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From Celtic Samhain to £12B global celebration: How Ireland's 2,000-year-old sacred festival conquered the world while keeping its soul intact. 🎃👻 The true history is more fascinating than any ghost story. #Halloween
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The true history of Halloween: From Celtic Samhain to global celebration - The Urban Herald

Discover the history of Halloween and its true Celtic origins from ancient Samhain festivals in Ireland to global celebration. Explore 2,000+ years of tradition, from turnip lanterns to modern trick-or-treating.

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The Urban Herald 4d ago

2025's TV lineup is chef's kiss 👌

We ranked the 10 best series by IMDb ratings & critical acclaim. From genre-bending thrillers to medical drama perfection, this year proves streaming finally got it right. 📺✨ #TVSeries #Netflix #Streaming #MustWatch
https://theurb.co/top-tv-series-2025

The 10 best TV series of 2025 so far: Critics and audience rankings - The Urban Herald

Discover the 10 best TV series of 2025 so far ranked by critics and audiences. From The Pitt to Korean dramas, find your next binge-worthy show on streaming now.

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The Urban Herald 5d ago

735M people starve, while we produce food for 10B. The problem? Food speculation drives prices 30% higher. When wheat futures trade like stocks & profits trump people, we've lost our humanity. Food is a right, not a commodity.
https://theurb.co/food-human-right
#FoodSecurity #HumanRights #SocialJustice #PublicHealth #SustainableFood

Food as a human right, not a luxury: The price we pay when food becomes a commodity - The Urban Herald

Explore how food commodification creates global hunger despite abundance. Learn why food as a human right matters and what policies actually work in 2025.

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The Urban Herald 6d ago

🚨 Democracy's worst enemy is our endless tribal battles. 47% of democracies declined in 2023. We've forgotten that football rivals can share drinks after matches, yet political opponents treat each other as enemies. Time to choose unity over division. 🤝
https://theurb.co/polarization-impact

The high cost of societal polarization: democracy's worst enemy - The Urban Herald

Societal polarization drives democratic backsliding in 50% of countries while crushing economic growth. Explore solutions to restore democratic cooperation.

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The Urban Herald Sep 30

Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag painted robots rusting in forests & kids beneath abandoned spacecraft. Amazon turned these haunting images into "Tales from the Loop", pure melancholic sci-fi poetry. It's not for everyone. But if it speaks to you, it speaks with uncommon depth. 🤖✨
https://theurb.co/tales-from-the-loop

The paintings that inspired Tales from the Loop: why this hidden treasure from Amazon is pure melancholic beauty - The Urban Herald

Discover why Tales from the Loop, Amazon's underrated sci-fi series inspired by Simon Stålenhag's haunting artwork, deserves your attention in 2025.

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The Urban Herald Sep 29

🌋 1815: Mount Tambora erupts, creating the "Year Without a Summer"
📚 Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein during endless rain
🚴‍♂️ Bicycle invented from horse shortage
💀 Cholera pandemic spreads globally
🌍 One eruption. Global catastrophe.

New episode: When the World Broke! #History
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When the World Broke – Ep. 2: The Mount Tambora 1815 eruption: The Year Without a Summer - The Urban Herald

Discover how Mount Tambora 1815 eruption cooled Earth, sparked famines, art, and the bicycle’s invention, and reshaped 19th-century climate, culture, and commerce.

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The Urban Herald Sep 25

🔥 BREAKING: Study of 2.6B ChatGPT messages reveals AI revolution myths

❌ NOT coding-focused (only 4.2%)
❌ NOT male-dominated (52% women users)
❌ NOT replacing jobs

✅ Decision support tool
✅ Global South leading adoption (4x growth)
✅ $97B economic value created

AI = co-pilot, not autopilot
https://theurb.co/chatgpt-usage

How people use ChatGPT: real data from 2.6 billion messages reveals how people actually use AI - The Urban Herald

New research reveals how people use ChatGPT: 700 million users interact with AI. Discover surprising patterns from 2.6 billion daily messages in 2025.

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The Urban Herald Sep 24

BREAKING: 33K+ Epstein files reveal more about political promises than elite secrets. Trump's transparency pledge becomes his biggest 2025 crisis, fracturing his base while survivors demand justice over theater.
https://theurb.co/epstein-files
#JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #Politics #Trump #BreakingNews #TheUrbanHerald #PoliticalAnalysis

The Jeffrey Epstein files: Inside the explosive documents that have rocked Washington - The Urban Herald

The Jeffrey Epstein files have exposed a web of powerful connections including Trump. Discover what the 33,000 pages reveal about Washington's elite.

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The Urban Herald Sep 23

🚨 Big Food's dirty secret: 7/10 major food companies profit primarily from products that make kids sick. While childhood obesity hits 1 in 5 kids globally, corporations rake in billions targeting the most vulnerable. Children's health > corporate profits. Time for real change. 💔
https://theurb.co/obesity-industry

The paradox on the plate: How the childhood obesity industry feeds profit and poor health - The Urban Herald

Discover how the childhood obesity industry profits from ultra-processed foods marketing to children whilst society bears massive health costs. Explore statistics, industry tactics, and solutions to this growing crisis.

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The Urban Herald Sep 22

🧬 In 1837, Darwin wrote "I think" & sketched the tree of life, launching evolution by natural selection. His insights on adaptation & survival still guide everything from AI algorithms to business strategy. #Darwin #Evolution #Science
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Charles Darwin and the theory that changed the world: the revolutionary science of evolution by natural selection - The Urban Herald

Discover how Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized science and continues to shape our understanding of life today.

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