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Kleenex is rebranding its 'Mansize' tissues after 60 years because consumers have called them sexist.

Kimberly Clark who first launched their Kleenex For Men range in 1956 as an alternative to handkerchiefs has announced that the firm will now produce extra-large tissues because of "a consistent increase of complaints on gender concern".

Customers on social media regularly complained to the tissue giant and asked Kleenex to change its mansize range because of endorsing "gender inequality".

For example, Twitter user Lisa Hancox wrote: "Hi @Kleenex_UK. My 4yo son asked me what was written here. Then he asked, why are they called mansize? Can girls, boys & mummies use them? I said: I don't know & yes of course. He suggests you should call them 'very large tissues'. It is 2018 (sic)"

An English teacher has been marking her students' work using memes.

The 27-year-old teacher named Ainee Fatima who teaches high school seniors at East Leyden High School in Illinois has posted a video on social media that shows how she uses the "meme stickers" to mark her students' work in a hilarious way that is really "well-received".

Speaking to her Twitter followers, Ainee said: "I love grading with my new stickers! Ya'll I made these. I just printed them out on sticker paper and cut them out.

"These were really well received by my kids. Students who normally wouldn't care actually asked if they could correct their tests for a better grade & had a good laugh especially because they always show me memes. (sic)"

Ainee showed the two stickers she's been using, which included the hilarious Nick Young 'puzzled' meme and the Internet-famous Gordon Ramsay 'good job' meme.

The Twitter video has gone viral and has already received nearly 500,000 likes, with fans praising the unique idea.

A backpacker is facing "jail" for misspelling graffiti on an 800-year-old wall in Thailand.

The 23-year-old holidaymaker, named Lee Furlong, was travelling in Chiang Mai and misspelt 'Scouse' on the Thai 'Tha Phae' red-bricked gate.

Lee who has been dubbed an 'idiot abroad' spray-painted 'Scousse Lee' on the 13th century wall.

Following the incident, Lee and his accomplice Brittney Schneider who is from Canada confessed to the crime, and the duo have been told they could face up to 10 years in prison.

Lieutenant Colonel Teerasak Sripraser told the Metro: "The graffiti says 'Scousse Lee'. This means 'Scouser Lee from Liverpool'.

"The girl is called Brittney and she wrote a letter "B" on the wall. Officers investigated the vandalism after it was seen on CCTV cameras.

"The offenders were tracked to a guest house near the same road as the wall. The accused will be investigated and prosecuted according to the law."

A video has emerged from a police officer's dash cam showing a gigantic spider crawling towards him.

The footage was captured in Texas and portrays a terrifying optical illusion in which a huge arachnid is crawling towards a policeman while his back is turned to face a driver in a car.

In the hilarious twist, the spider crawls across the windscreen of the police car where the dash cam is filming and gives the appearance that it's massive.

The Fulshear Police Department shared the scary video to its Facebook page, and the clip has since gone viral, with fans sharing the clip and confessing they will have "nightmares" because of the scary video.

One user wrote: "Happy almost Halloween! (sic)"