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What does Halloween mean to you? Is it an excuse to fulfill that cross-dressing dream? Or maybe it allows you to stuff yourself with candy and recapture your childhood. However you see it, we all can admit that it is almost never as cool and satisfying as you want it to be.

So before you run out and get that Angry Birds costume you’ve been talking about all year, we want to give you some alternative ideas that may breathe new life into an over-marketed, often unimaginative, and pretty tired holiday.

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The world’s largest gold coin has been unveiled at Australia’s Perth Mint to mark to opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Western Australia capital.

The coin weighs over a tonne and is worth a whopping A$53.5 million.

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The world’s most expensive home is sitting unused and abandoned because its owners believe moving in will bring them bad luck.

The billion-dollar 27-storey building in Mumbai, called Antilia, is reportedly not in line with vastu shastra – a Hindu version of feng shui.

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Hong Kong continues to be the world’s most expensive city to rent office space, according to recent research.

Gross rental prices for Class A office space averaged $213.70 per square foot per year as of the end of June, according to the Global Office Highlights report by Colliers International.

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The world’s largest family has 181 members and lives in a 100-room four-storey house in India.

The head of the world’s largest family, Ziona Chana, has 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren.

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The world’s most expensive motorhome is up for sale with a price tag of £1.9 million.

The ‘eleMMent palazzo’, produced by Austrian firm Marchi Mobiles, is 40ft long and comes complete with a pop-up roof terrace measuring 215 sq ft, underfloor heating and a bar.

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With summer quickly fading away, it’s sadly now time to put away the sandals, raise the top back up on the convertible, and start putting away the grill. Fall is arguably one of the most beautiful seasons, but there is no question that is also slower paced, less temperate and generally less engaging.

Thankfully there are plenty of toys that will keep us occupied no matter how dreary things get after the leaves change. Here’s some of the best we’ve seen most recently.

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So you’re off to New York City. What are you going to spend your money on? The food? The drinks? The attractions? No matter what you want out of the experience, a goal all people share is to find the right hotel – a place that is comfortable or luxurious, intimate or full of life.

And while the city has tons of places to choose from, there are certainly a select few that really deliver just a little more than what you would expect.

Here are the hotels we think deserve your attention.

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The world’s most expensive dessert has been created, with an eye-popping price tag of £22,000.

Created in the style of a Faberge Easter egg, the extravagant chocolate pudding has broken the world record for most expensive dessert thanks to its list of expensive ingredients which includes gold, champagne caviar and a two-carat diamond.

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It’s a hair treatment many women can’t do without before a big night out – a salon blow dry. But would you be willing to spend £320 for a blow dry that typically only lasts a few days?

Well, apparently some women would. Urban Retreat at exclusive department store Harrods has launched ‘The World’s Most Expensive Blowdry’.

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