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Meghan and Harry are going to some incredible places on their first Royal Tour

9/10/2018, 4:38:21 PM
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will spend 16 days on tour in Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand ✔ Sydney, Australia The Invictus Games will be taking place in Sydney from October 20 to 27, and Meghan and Harry will be there to cheer on the injured veterans in the early stages ✔ (Image: Getty)4 of 11 Suva, Fiji Next up is a two-day visit to Fiji's capital Suva


How clean is your hotel? One in ten guests find this on their bed

9/10/2018, 6:43:28 PM
HOLIDAYS in hotels are often well-loved thanks to the ‘clean-sheet’ feeling you can get every day due to daily room service. But shocking new research shows that hotel rooms can be far from clean, with some guests finding semen and faeces on their bed sheets. ✔ In comparison, of the Airbnb guests, eight per cent found bedbugs, seven per cent faeces and four per cent vomit ✔ If ever you're hesitating between hotels with different price points, the general consensus was that you really do get what you pay for: places that boasted more dollar signs were almost universally cleaner, though the biggest jump in cleanliness kicked in with rooms over $300


Surreal images of the Earth from above

9/10/2018, 5:28:14 PM
Surreal images of the Earth from above ✔ Fremont, California The fourth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay area, Fremont was named after John C Frémont - the American explorer and first ever Republican US presidential candidate (1856) ✔ See more images from Alexander Heilner at heilner.net


Which Type Of Pokémon Are You?

9/10/2018, 5:43:40 PM
Are you a fire type or water type? A Pikachu or a Meowth person? ✔ Nadi, Fiji Phoenix Haiku, Hawaii Maui, Hawaii Alberquerque, New Mexico Everland, South Korea Tipperary, Ireland Beijing Rome Tokyo Via Getty Images Cake pops Gummy worms Rainbow cheesecake Macarons Doughnuts Chocolate bars Ice cream Chocolate candy rocks Sour candy belts Chocolate lava cake Via Getty Images Hang out with friends Rock climb Read a book Party Zipline Hike Go to the arcade Go to the amusement park Travel Shop Via Getty Images Ruby Opal Amethyst Sapphire Diamond Pearl Rose Quartz Jade Alexandrite Topaz Via Getty Images Original Poké Ball Premier Ball Love Ball Master Ball Heavy Ball Dive Ball Ultra Ball Lure Ball Quick Ball Net Ball Via Nintendo Did you know you can sign up for a BuzzFeed Community account and create your own BuzzFeed posts ✔ Here's a handy guide to help you start posting today! This post was created by a member of BuzzFeed Community, where anyone can post awesome lists and creations


Destiny Forsaken Raid glitch means shock early loot drop for Guardians

9/10/2018, 5:27:59 PM
THE DESTINY Forsaken Raid isn’t arriving until later in September, but that hasn’t stopped Guardians on PS4, Xbox One and PC getting the loot early. ✔ This is apparently connected to Destiny’s mysterious Dragons, which could be part of the Last Wish Raid ✔ You can expect that Bungie will plug this glitch pretty soon, and it’s unclear if any punishments will be dished out to those who got the gear early ✔ Instead, the challenge will be reset, and progress will be cleared


Writing up that hill: Kate Bush will release a book of lyrics

9/10/2018, 5:53:38 PM
Kate Bush, the beloved British singer, will be releasing a book of her lyrics. Acclaimed novelist David Mitchell will write the forward. ✔ It will feature an introduction by David Mitchell, the acclaimed novelist and author of Cloud Atlas and Black Swan Green ✔ He wrote about her for the Guardian in 2010, praising her music and lyrics ✔ One paradox about her is that while her lyrics are avowedly idiosyncratic, those same lyrics evoke emotions and sensations that feel universal, he added


Fans can wander through 'Downton Abbey' at a new experience in Florida — take a look inside

9/10/2018, 4:41:52 PM
Downtown Abbey: The Exhibition includes recreations of the grand manor's rooms and costumes worn by Michelle Dockery, Huge Bonneville and Dame Maggie Smith. It opens in Florida in November. ✔ NBCUniversal International Studios Recreation of butler's office from Downton Abbey Tickets are $35 ✔ Subscribe to CNBC Make It on YouTube! These are the best ways to travel the world for super cheap    9:33 AM ET Tue, 24 July 2018 | 01:09


Holidays: World’s fastest-growing tourist destination revealed - have you been?

