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Young man surprised to find his father on dating app Grindr

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A young man expresses his shock at finding his ‘homophobic’ married father on Grindr – years after an older man ‘disowned’ him for claiming to be gay. Speaking to Kyle and Jackie O, the man known only as Jacob said that one day he clicked on his father’s headless profile while he was browsing the popular hook-up app. He didn’t recognize his father’s body from the pictures, but couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something all too familiar about him. ‘They have one of the en suite bathrooms that goes through the walk-in closet – I think it looks like my parents’ house,’ she said. A man has told Kyle and Jackie O about finding his father on Grindr – even though the man is still married to his mother “I clicked on the profile to see if it was my dad,” he said. The young man went on to explain that his parents seemed as happy as ever, and had been together for 27 years. “I’ve never seen any sign of a rift between them,” he said. So he decided to engage with the profile, to see

This Runaway Star Penetrates Space at More Than 160,000 Kilometers Per Hour

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Not all stars enjoy just wandering around, orbiting the galactic center with all the other stars. Some stars go rogue, crossing the Milky Way with significant force. It is a runaway star, and we can trace its trajectory to understand the violent events that could occur in the Universe. One such star, and one of the more famous ones, is Zeta Ophiuchi. Located about 440 light-years from Earth in the equatorial constellation Ophiuchus, it is also one of the strangest stars in the sky. Not only is it incredibly fast, at about 30 to 40 kilometers (roughly 20 to 25 miles) per second, but it’s a strange type of star to see roaring in space. Zeta Ophiuchi is the main sequence star; that is, one that still combines hydrogen into helium in its core. And it’s a hot, massive O-type star: about 20 times the mass of the Sun, glowing blue with intense heat. Such stars also have relatively short lives; Zeta Ophiuchi is about half way past the main sequence’s projected age of 8 million years. Tha

Novak Djokovic not surprised by Nick Kyrgios's Wimbledon run

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Two weeks ago, few would have predicted that divisive Australian star Nick Kyrgios would be the one to stand between Novak Djokovic and his fourth straight Wimbledon title. Key points: World number 1 Serbia says Kyrgios is “a very complete player” Djokovic has faced the Australian twice in his career, losing twice The 35-year-old wants to extend her grand slam title to 21 years Djokovic himself, however, is not surprised Kyrgios will be waiting on the other side of the net in the men’s singles final. The top seeded Serb booked his eighth Wimbledon final by coming from a set down against Britain’s Cameron Norrie on Saturday, while unseeded Kyrgios benefited from a walkover after Spain’s 22-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal withdrew from the semi-finals through injury. Djokovic has only faced Kyrgios twice in his career, losing twice to him in 2017. So while he will be favorite to claim a seventh Wimbledon crown, he knows exactly how dangerous the unpredictable world number 40 Kyrgio