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Getting married or having a kid? Then into the flames you go!
Hidden sprinkler defense system activates to help protect beautiful traditional thatched-roof farmhouses.
Victims include a 61-year-old anime veteran and fresh-faced newcomer who just graduated from college.
Rooftop was accessible, and the company had even received a certificate of commendation from the city of Kyoto for excellent fire safety.
Our reporter travels all the way to Spain to meet an artistic hair stylist whose technique is a little sharper than usual.
If this steel-swinging senior was in an anime, we know what his ultimate move would look like.
Explosion occurred during dinner rush at second-floor restaurant.
Scary sights, and not because of any ghosts or goblins.
It’s not often that you find a dessert that can give you a brain freeze and third-degree burns, so we had to try it for ourselves.
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