KFC finally made something that won’t kill you
KFC has long been known for thinking outside the box. After all, how else can one explain the ingenuity behind items like fried chicken pizza and the iconic — and heart attack inducing — Double Down Dog.
But KFC is pushing things even farther, only this time it’s tapping into the world of technology. In celebration of the chain’s 60th year in Canada, KFC put some of its best research scientists to work. After days spent holed up in a lab, running on little to no sleep, they finally emerged with a product that seamlessly blends cutting edge technology with their amazing chicken.
Behold, the Memories Bucket.
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See Pluto up close in the highest quality NASA pics yet
Seeing Pluto up close and personal has certainly been one of the highlights of 2015, but as NASA noted earlier this month, the initial images were just the beginning. More photos from New Horizons have continued to make their way back to Earth over the past several days, including the first true color images of the dwarf planet.
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Hillary Clinton sent classified info over her private email server – everything we know so far
Well, this is not the kind of headline Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign was hoping to see on a Friday afternoon. The Wall Street Journal on Friday reported that an internal government review has concluded Clinton sent at least four different emails containing classified information over her home email server while she was serving as Secretary of State. The information contained in those emails should have been considered “secret,” which is a notch below the “top secret” level of intelligence classification.
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Make money on the side with these high-paying part-time jobs
Working a full-time job is stressful enough, but sometimes you have to start thinking about ways you can make money after regular work hours. Still, you probably wouldn’t take another job without knowing up front that you’d be well-compensated for the extra hours.
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Deal of the day: Save 73% on super-powered charging from the Intocircuit 15000mAh Power Castle External Battery
When you need power on the go, you want an external battery that’s fast, powerful, and efficient. The Intocircuit 15000mAh Power Castle External Battery is all three, and for a limited time, it’s also just $34.99 at the BGR Store.
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It’s Friday. It’s summer. Here are 10 excuses you can use to leave work early
It’s Friday afternoon, it’s gorgeous outside, and you’re sitting at your desk staring out the window. It’s agonizing. To be perfectly honest, you’re probably not going to get anything done for the rest of the day anyway. So why fight it? Stop wasting your time stalking your friends on Facebook. Take off… that’s what summers are for.
Of course, pulling off this caper means coming up with a good excuse. It needs to be something out of your control and unavoidable, and it also needs to be important enough that it can’t be ignored.
Don’t take things too far and say something awful, like claiming a family member died or is in the hospital. That’s just wrong, and it has to be bad karma. Instead, try one of the 10 excuses listed below.
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Magicians videobomb live Sky News broadcast with incredible magic trick – was it staged?
There’s an incredible viral video burning through social media today. If you play close attention to the video below, you can see quirky magicians Young & Strange essentially hijack a live Sky News broadcast by performing a magic trick in the background.
All the while, Sky News reporter Ashish Joshi is completely oblivious to the shenanigans going on behind him as he goes on and on about UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans for the National Health Service.
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The 5 most awesomely stupid things Donald Trump has done in just the last 5 weeks
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is like the KFC Double Down sandwich: It’s equal parts hideous and irresistible. You know that he’s a bigoted clown who has no idea what he’s talking about. You know he’ll never be president. But you find yourself obsessively clicking on every story that pops up about his presidential campaign because it is just so, so amazing.
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How to send self-destructing emails from Gmail for free
It’s easy to forget what a mess email was before Google came along, but Gmail completely changed the email landscape. The product offered a simple user interface, tons of storage, and it was completely free. Google has added plenty of features since Gmail first debuted, but there are still a number of nifty things Gmail can’t do on its own.
Luckily, there’s an app for that.
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Writer claims Amazon spied on her social media profiles to invalidate her reviews
We all depend on Amazon reviews to an extent, ensuring that whatever product we’re about to buy is worth our hard-earned cash. We also naturally assume that the reviews we’re reading are legitimate, which means Amazon needs to have some process to vet reviewers. Unfortunately, that process appears to have backfired in the case of indie writer Imy Santiago.
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