RIP #DeadRaccoonTO
But around noon the raccoon was still there. And someone put a note next to it.
"Rest dear raccoon," the note said. "Help is one the way from the city."
People In Toronto Created A Memorial To A Dead Raccoon After The City Forgot To Pick It Up
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How Well Do You Remember The Songs From "Ocarina Of Time"?
…or will you have to open up that menu?
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Here's How 121 Same-Sex Couples Married In Australia In The Last Year
BuzzFeed News caught up with some of the same-sex couples who have been able to get married in Australia and it turns out they’re doing just great.
When Peter Fraser and Gordon Stevenson married in Sydney on June 27 last year, friends, family and dozens of strangers came to wish them well. But within minutes their marriage was over.
Same Love Photography / Via samelove.com.au
Fraser, a dual British/Australian citizen, and Stevenson were the first same-sex couple to take advantage of Britain's recently enacted marriage equality laws by marrying in a British consulate.
But the second they left the consulate and set foot back on Australian soil, their marriage was no longer recognised - under Australian law, it simply did not exist.
A year later, the happy couple are still living together in legal limbo, married in the UK but living in sin in Australia.
Fraser says married life has brought he and Gordon closer together after 20 years as a couple, but it's still disheartening to know they're not considered equal in Australia.
"It still gives us that feeling of being a second class citizen. Although we are married in Britain, it doesn't really count here. It is upsetting to be treated differently, and actively discriminated against in the country where we live and pay taxes. It's got to end."
Since Fraser and Gordon married, 120 dual citizen couples have followed in their footsteps in consulates around Australia.
Same Love Photography / Via samelove.com.au
In Melbourne, 43 couples have married while Sydney has seen 37 ceremonies. In Perth, 19 couples have tied the knot under the watchful eye of Queen Elizabeth and with a British flag as a backdrop. 12 same-sex couples have gotten hitched in Brisbane and 10 in Canberra.
Tony Brenann is Britain's Deputy High Commissioner to Australia and has performed most of the ceremonies for same-sex couples that have been held in the High Commission in Canberra.
He tells BuzzFeed News that the weddings are a nice change from the usual consulate business of helping British nationals in need, and a delight for consulate staff who get a chance to help make people smile.
"It's quite fun. Each ceremony is different depending on the couple's wishes. Some of them have been quite small while some have been quite large and a very celebratory affair. But they're a nice thing to be a part of. They're happy occasions."
For Brennan, the highlight has been marrying couples who are "quite senior in age."
"It's wonderful that those people have found their partner at that stage of their lives," he says.
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See Maisie Williams In The First "Doctor Who" Season 9 Trailer
It premiered at Comic-Con AND DID I MENTION IT’S GOT MAISIE WILLIAMS?
The crowd at SDCC just got the first glimpse of Doctor Who's ninth season. But oh look at that, SO DID WE.
BBC
BBC
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First Set Photos Of The New "Ghostbusters" Cast
The gang — Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, and Kate McKinnon — is all here.
Rejoice! The first photos of the fully assembled Ghostbusters are here: Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, and Kate McKinnon together filming in Boston.
Patriot Pics / FAMEFLYNET PICTURES
The picture (in our collective imagination) is now more complete.
Patriot Pics / FAMEFLYNET PICTURES
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Would You Have Been In Dumbledore's Army Or The Inquisitorial Squad?
Queen Rowling can’t write us all into the D.A.
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The First Women Will Appear On The Cover Of "FIFA" And It's A Pretty Big Deal
She’s the first woman announced for the cover of the wildly popular video game.
Catley will stand alongside men's star, Lionel Messi on the Australian cover of the game. Several other women are expected to be announced for country-specific versions.
Todd Korol / Getty Images
FIFA 16 will allow you to play with women's national teams for the first time. When it was announced earlier this year some gamers (pioneers for the treatment of women) acted like big man babies.
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29 Things That'll Scare Any Texan
Giant bugs, ruined Whataburger, and rattlesnakes, oh my!
GIANT creepy crawlers.
