man lightens his skin using natural remedies hooked on the look
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an african-american man claims to have found a natural remedy for lightening the colour of his skin fraink white has been tampering with his skin pigmentation since he was a child in the hope of making his facial features more prominent the 28-year-old strongly maintains that lightening his skin tone has nothing to do with wanting to change race and now the self-proclaimed 039social media personality claims that he has developed a 039100 percent natural039 skin lightening product that he sells to customers around the world as part of his cosmetic business videographer director: silton buendia producer: danny baggott ruby coote editor: sonia estal

our superhero son whose bones break like glass born different
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superhero-obsessed kaden casebolt has a rare condition which causes his bones to break as easily as a glass doll but despite his physical fragility the spirited five-year-old loves nothing more than dressing up as comic book hero iron man or man of steel superman kaden from dallas texas has a brittle bone condition that means his bones can shatter simply by sneezing but wont let anything hold him back despite suffering over 40 fractures since birth he enjoys play fighting dancing and singing playing his guitar and racing around on his specially adapted bike with his mum valorie salsman dad kelby casebolt and stepdad benjamin herzog videographer director: chris sinclair producer: emma pearson ruby coote editor: james thorne

disney fan builds pixars mater from golf cart: ridiculous rides
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this movie buff has transformed an old golf cart into mater the tow truck from pixars cars jerry patrick 51 first set up aka junk over a decade ago when he couldn039t afford to pay someone else to paint his cars and do bodywork - now the team are experts in replica tv and movie cars after a cars themed dream patrick decided that he had to make mater come to life outside of the cartoon world videographer director: john-paul steele producer: hannah stevens ruby coote editor: dan cousins

500lb beautician making plus-size women feel beautiful
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a voluptuous beauty therapist has opened a salon for plus-sized women after a chair collapsed underneath her weight in a hairdressers jamie lopez was inspired to open babydoll beauty couture in las vegas following her humiliating experience the 31-year-olds salon features styling chairs that hold weights of up to 800 pounds and provides a welcoming environment for pampering plus-sized women videographer director: john balson producer: sophia rahman ruby coote editor: marcus cooper

the man slicing up brains for parkinsons research
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in a small laboratory in london are hundreds of human brains labelled and ready for dissection - all in the name of science at imperial college london there is one of the uk039s brain banks established for diagnoses and research into neurological disorders the colleges brain bank specifies in research for parkinsons a degenerative neurological condition the brains are donated by members of the public both those with parkinsons and people without as comparisons between the different tissue need to be made the bank is due to receive its 1000th brain in october videographer director: darragh mason field producer: shannon lane ed baranski editor: marcus cooper

the women stripping off - for mens rights
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a group of young women are hoping to raise awareness of men039s rights - by stripping off for a sexy calendar vanessa lussier from north carolina leads a group of men039s rights activists called the lovely ladies for mens issues and for 2018 the group has big ambitions to empower men by posing in skimpy outfits for the lovely ladies for mens issues 2018 calendar vanessa aged 22 believes that 039feminism is a good idea that got taken advantage of by bad people and hopes to challenge toxic stereotypes of men videographer director: adam gray producer: hannah stevens ed baranski ruby coote editor: james thorne

little fashion blogger with big style born different
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a 3ft 8ins fashion blogger is proving that fashion is for all heights and sizes 28-year-old doris jeong is a fashion blogger with dwarfism and shares style tips for women all over the world on her blog i wear shirts as dresses her blog advises women on how to dress for your size and where to find pieces that are fit for fashionistas on the smaller side check out doriss blog at: http:iwearshirtsasdressescom videographer director: andres aponte producer: hannah stevens ed baranski editor: sonia estal

top 5 porsche technologies that made it from the racetrack to the street
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porsche has revealed their top five technologies that made the incredible transition from the racetrack to the street in the fourth episode of a weekly youtube series former porsche world champion rally driver walter rhl presented the episode from the track located in weissach that is part of the porsche development center the e-performance concept ranked top of the technological transitions with its performance and eco-friendly advantages the other technologies that made the list included turbochargers ceramic disk brakes mode switch and carbon fiber reinforced polymer the porsche 356 was the first model that moved from the racetrack to the street to see more porsche top 5 videos visit: wwwyoutubecomporsche credit: porsche

