Fidel Castro has popped up in public to remind us that he isn’t dead yet, and to let us know that he isn’t in charge of the Cuban Communist Party. And hasn’t been since 2006, when he let his brother take over. Fidel didn’t realize that it might be cool to let people know that it was permanent.

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We all want to be living legends. Like our boss, Seth. But this guy is very close to actually being one as well. He completed this years Argus Cycle Tour wearing only a Borat Mankini, a pair of sneakers, and his safety helmet. All on a BMX.

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We all love Facebook. Some of us love Facbook so much that we’ve given up our meth addictions just to spend more time on Facebook. But every now and then Zuckerberg does something that just doesn’t sit right, like serving up adds as you type.

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And that’s an unintentional pun in the headline too in case you were wondering. But, these really are the times that we live in. Now UK residents, Cornwall residents in particular, won’t have to worry about who will look after the chickens if one were to take a holiday or go on ones “gap yah.”

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The original WILF, then MILF, GILF, and later GGMILF, Great Dame Liz Taylor was picked up in a limousine sent from heaven yesterday. During her time on earth, it took her no less than eight marriages to realise that she’s just not cut out for it. Her response in this video when asked if she’d ever marry again is…just…epic.

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The Red Bull tyre-burning bonanza has moved from Marine Drive, Blouberg, to the Killarney Race Track, which is just up the road really. They announced this about an hour ago. If you show up at Marine Drive on Sunday you will witness precisely nothing, except for the usual kite-skaters and some severely hungover bar managers, emerging into the light.

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I tend to die a little bit inside every time music heroes try to put out new material after they’ve peaked, but I really like David Bowie so I guess somebody up there likes me. An unreleased 2001 Bowie album called Toy made its way to the internet earlier this week.

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News just in, Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook and seller of your personal information, is no longer single. The world may now breathe a collective sigh of relief. None of us could bare his loneliness for even one a moment longer.

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While walking is not always the most practical way of getting around, with troublesome Mercury turning retrograde in a few days’ time, you may want to try staying off trains, planes and other forms of mechanical transport for a little while. As evidenced by a tragic public transport collision in China earlier today.

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The Japanese have displayed some of the most heroic efforts in aid of fellow man during this, one of the hardest experiences they have had to endure. Now, we’re happy to bring you an animal and man story. No dog, just a small dolphin in a rice field. That needed rescuing. Brace yourselves, this is literally fantastic!

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A Russian man has just been sentenced for hacking into one of the video billboards around Moscow and looping a porn video over it. The best part of all is that someone managed to capture a video of the event. You know you want to see it.

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I am, on the whole, reluctant to write an article that does exactly what it says on the tin, but Elizabeth Taylor passed away yesterday, so it seems worth bringing up. Mel Gussow, the New York Times critic who put together the Liz Taylor obituary, passed away six years before she did.

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Long, long ago, being accused of witchcraft and getting burnt at the stake was all just part of growing up, and something you’d just have to contend with. But far from being resigned to the past, witchcraft rears it’s ugly head in our modern midst.

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Elizabeth Taylor, one of the iconic film actresses of the 2oth century, has passed away in her California home at the age of 79. Taylor is survived by her four children (who were at her bedside in the moments prior to her death), 10 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

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Now, now, before you panic, you just need to ask yourself whether you exercise regularly or not. You don’t? Well then I am sorry to inform you that you will die the next time you engage in sexual intercourse.

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This will probably rate right up there with their worst ever experiences together as grandfather and grandson. It certainly wasn’t one of those happy days like you’d see on adverts or in the movies. Although, mind you, I suppose it did start out as an innocent canoe trip which was probably fun for a while.

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Remember Ari Kruger, the South African film maker whose piece, Focus, was a competition finalist at the largest short film festival in the world? He is back, and this time with a series of viral video clips for cinematic folk duo Ginsburg & Herman. See them after the ad break.

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Ciro De Siena caught up with former F1 powerhouse, David Couthard this past weekend for an exclusive 2oceansvibe interview. Follow the link for a preamble of the weekend’s highlights, and the transcribed interview.

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So Heritage Auctions sold a 1997 edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone for $29, 875. A book that you can remember the release of just sold at a rare books auction. You’re Old now. If you can’t remember 1997, please crawl back into the womb.

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When I was about seven or eight all I knew of William Shatner was that he was the voice of “Rescue 911”. In my ignorance I didn’t know that he was the first captain of the Enterprise, nor did I know he would one day become everyone’s favourite misogynist, Denny Crane, on “Boston Legal”.

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Remember Britain’s first quarter-of-a-ton teen? She had better watch her back because this three year-old boy is gunning for her title. Lu Hao weighed just 2.6kg at birth. However, from the time he was three months old he began to gain weight rapidly.

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At the beginning of this month a story caught our eye that almost seemed too shocking to be true. We can now happily report back to you that the lunacy surrounding these pricey renovations has been met with trepidation by Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde, and for the most part, been put on hold.

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In case you were concerned that the impending marriage between Prince William and Kate Middleton wasn’t a match made in heaven, British astrologers have now CONFIRMED that they are highly compatible and could in fact be soulmates.

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If you say the word ‘protest’ too frequently in a cell-phone conversation in Beijing, your call gets cut off. No spice. We have pretty strict phone etiquette policies here at 2ov, granted, but generally we allow calls, once placed, to proceed without Big Brother intervention.

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We wrote earlier in the day that The New Age had engaged in a small but embarrassing bout of mistaken identity, having posted a picture of world renowned fashion mogul, Karl Otto Lagerfeld, above a story regarding the appointment of one Karl Otto, esq., to one or other lofty position at the Maritime Authority of South Africa. Enjoy the update after the jump.

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At last, a way to find pornography on the internet. You guys are reading the words ‘porn’ and ‘xxx’ and getting really excited, but believe me when I tell you that this is almost 99% technology news. Pornography is sort of besides the point here, so to speak. But click through, anyway.

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Darren Shand, the manager of the New Zealand national rugby team, says that they are considering changing the traditional white fern to a red fern over the world cup, as a gesture towards earthquake-hit Christchurch.

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Employing a visual “shock factor” has long been a staple of effective television advertising. But damn this is a nice change. The Australian Office of Road Safety published this ad and it could be just as powerful a prevention as the explicitly showing blood, guts and gore on the road.

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A report about a month ago attributed that South Africa indeed stared a water crisis directly in the eye. Experts told the inaugural South African Water and Energy Forum in Johannesburg that we even face the possibility of chronic water shortages as early as 2020. Now Eskom-esque tariff hikes loom too.

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You have to give this guy some credit for thinking out of the box – posters tied to lamp posts are getting old. But choosing a funeral to tell everyone to vote for the ANC is just plain wrong. Especially if the woman in the front row just lost her husband and seven-year-old triplets all in one go.

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