/ 12 August 2021

TikToks, tickling rats and getting Rick-Roll’d

TikTok has topped the list of most downloaded social media apps of 2020, overtaking Facebook. And for bonus points, a lip-syncer posted the most liked TikTok of last year…

Tickling rats can improve their wellbeing, according to researchers. And happier rats means better research projects, they say. But before you grab your nearest rodent, there is a right way to do it…

British singer Rick Astley was Never Gonna Give You Up, and it seems we never gave up on him either. The clip to his iconic 80s song has racked up a billion views, and sure, some of them were because viewers had been ‘Rickrolled’, but we’d like to think it’s because we couldn’t get this from any other guy…

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