the man with no thighs born different
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a man born without thighs is one of only 25 people in the world born with the condition nathan hrdlicka 34 from santa fe new mexico has bilateral pffd proximal femoral focal deficiency type d - which means his knee bones are directly beneath his hip bones as well as being only one in 25 people with the condition he is the only one in the world who is able to walk despite his condition nathan is in a loving relationship with his girlfriend chelsee stuart 19 who is at least a foot taller than him due to the location of his knee bones nathans height is 4ft 6in however doctors have said he would have grown to be over 6ft 4in to donate to nathans campaign visit: https:wwwgofundmecomman-with-rare-condition-needs-help videographer director: claudio fiore fiordellisi producer: nora hakramaj ruby coote editor: marcus cooper

the woman with a phobia of food
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a pub landlord is so afraid of certain foods just the sight and smell of them can drive her to panic attacks and make her physically sick jill hayman 36 from montrose scotland lives off a diet primarily made up of crisp sandwiches and fizzy drinks and has never sat down to eat a proper hot meal with a knife and fork jill has a list of approximately 18 food and drink items she can stomach what she refers to as her safe foods these include fizzy and energy drinks jelly sweets crisps and chocolate with bread making up the majority of her meals unsurprisingly jill gets through on average seven loaves of bread per week videographer director: jacek hubner producer: nathalie bonney ruby coote editor: marcus cooper

trans soldier hits back at trumps army ban my trans life
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a transgender soldier says he was told days after president trump banning transgender people from the military that he must carry out the rest of his military career as a woman if he wants to keep his job hayden brown says that just days after donald trump tweeted he was to ban all transgender people from the military he received a call from his unit telling him he must revert back to female to continue his service the 23-year-old from pennsylvania has been in the armed forces for four and a half years initially identifying as a woman videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: katie mercer ruby coote editor: james thorne

miracle girl with tumour awaits groundbreaking treatment born different
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little olivia chicchon remains upbeat despite battling a rare condition that has made the right side of her face heavily swollen two-year-old olivia was born with a lymphatic malformation that crosses her facial midline reaches back towards her ear and goes up to her eyelid affecting only one in every 4000 births lymphatic malformations produce a small mass in the head or neck after an abnormal formation of lymphatic vessels the chicchon family who reside in lodi california has already experienced numerous health scares with olivia a bubbly girl who loves to sing and take ballet lessons with her friends and her parents ivan and teresa chicchon are now anxiously waiting for ground-breaking treatment that could see olivias swollen tumour shrink up to 50 in size

the woman who is constantly aroused born different
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amanda mclaughlin has persistent genital arousal disorder pgad - a rare condition that means she feels as though she is always on the brink of orgasm incredibly painful amanda is under the care of dr gupta who is trying different therapies to try and help her amanda hopes to raise awareness of the disorder and find help by speaking out videographer director: jeremiah fabre producer: katie mercer ruby coote editor: james thorne

worlds tallest 8-year-old: born different
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a giant schoolboy is towering over his classmates and teachers measuring a whopping 6ft 6in at the age of eight karan singh from meerut in india believes he is the worlds tallest eight-year-old and comes from a towering family - his dad sanjay is also 6ft 6in and mum shweatlana is an incredible 7ft 2in videographer director: shams qari producer: shatabdi chakrabarti ruby coote editor: marcus cooper

my feeding tube doesnt define who i am
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a young woman once accused of being anorexic by doctors actually has a rare condition that blocks her intestines suffering stomach aches so painful she would curl into a ball it took 13 years for shelby kiniry to finally receive the correct diagnosis for her digestion disorder - superior mesenteric artery syndrome or smas prior to that the 20-year-old was accused of suffering with eating disorders and even wrongfully transferred for psychiatric treatment it was only when shelbys weight plummeted to dangerous levels that doctors finally correctly diagnosed her with smas - a digestive condition that results in the small intestine compressing between two arteries causing a partial or complete blockage now on the road to recovery shelby relies on a feeding tube to receive her daily fix of meals and nutrients in liquid form videographer director: john-paul steele producer: nathalie bonney ruby coote edit