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When a stranger sends him a friend request, our reporter sees the opportunity to relieve his explosive, pent-up emotion.
This schoolgirl doesn’t meet the boy you’d think she would, and she’s not who you expect either.
Those aren’t hearts the penguin is dancing around.
The app connects expectant mothers looking for empty seats with passengers wanting to relinquish theirs.
Good news for all of us who’ve sent a message to the wrong person, or sent a message that’s just plain wrong.
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