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Many factors come into play when producers are casting actors for a big hit like Harry Potter. These choices are often so well-made that the viewer creates a powerful relationship with the character. This powerful relationship makes it hard to dissociate the image of the actor and their on-screen role. For instance, can you imagine a Harry Potter played by someone other than Daniel Radcliffe, or a Hermione not played by Emma Watson? Well, even though many of us think that these actors were “born” to play these roles, it is possible that on several occasions the producers did not agree at first and they may have even chosen someone else. It’s hard to believe, but true.

Japan is a place where the most ancient and ancestral traditions coexist perfectly with modernity and technological advances. With colorful landscapes and streets where it seems that not even a pin could be out of place, this country has a great charm and magnetism that attracts all kinds of people, especially foreigners who are on the other side of the planet longing for exotic adventures. With that in mind, Reddit users that visited Japan shared their travel pictures, which are the ultimate proof that this country seems to belong to a parallel universe.

Good casting is a guarantee of a movie’s success. But when selecting candidates, casting managers oftentimes make mistakes. It’s pretty hard to avoid criticizing reviews and sharp comments when roles go to the actors who the fans feel don’t fit them.

Actors are total chameleons when it comes to their on-screen characters — whether it’s getting buff and tough for a superhero movie, or losing weight — they prove that they are fully committed at all times. In between filming, some of them let go and try to enjoy life to the fullest — just like we do. The most intimidating character the actors portray on screen can also turn into the cuddliest person in just a matter of months.

Genetics is a branch of science that is hard to predict. Sometimes, genes surprise us and create people with unique appearances. Some get cool-looking moles, others have elven ears and multi-colored eyes. And some might even have an extra finger.

Whether it is due to fertility problems or other issues, many couples decide to start a family through surrogacy. While some people might find that uncommon, there are actually many couples out there doing it, including several celebrities, who, for different reasons, opted for this method to have their children.

In a survey of around 2700 people, 18% of participants had a step-parent. That means that being a step-mom or a step-dad is not uncommon. Unfortunately, movies often shed a bad light on step-moms: they’re evil, they treat children badly, and always have an ulterior motive. But that’s just not true, and step-moms have to prove themselves to overcome the stigma, and to make their step-child love them.

We are all real people and we often can’t resist the desire to examine someone else’s apartment when we come there on a visit. Sometimes we even tell our friends that Maria makes guests cut onions, and that John keeps his cat’s litterbox in the kitchen.

A good day is made up of little details—and that includes public restrooms! Simple things like a full soap dispenser and paper towels are the bare minimum, of course. But places that have an extra accessory tray inside a cabin, free mouthwash or tampons, and a button with water sounds to make you feel more comfortable while doing your business are literally another level of life.

Several studies have shown that consistent nights of sleep and morning routines contribute to a healthier lifestyle. That also seems to be the way CEOs and high-performance coaches think.

Even though popularity always comes with a lack of privacy, famous people do want to keep some things in a narrower circle. And they prefer not to advertise family occasions, so certain connections between celebrities turn out to be rather unexpected.

While, for some of us, being single is loneliness and frustration, others feel more empowered and free when being alone. If you belong to the first group of people, you can join the second one if you just change your perspective and realize that being single is not a disaster. Whether it’s a choice or an unexpected turn of events, singlehood can be truly beneficial for your personality, and it offers so many growth opportunities we just can’t ignore.

Polyamory is a lifestyle where one person can love more partners at one time with commitment, honesty, passion, and romance. One of the main pillars in these relationships is talking and setting boundaries, which makes the partners closer to each other.

Maybe we’ve become used to things being disposable. At most, the life of a household appliance doesn’t exceed 5 years, and it’s even less when it comes to everyday appliances. But in the past, this was not the case because things were manufactured to be durable. This is proven true thanks to various social media users who proudly present their inherited or purchased possessions that already have several decades of use in them and continue to function as if they were brand new.

Even the most avid fans don’t always know about all the roles and cameos that their favorite actors played. Eva Longoria, for example, started her career acting in the Beverly Hills, 90210 series. Brad Pitt had a cameo in the comedy, 21 Jump Street (2012), which was the remake of the same-name series that he acted in, in his youth.

Grab a towel because your brain is about to sweat. Your workout set for today has math riddles, logic questions, and a tricky spot-the-difference challenge that will check your eyes’ skills.

