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Several researchers recorded audio and video as the cicadas’ call vibrated in the background. A student from Shizuoka University in Japan, Hiroki Hayashi, calls the scene “wonderful and exciting.”

The incident took place after the woman driver accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of  the break and ended up crashing the car through the steel barriers at the  Santa Monica parking garage. The car was left dangling over the edge of the building.

In no time, the picture went viral and many criticised the company and even called the post ‘ironic’. Once alerted, the official Twitter handle of National Geographic responded by stating that US, UK, and India have switched to the paper mode and the rest are in process.

People pointed out the irony in the first part of Donald Trump’s tweet, in which he mis-spelt ‘too many shots’ as ‘to many’. Although this was easily passable as an honest mistake, it seemed many were of the opinion that he definitely did not deserve their kindness.

What would you do if you found out that the dress you have been meaning to flaunt at work happens to be the exact same coloured fabric that the office rug is made of? Well, if you are a sport like Ilona Burton, you’ll have a good laugh over it!

Someone came across a Charlie Chaplin still from his 1922 film ‘Pay Day’, where Chaplin is looking at a woman passing by — and found it very similar to the “distracted boyfriend” meme.

‘House of Cards’ trailer is out, and Netizens can’t keep calm. After the #MeToo controversy, Kevin Spacey was kicked off the new season, and Tweeple are impressed with the show-makers.

Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un summit: While most had serious reaction to the significant meet, there were others who couldn’t stop sharing memes and jokes. Instagram particularly has been flooded with Trump-Kim memes and apart from the world leaders it also includes Dennis Rodman, for the obvious reasons.

Justin Trudeau’s name started trending on Twitter not just for the fact that Donald Trump openly slammed him by calling him “weak and dishonest” but a video that showed his ‘eyebrows falling off’ – well, at least the fake extensions. Tweeple are going crazy to figure out if it’s true.

Donning a stylish black bow-tie with a fitted whited collar, Sparky, the goat made heads turned, and if we may say so he looked nothing but dapper! Gracing the Tony Awards 2018 in New York with Broadway producer Ken Davenport, he definitely had the entire spotlight.

Given how these animals’ natural habitat is the jungle, Shahid Afridi’s picture of a chained lion drew flak from the Internet. Many accused him of depriving the animals of a natural habitat, and hence doing the exact opposite of what his tweet’s message was about — caring for them.

Charanpreet Singh Lall, a 22-year-old man from Leicester was proud to make history and hope he is not the last one to do so. Born in Punjab, Lall’s family moved to the United Kingdom when he was just a baby and joined the British army in January 2016.

Plastic pollution: This incredible team of creative artists insuccessfully transforms retrieved flip-flops from the ocean into six to eight animal replica masterpieces every day.

Angela Merkel posted the photo with a rather benevolent caption saying, “Day two of the G7 summit in Canada: Spontaneous meeting between two working sessions.” However, it shows her staring down Donald Trump, and the heightened tension captured by the shutterbug hasn’t gone unnoticed by all.

A father tweeted to writer JK Rowling about how ‘Harry Potter’ books helped him bond with his daughter even though he is broke. The heartwarming post touched the author’s heart on Twitter.

While it is not clearly known what was going on when the picture was clicked, the image invited hilarious captions and memes on social media with many calling it an ‘iconic photo’ of the summit.

Taking a cue from Anthony Bourdain’s 2016 tweet of their rendezvous at the restaurant Bun cha Huong Lien, Barack Obama wrote, “’Low plastic stool, cheap but delicious noodles, cold Hanoi beer.’

Do you know someone suffering from depression? In a bid to let others realise they are not alone in the battle, Netizens started the conversation with the hashtag #MentalHealthMatters.

The New Zealand women team’s previous best was 455/5 against Pakistan in 1997 which is now successfully beaten with a new high. Incidentally, this is only the third instance when a 400-plus score has been made in women’s ODIs.

A student gave an 11-minute long presentation on Wakanda from ‘Black Panther’. With his stoical determination, he managed to fool his professor, who didn’t realise Wakanda was a fictional country.

A couple booked a bicycle for their granddaughter. Two days later, when the package arrived, they were startled to find a lizard staring back at them inside the box of the bicycle.

Can you describe your life in four words? Twitterati took the challenge and came up with creative ways to express their thoughts. Some tweets on the micro-blogging site will leave you in splits.

Evidently shocked and saddened by the news of his death, fans, followers and contemporaries of Anthony Bourdain took to the Internet, especially Twitter, to share their condolences for the celebrated chef.

In a terrifying video that was said to have happened in Dubai, a man can be seen trying to escape the fire that caught his clothes in a mall. But, as it turns out, the news is fake.

Going by a video that has gone viral, it seems the women of Saudi Arabia still have a long way to go. While it makes for an absolute hilarious watch, no less, a clip of a fashion show which shows clothes being exhibited ‘in air’ has gone viral.