As you’ve probably seen a gazillion times on the internet already, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged.

Which means aside from organising a very lush wedding, there’s also the matter of the honeymoon and putting together pre-wedding plans — such as a bachelor/bachelorette party. 

Australia’s minister for tourism Steven Ciobo has offered to host the pair for any of these celebrations, after all, Prince Harry has already been Down Under before.

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Source: Mashable | Australia wants to throw Prince Harry his bachelor party

The Google Pixel Buds claim to be able to translate up to 40 languages. We brought in 2 interpreters to put the buds to the test. To our surprise, the earphones had trouble with the word Arabic word for salad… multiple times. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | The Google Pixel Buds mistranslated the word salad 4 times

It turns out rats, like New Yorkers, are partial to their neighborhoods.

An ecology researcher has been tracking brown rats all over Manhattan for nearly the past three years. Fordham University grad student Matthew Combs found that the rodents stick to certain areas: you’ll find uptown rats and downtown rats, with a break in midtown. The two groups don’t mingle much.

He came to this conclusion only after trapping hundreds of rats and studying their genetic makeup. He was then able to notice genetic differences between rats from different parts of town. He also found that rats only move about 656 feet from where they’re born — that’s about one Manhattan block. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | In NYC, uptown and downtown rats don’t mix

The ever-enduring franchise of your childhood, Pokémon, is going into the food business.

A Pokémon Cafe is opening up in Tokyo, Japan at the Takashimaya store in Nihonbashi, and it’ll be the company’s first permanent restaurant.

Set to open in March 2018, the new café follows up from temporary pop-ups organised by The Pokémon Company. 

The last pop-up was in 2015, and was inside a Shibuya Parco department store. Singapore also had a temporary café which opened in 2016. 

Officially called Pokémon Center Tokyo DX, it will feature themed food and drink, as well as a gift shop stocked with items only available at that location. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | A new Pokémon Cafe is opening up in Tokyo