Culture Buzz Clearly the most bad ass cricket match of all time. And for a good cause. Within their own community, the Massai Cricket Warriors hope to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and help do away with backwards cultural practices such as female genital mutilation and child brides.

Gavon Laessig about 2 months ago

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Celebrity Buzz I fink u very fashion forward, Die Antwoord. Alien Jiffy Pop and Skeezy Prep School. I honestly can't pick which is my favorite look. And if you don't know who Die Antwoord are, here.

Gavon Laessig about 3 months ago

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Culture Buzz As the poor sap who was mauled to death by his pet hippo unfortunately found out, hippos are not cute and cuddly—they are 5 ton murder machines. The hippopotamus is not a pet, it is nature's morbidly obese psychopath.

Gavon Laessig about 6 months ago

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Culture Buzz So that makes this video especially creepy and oozing with tragic irony. Marius Els was a farmer in South Africa who had raised Humphrey the hippo since it was a baby. Els' body was discovered last week, ripped apart by the hippo's razor sharp teeth. The fate of the hippo remains unknown.

Gavon Laessig about 6 months ago

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Culture Buzz And upside down, no less. Don't worry, the big fella is fine. This is all part of a relocation plan for black rhinos, meant to move the endangered species to less populated areas so that they have a better shot at survival. (via greenrenaissance.co.za)

Gavon Laessig about 6 months ago

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This is insane and I hope it never becomes a fad. From the TV documentary An Idiot Abroad, Karl Pilkington visits a South African woman who has managed to tame, pamper, and raise a hippo into her household pet.

Willio top100 about 6 months ago

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Culture Buzz And to think these signs only became illegal in 1994. While overt American racial tensions of the 50s and 60s were content to divide folks into black or white, South Africa really went the extra mile. People were white, black, coloured, Asian, “other Asian” or “honorary white”, with each group having its own rules and social stigma complete with paperwork to prove what group you were part of.

Donna D. about 9 months ago

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Culture Buzz Well, this is absolutely horrifying. Imagine being a worker in a morgue when a corpse comes back to life. That's when all your training for the zombie apocalypse goes out the window and you simply start screaming like a tiny child.

Gavon Laessig about 10 months ago

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Sports Buzz Because even one Vuvuzela is one too many.

Melismashable about a year ago

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