9/10/2018, 5:27:55 PM
HOLIDAYS: The fastest growing tourist destinations in the world have been revealed in new research - with a country popular with Britons taking number one place. Can you guess what it is? ✔ Holidays: 2017 saw Egypt benefit from an incredible 55.1 per cent increase in tourists (Image: Getty Images) The UN report also included other countries that many Britons wouldn’t have previously considered visiting ✔ The remaining top ten countries with fastest growing tourism included Palestinian Territories, Niue (in the South Pacific), Nepal, Israel and The Northern Mariana Islands (in the north-west Pacific Ocean)


Emilia Clarke: Game Of Thrones star reveals nightmare confession 'It’s the weirdest thing’

9/10/2018, 6:01:41 PM
EMILIA CLARKE, who plays Daenerys Targaryen in Game Of Thrones, has opened up on her beauty secrets and revealed the “weirdest thing” about her nightmares. ✔ Emilia Clarke: The Game of Thrones star spilled on her beauty secrets (Image: GETTY • WENN) I get nightmares when I sleep in my make-up Emilia Clarke I want to have the option to maybe have it longer, but at the moment I don’t because the bleach damages it


Florence strengthens to Category 4, takes aim at Carolinas

9/10/2018, 7:29:16 PM
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Florence exploded into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane Monday as it closed in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds up to 130 mph and wa ✔ We're just a strip of land we're a barrier island, she said ✔ ; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm; North Carolina's governor has urged residents to get prepared for Hurricane Florence as forecasters predict the state could be in the bull's-eye of the storm


Europe may be getting a new budget airline (with a Ryanair pilot at the helm)

9/10/2018, 4:45:23 PM
undefined ✔ The world's best budget airlines (including a few you probably haven't heard of) The move has raised eyebrows in an increasingly competitive industry that has seen a number of collapses in recent years, including Monarch and Air Berlin ✔ At a glance | Every airline failure in the last decade


Instead of the boarding pass, bring your smile to the airport

9/10/2018, 5:46:26 PM
Leave your boarding pass in your bag and smile. ✔ Some day, boarding passes will be replaced for airplane passengers by something that can't be lost, forgotten, or crumpled in the bottom of a carry-on: the passenger's own face ✔ John Wagner, the deputy executive assistant commissioner at CBP, said the technology is in response to a mandate from Congress that DHS develop a system for tracking foreigners' arrivals and departures from the United States


Google Maps Street View: Something is very weird about the animal in this snapshot

9/10/2018, 4:50:18 PM
GOOGLE Maps Street View photographs numerous people and their pets as it maps the streets of the world. Often the images can be funny or sometimes creepy. On other occasions, they can just be plain bizarre. ✔ Google Maps Street View: The black, furry beast has not one but two heads - and it’s disturbing (Image: Google Maps) This is done by knitting the images together to make it seem realistic ✔ Clearly, the poor man has fallen victim to the same unfortunate technological glitch that the dog did


Which is the best Italian region for you?

9/10/2018, 4:45:26 PM
undefined ✔ Whether you’re ruled by your appetite, sense of adventure, or simply the need to lie very still on a sunlounger, we’ll match you up with the perfect holiday ✔ Once you've finished, check out our Italy homepage for more inspiration and advice, as well as our guide to the country's best hotels


Inside the Portuguese castle described as 'Disneyland for adults'

9/10/2018, 4:23:21 PM
Sintra, Portugal is home to numerous palaces, villas, mansions, castles, and churches


Clever ways social media can actually improve your holiday

9/10/2018, 4:17:50 PM
Social media has a lot to answer for. ✔ These platforms have zombified a generation, which is now addicted to scrolling through oversaturated depictions of how people don’t really live their lives ✔ Indeed, we’ve come so far in our social media addiction that the Royal Society for Public Health has launched a campaign called ‘Scroll-Free September’


Florida's Toxic Red Tide Is Spreading North Up The Gulf Coast

9/10/2018, 6:40:46 PM
The algae bloom, which may have killed as many as 127 manatees this year, has reached the Tampa Bay area. ✔ Tests have confirmed that another 30 manatee deaths were caused by red tide ✔ Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission / Handout via ReutersKarenia brevis cells, seen under a microscope, can travel through water at a speed of one meter per hour by using whiplike appendages called flagella


Strangers on ITV location: Where is Strangers filmed? Where is it set?

9/10/2018, 7:25:05 PM
STRANGERS is a brand new conspiracy drama starting on ITV tonight starring John Simm and Emilia Fox. Here’s a look at the series’ setting and filming locations. ✔ WHEN DOES STRANGERS START AND HOW MANY EPISODES ARE THERE ✔ All in all, it’s been an absolutely wonderful experience ✔ The director, Paul Andrew Williams has been brilliant ✔ You have to play the scene in exactly the same way, look the same and physically be the same as three months previously


Doctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donation

9/10/2018, 5:08:38 PM
People who receive a kidney​ or part of a liver transplant from a living donor cut years off their time on the wait list and those organs tend to survive longer ✔ The median amount was $2,712, particularly difficult if asking economically disadvantaged friends or family for an organ ✔ Goudge, the California patient, had been fighting a rare condition called fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma since 2001 ✔ She is truly a walking miracle for me, Goudge said


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