"It's actually mad."

‘There is a moral duty’

Photo Credit: Getty Images It’s no secret that the ultra-rich pollute at a much greater rate than the rest of us, but the details of a gigantic megayacht owned by Jeff Bezos caused outrage on social media. Redditors on a thread in the r/environment subreddit seethed at the scale of the environmental havoc of Bezos’…

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"The boxes are in such good condition, can't believe they were tossed."

‘It’s feeling like 1998 … all over again’

A Reddit user stumbled upon a time capsule from the late 1990s mobile technology era. The lucky finder shared photos of two pristine, sealed vintage cell phones rescued from an e-waste container: a GSM 509 Dual Bosch and a Nokia 6130 from ePlus. What happened? These boxed mobile phones from the pre-smartphone era were discarded…

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It's part of Bezos' $600 million property portfolio.

‘We all paid for that’

Nicknames for billionaire Jeff Bezos’ giant Beverly Hills fence, which is made of bushes that enclose a $165 million-plus estate, are easy to imagine. The Big Green Monster and Great Wall of Bezos are low-hanging fruit.  A video clip of the property shared on the r/intrestingtoknow subreddit showed the hedge towering above the street. It…

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Reddit users have been sharing what they think are the best products to buy from the USA to bring back to the UK, with many recommending expensive gadgets, especially when travelling in Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon - where there is no sales tax

The best USA buys for Brits to bring home – from ‘less than half-price’ designer gear to teeth-whitening strips 100 times stronger than UK

Brits going over to the USA for a holiday often reminisce about the ‘good old days’, when you could get two dollars for every pound. But, although that excellent exchange rate hasn’t been seen since 2007, there’s still so much you can buy in the States at a fraction of the UK price. In fact,…

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"This is what my local 'thrift' resale shop is filled with."

Thrift shopper shocked after seeing price tag on fashion item: ‘Ironic full circle’

For many savvy shoppers, thrifting is a great way to find top-quality goods, especially clothes, at an affordable price. However, sometimes thrift stores don’t adhere to that principle. On r/ThriftGrift, Reddit users share instances of secondhand shopping gone awry, and one poster made an ironic discovery.  The Redditor shared a photo of an “Asian two-piece”…

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Tesla no longer corners the market on electric vehicles.

‘It’s just a much better vehicle’

Chinese car manufacturing powerhouse BYD is giving American-based automobile giant Tesla a run for its money, literally. Both are prolific creators of electric vehicles, and the gap between their overall production statistics has narrowed significantly within the last two years. According to The Washington Post, in 2024, BYD — which sells EVs for as little…

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