Why is that centipede the size of a baby's arm? Everything truly is bigger in Texas.
Texas Parks & Wildlife / Via Twitter: @TPWDparks
Your AC breaking down in the middle of July.
BRB, gonna go hang out in the freezer section of H-E-B for a while.
Dropping your Whataburger Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit.
The only place you should drop this is directly over your mouth.
Tim S.
Your favorite Blue Bell ice cream going out of stock at your local H-E-B.
Or production being temporarily halted. Is nothing sacred!? ?
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Chris Hemsworth On A Goddamn Horse Will Make Your Goddamn Day
Ride dat steed.
Hello. How is your day going? It's about to get better because HERE IS CHRIS HEMSWORTH ON A HORSE.
Joan Wakeham / Joan Wakeham/REX Shutterstock
Riiiiiiiding into your fantasies like...
~pondering his steed~.
Joan Wakeham / Joan Wakeham/REX Shutterstock
Spying you across the forest...
"Art thou bae?"
Joan Wakeham / Joan Wakeham/REX Shutterstock
Locking eyes across the distance...
"THOU ART BAE."
Joan Wakeham / Joan Wakeham/REX Shutterstock
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What's The Client Feedback This Time?
“We’re very excited to see all the new ideas.”
All images via Thinkstock.
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Drake Is Becoming A London Roadman And It's Absolutely Glorious
We just need you to bring OVO fest here for 2016…
We gotta talk about Drake turning into a London roadman.
About nine months ago, he revealed his love of Channel 4 crime drama Top Boy.
And he's run with it ever since.
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When An Office Prank Goes Wrong
It’s all fun and games until someone gets fired.
YouTube / Via youtube.com
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17 Times Bambi Northwood-Blyth Defined All Your Eyebrow Goals
This Aussie model is slaying the brow game.
When they were basking in the summer sun.
When they were ready to celebrate over a long weekend.
When they were fierce and ferocious.
When they were combed perfection.
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Man Arrested After Driving With His Knees While Eating McFlurry, Possibly On Drugs
This never would have happened if he didn’t have to flurry it himself.
A Melbourne man in his 20s has been arrested after he was "McBusted" eating a McFlurry and steering his car with his knees in Point Cook yesterday afternoon.
Artist's rendition of the likely scene.
Thinkstock / digitally altered
"Police were traveling alongside a Toyota Corolla on the Princes Freeway when they saw the male driver eating an ice cream with two hands about 4pm," said Victoria Police in a statement.
It is entirely possible that the man was trying to flurry his Mcflurry, upset that it had not been flurried by machine in a McDonald's prior.
But then, anything is possible.
BuzzFeed recently investigated the claims that McFlurries were no longer being flurried in the traditional, and appropriate, way.
Police say if his samples are confirmed, he will also be charged with drug driving.
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Can You Make It Through This Post Without Cringing?
Are you up to the challenge?
Oxygen
Remember that time you did that thing?
Nickelodeon
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What's The Strangest Thing A Customer Has Ever Said To You?
It’s time to spill.
Chances are, we've all worked in customer service at some stage.
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Whether it was at a clothes store or at your local McDonald's, we've all spent weekends perfecting our customer service skills.
Or just trying their best to get through the long working hours.
Universal Pictures
Working in retail leaves you open to coming across some ~interesting~ characters.
United Artists
There are the constantly complaining ones. There are the awfully rude ones. There are the ones who ask repetitive questions...
Bravo
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How Much Money Could You Save In A Week?
Let us help you and your finances.
Jenny Chang/ BuzzFeed
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Which Of These Pop Stars Is The Better Singer?
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Can We Guess Your Relationship Status By How You Use Emojis?
Kiss face or pile of poo, either way it says a lot about you.
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This Model's Throwback Thursday Instagram Gives Hope To Us All
It turns out he wasn’t always a super hot model.
Meet Didier Cohen.
Lisa Maree Williams / Getty Images
He's an American-born model who now lives and works in Australia.
He's also a fitness junkie.
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