twists that make reality television actually interesting.

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1. “Britain’s Missing Top Model” Features Models with Disablities!
2. BBC - Britain’s Missing Top Model - Home
3. Watch the Episodes Online Here
4. Reality TV: Disabled Models Compete In New Reality Show
5. Tyra Banks One-Upped By BBC
6. New Show Pits Disabled Models Against One Another
7. A Stunningly Awkward Competition
8. “Can a Disabled Model Be Used to Create Marketable Images?”
9. This Could Be a Positive Show?

STYLE BUZZ: The BBC has launched a new online magazine dedicated to eco-conscious style. Thread has articles on how to read your clothing labels,sweatshops, where to find ethically produced garments, as well as fashions that are actually stylish. Green may actually be the new black.

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1. Thread - the Online Fashion Magazine Dedicated to Eco-fabulous Style
2. “Being Ethical Gets Cute”
3. Uh-oh: “BBC announces new eco site (in humungous envelope)”
4. BBC Launches Online Ethical Fashion Magazine
5. The Deets About Thread

CULTURE BUZZ: Their sketch show on the BBC, That Mitchell And Webb Look , have earned them hardcore fans on both sides of the pond. Monty Python has found a welcome replacement in the cleverly absurd blokes who, incidentally, also star in the UK version of the Mac-vs.-PC ads. Bloody brilliant! (Also be sure to check out Peep Show , another Mitchell and Webb show we highly recommend.)

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1. That Mitchell And Webb Site (Get it? Like “Web site?”)
2. “They’re Going Down in the Great Book of Comedy,” Says Alex Balk
3. You Don’t Have to Like British Funnies to Like Mitchell and Webb
4. Watch “Lager Beer”
5. Listen to an Interview With David Mitchell
6. Watch “Write This…or That…or Maybe…”
7. Watch “Doctor And Ice Cream Tester”
8. Somebody Thinks Mitchell and Webb Have the #2 Best Show On British Television!
9. The BBC Commissioned Mitchell and Webb for a Third Series! They’re Unstoppable!