A lot can happen in a week. Just in case you’ve missed anything, we’ve selected our top picks of trendy stories that you need to know about. With this guide, you won’t ever have to resort to awkward small talk about the weather again.
1. Donald Trump is elected President of the United States
People are scared.
2. Canadian Immigration site crashes
The Canadian Immigration website has crashed. Seriously. #ElectionNight pic.twitter.com/XXSfCorTd1
— Cause We're Canadian (@MadelnCanada) November 9, 2016
The Government of Canada's immigration website crashed last Tuesday night as the US election results were coming in. The site stopped working around 10.30pm eastern time and was only sporadically accessible after that.
Election Day is finally here!
— Allie Donlan (@AllieDonlan) November 8, 2016
On an unrelated topic, does anyone know how difficult it is to become a Canadian citizen? Asking for a friend
3. The Toblerone crisis in Great Britain
While the United States of America was worrying about trump becoming president, Britain was worried about their chocolate. According to the BBC, the beloved Toblerone chocolate bar is changing shape. They are keeping the signature triangle shape as it is. Instead, they're making those triangles further apart, which means that you will only be eating 90 per cent of the chocolate you used to eat. The weight of the Toblerone will drop from 400 g to 360g.
4. The penguin love triangle
A fight breaks out when a husband comes home and finds his wife with another penguin. pic.twitter.com/9ejYGcJ5TJ
— Nat Geo Channel (@NatGeoChannel) November 4, 2016
When a husband penguin came home and found his wife penguin with another man penguin, things got ugly very quickly. The internet took a vested interest in the love triangle of these penguins. National Geographic shared a video of the husband penguin fighting the other male penguin. Each of these penguins now have twitter accounts and the internet is divided.
You vote.
— penguin (@husbandpenguin) November 5, 2016
@wifepenguin @husbandpenguin same goes to you for cheating on him. You should be ashamed of yourself! pic.twitter.com/RP5RgiqfJf
— Apple Pie Aubrey (@AmourCalvinVail) November 9, 2016