The ability to design and decorate has become something of a must these days, mainly because everyone wants to give their home the greatest possible look and feel. One of the elements that best characterizes a property is the view it may have, and there is nothing better than going out to the balcony and finding a dreamlike landscape waiting for you to gaze at. But it often happens that architects and designers come up with the somewhat extravagant, brilliant, and, at the same time strange, idea: to bring these amazing views into the bathroom.

In the world of cinema, there are countless beauty standards, and the industry prefers hiring beautiful people with perfect smiles and faces. But not everyone is ready to change what nature gave them. There are many actors and actresses with unusual appearances that managed to build good careers and become idols for many people.

In every movie, there’s a wardrobe, but some are limited to just having dresses and others have “DRESSES” — true works of textile art that prevail in our memory more than the plot of the films themselves. Those are the magical designs that we present in this collection, garments from feature films that have not only not gone unnoticed, but that were a vital part of the story as if they were another character.

On average, people spend $15,000 on renovations. But money may not be the most important thing in this matter. Logic means a lot more. After all, without it, we risk getting “masterpieces” that make us laugh and feel sorry at the same time.

When adding a new family member to our households, responsibilities multiply, and it’s up to us to ensure that our babies have a safe place to grow up in. If not long before, we left closet doors wide open and collected magnets on our fridges, welcoming our babies is the perfect wake-up call for us to apply some — albeit small — effective changes.

If you feel that it’s only Hollywood producers and scriptwriters who can come up with interesting plots that can make viewers around the world admire them and shed tears over them, you are wrong. Ordinary Twitter users are actually capable of coming up with captivating things in under 280 symbols that you probably won’t be able to read without a bunch of tissues to wipe your eyes. When you come to realize that the stories they tell are real, the degree of emotionality increases a hundredfold.

Here it comes again. You lie in your bed with your eyes wide open, and thoughts start running through your head at the speed of sound. A relaxing bath, a glass of warm milk, counting sheep — nothing helps you to jump off this crazy carousel of thoughts. Even those of us who have no sleeping problems can sometimes feel anxious or stressed out, and that’s when our racing minds attack us. But don’t worry, there are ways to win back your sound sleep.

A loving parent can hardly do anything to hurt their child intentionally, but sometimes the “innocent” things parents do can turn out to be harmful to their daughters and sons. It may feel so rewarding when you can buy any toy your kid wants at the store, or when you suddenly let them stay up late at night to watch another episode of their favorite show. It’s so tempting to be the “good parent,” but these are traps we shouldn’t fall into.

Home exercise equipment can not only be hazardous to those who use them, but also to young children who treat them as giant toys. With adults, the most common reason they have accidents at home is because they don’t check their equipment first. They simply assume that everything is in great shape and ready for them to use. But you should remember that you’re not at the gym where professionals have already checked everything out before you arrived.

You can’t ignore the many disturbing double standards both men and women still face today. Although the world has made remarkable progress in gender equality, there are still many examples of things that are considered okay for men but aren’t acceptable when done by women, and vice versa. And when Twitter users were asked to call out the double standards that make them uncomfortable, it’s no surprise that they delivered.

The relationship we build with our grandparents can be one of the purest and most rewarding ones we ever have. However, making our children kiss or hug them, even when they don’t want to, is not very acceptable. A viral TikTok video raised so many questions on this topic, but also woke up a sense of awareness in people. Even experts have something to say about children giving consent to their grandparents for hugs and kisses.

Petting an animal means you’ll always have something to melt over. And sometimes they act so human, it’s no wonder they have a pretty broad emotional spectrum. And there are even studies that showed cats are also able to understand emotions both in humans and in their conspecifics.

It’s impossible to know how many taxis exist around the world, with the possible number being somewhere between 17 million and 32 million cars. As you can imagine, taxi drivers get to meet thousands of people every month. If you’re a regular passenger, you might think that you know everything about their business. However, there are certain facts that are not widely known to the public, and they definitely should be.

With overpopulation becoming more and more common in big cities, architecture and urban planning projects are constantly having to be reinvented to fit more people into smaller spaces. Whether or not they are based on the rules of this profession, there are impressive buildings (for better and for worse) that make us wonder: “What would it be like to live in those uncommon buildings?”

They might make millions per movie or concert, but some celebrities still love to stay humble and down to earth. They share no-makeup selfies without the fear of judgment, buy reasonably-priced products, and find happiness being with their families.

Kate Middleton often appears in public wearing clothing from haute couture fashion houses. But in order to make the garments correspond to the royal protocol, famous designers sometimes have to make slight amendments to their creations. The good thing is that the looks don’t start to look bad but on the contrary, they look better than they did on the runway.

