This McDonald’s customer paid for his order in cash and received his hamburger — without setting foot in the store!
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June 6 was Roll Cake Day in Japan, and while we’ve never needed an excuse to stuff ourselves full of cake, we took full advantage of the occasion anyway by sampling TEN convenience store roll cakes!
Can you guess what’s underneath the plastic bucket at the end of all that aluminium tubing?
It’s known as one of the nation’s top three most bizarre festivals and has resulted in deaths when it’s held every six years, but now you can experience the ride first-hand at any time of year!
Samurai warrior designs get a warm-weather overhaul with colourful patterns and unique sheer fabrics.
Soseki Natsume: writer, a man long dead. We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was: better, stronger, faster…
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