We spend roughly a third of our lives sleeping, and whether we remember it or not, all of us dream every single night. But what’s even more interesting is that we only partially comprehend the purpose of our dreams or what they mean exactly.

Beauty is subjective. Even if someone doesn’t fit the standard, it doesn’t mean that they aren’t beautiful in their own way. And for celebrities, it’s the same. We can all find the charm in Steven Tyler’s large mouth, Vanessa Paradis’s gapped tooth, or Meryl Streep’s big nose. And the most interesting thing is that some of their kids inherited the exact same features and some look totally different from their parents.

Every time you travel by plane, you probably wonder why the food is so bad there. And no, it’s not of poor quality on purpose or because the airlines don’t care what the passengers eat. There’s actually a harmless explanation for this, as well as for other plane-related questions that have been bugging people for ages.

In our childhood, we got used to watching Disney movies to entertain ourselves and dream, and the truth is that we really enjoyed them. And now that we’re adults, there’s no need to leave them behind. We can use these animated films for other purposes, like to test our mental and visual skills by spotting the differences between 2 images, for example.

Some people are a treat to camera lenses because they shine brighter than ever in their presence. It’s especially great when these people are our ancestors. From a casual photo of your great-grandfather to a portrait of your grandma at her wedding, we get to travel back in time and see how charming and handsome our family members were.

Modern fashion oftentimes ends up surprising us. Sometimes it’s a pleasant amusement that goes together with admiration and a subsequent wish to rush to the store. Other times, the things that designers create look weird and incomprehensible.

Sometimes, even the smallest, seemingly irrelevant actions can make a huge impact on another person’s life. Whether it’s a few nice words, or an umbrella lent out to someone in the rain, these kinds of good deeds can create a ripple effect that will encourage total strangers to pay it forward.

You may feel like hanging upside down is intimidating at first, however, inversion therapy can provide several benefits to your health. The theory behind it is, by inverting your body in a way that your feet are above your head, it may be possible to reverse the effect gravity has on the body.

73% of parents say that parenting is their biggest challenge. It’s hard even to count all the responsibilities and tasks they face every day. And we believe that few tricks can help ease the tension. Especially, when they are from other parents who know everything first hand.

Some people can find inspiration everywhere, from a spaghetti measuring tool, ordinary traffic signs, and flower pots to ice molds that your little ones can enjoy. Many designers have the power to turn ordinary things into creative masterpieces, and when they do, it’s hard not to admire their work.

We all know Chuck Norris for being a movie legend, a star, and a martial arts expert, but perhaps his most admirable of jobs was when he gave up his entire career to be beside his sick wife. It was a challenging time — a moment when he couldn’t take charge of the situation — but he had to do something, even if it seemed impossible.

Inventors never cease to amaze us. From containers that remind you when the food is going to expire to notebooks that automatically save your writing to your smartphone, they can easily make us believe that we live in the future.

A gorgeous evening dress for less than $5 or a luxurious leather chair in a fancy color for free may sound unbelievable, but these are the actual thrift store finds people have recently boasted about on Reddit. This list goes on and includes a huge mirror in a thick carved frame for $30, a 3 piece look with a fancy necklace for $20, and a vintage denim jacket in a mint green color for $0.

The majority of the world’s population has brown eyes, with blue coming in second. And statistics have shown that only 2% of the population were gifted with green eyes, making it one of the rarest eye colors among people.

We all know that the members of royal families have to follow certain rules, including their choice of clothes. However, if a duchess or a princess wants to make a certain statement to the public she can do it discreetly with the help of her outfit. In this article, we want to explain these secret messages in more detail.

If you check out any internet community where people share expectation vs. reality pics, chances are, most of the pics show complete disappointment. Indeed, when it comes to food, for example, we often see an image of mouth-watering perfection on the packaging and find a mess inside. But some people are lucky enough to find that their food looks just as perfect as their package, and it’s pure delight.

In 2015, about 14 million people in the US considered themselves to be in a long-distance relationship. Of that, 3.75 million married couples were in a long-distance relationship. Unlike popular belief, nearly 6 out of 10 couples found success in dating from afar, according to a survey. This goes to show that relationships can work despite being geographically separated from each other, as long as each partner puts effort into it.

Celebrities don’t always agree when they get an offer to play a role from directors and producers. The reasons for this are different: some are afraid that viewers will find the movie boring, others don’t trust young directors and simply don’t see themselves in this role. For example, Charlize Theron didn’t want to play the mother of the main character in Wonder Woman because she considers herself too young for this role.