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This Is What The Original "Degrassi" Cast Looks Like Now

Whatever it takes, I know I can see it through.

Remember Degrassi:The Next Generation, that so-bad-it-was-good teen drama about a bunch of middle/high school students who got into a ludicrous amount of trouble? It premiered in 2001 and it was basically the best soap opera on TV for teens and tweens (which is especially impressive given that it was a Canadian show).

Like all incredibly long-running shows, Degrassi had to drop its characters off one by one and replace them with newbies as they got too old and moved on to other, cooler careers (*cough*Drake*cough*). So where are the original cast members now?

Emma Nelson

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Awkward nerd turned bona-fide hottie Emma Nelson was played by Miriam McDonald, who left the show after nine seasons. She's still acting, and you can spot her in made-for-television movies like the drama She's Too Young and the thriller Poison Ivy 4.

Manny Santos

No one could rock a pink sweatsuit like Manny Santos, Emma's bestie and the resident sexy girl. Cassie Steele also left after nine seasons and also continues to act, appearing in made-for-TV movies like Sorority Surrogate and The Dorm.

Paige Michalchuk

Paige Michalchuk, played by Lauren Collins, was the popular girl for eight seasons. Since leaving the show, she's landed roles in movies like Murdoch Mysteries, Zero Recognition, and Farhope Tower.

Spinner Mason

Spinner Mason, played by Shane Kippel, was both a mean bully and cool drummer. After leaving the show after nine seasons, he became a drummer for the indie rock band Dear Love, which somehow feels right.

Sarah Barrable-Tishauer

Sarah Barrable-Tishauer played the adorably geeky Liberty Van Zandt. She also left after nine seasons, and it seems like she continued being a smarty pants IRL. She graduated from Concordia University with a degree in communications and now works as a Digital Marketing Coordinator.

Sean Cameron

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Every high school has a bad boy, and Degrassi's was Sean Cameron, played by Daniel Clark. He left after seven seasons and now works as a producer and news correspondent. He has also apparently not aged a day.

J.T. Yorke

Ryan Cooley played J.T. Yorke, who was the class clown before things got serious when he got stabbed to death. After he left the show in the sixth season, he voiced a character in the 2013 TV series Oh No! It's An Alien Invasion.

Toby Isaacs

Nerdy Toby Isaacs was never anyone's favorite character, but when he left in season 8, we all missed his sensible advice. Now, a significantly different-looking Jake Goldsbie is the co-founder, writer, and producer of Not Bad Pictures.

Craig Manning

OK, so Craig Manning (played by Jake Epstein) joined in the second season but he was so dreamy as the show's moody musician that he needed to be mentioned. Since leaving the show for good after Season 8, he's been in several bands and appeared in shows like Being Erica, as well as musicals like Billy Elliot and American Idiot. He then made his Broadway debut in Spiderman:Turn off the Dark and followed that up with another Broadway show, Beautiful: The Carol King Musical.

Aubrey Graham

It would kind of ridiculous not to mention Drake, aka Aubrey Graham. He may be a big-shot rapper now, but to fans of the show he'll always be Jimmy Brooks, the guy who got shot in the most heart-stopping episode of the drama. We see you, "Drake." You can't escape your past.

11 Things You Never Knew About Your Breasts

Your breasts can have orgasms.

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1. Women stare at your breasts a lot. A study that used an eye-tracking device showed that guys spent more time staring at your breasts, but women also spent plenty of time watching your breasts and not your face. So, eyes up here, literally everyone.

2. Seriously, you're probably wearing the wrong bra size. We've all heard this a million times, but an estimated 8 out of 10 of women are wearing the totally wrong size, so there's a pretty solid chance your breast-holder isn't really working for you. Seriously, just think about how many times you've had a hunch that your breasts were a mystery size and you didn't know what it was.

3. Your nipples can have orgasms. I know a lot of women feel like this isn't a thing, but when your nipples are stimulated, your brain releases oxytocin, which causes your vagina to contract, which can, uh, obviously lead you to orgasms because that is what vaginas do when things get awesome.
4. There are four different types of nipples. I know that sounds oddly specific but that's only because it is. Are yours normal, flat, puffy, or inverted? Why not grab a bottle of wine and the makings for a Sunday picnic, and spend the day figuring that out! I mean, honestly, what else are you doing on a Sunday?

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5. Your breasts are more prone to dry skin than any other body part. Your breasts stretched when you hit puberty, so they have thinner skin than the rest of your body, making them more likely to get dry than other places. And yes, even your nipples need a moisturizer. See? You're already learning so much about your tits. It's a great day.
6. Six percent of people have an extra nipple. Six freaking percent. That means all those jokes on Friends about Chandler's third nipple probably resonated a little too much with a good chunk of the population.
7. Your breast size changes all the time. You can go up as much as a cup size (holy shit!) at certain points in your period cycle, which can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on whether or not you love wearing button-down shirts.
8. There are over 4 million new bras produced every day. Who is using this much boob armor?!
9. Guys who prefer bigger breasts are less financially secure. According to this 2013 study, guys who hands-down prefer big breasts are more likely to be poor and associate large breasts with large resources. OK, weirdos.
10. Breasts can weigh up to 20 pounds. The average bra is built to support breasts that weigh anywhere from half a pound to freaking 20 pounds, which gives new meaning to calling them "melons."
11. Sleeping facedown can change the shape of your breasts over time. This doctor said it's best to put a pillow under your breasts for support every night. Good night, breasts!

14 Surreal Photos of Surfers Above and Below the Water

The colors will blow your mind.

Sarah Lee

Hawaiian photographer Sarah Lee always loved the ocean. It was that love that inspired her to photograph the insanely gorgeous and colorful series of surfers in Hawaii and Fiji that you see below.

"I'm attracted to underwater photography in the ocean because of the lack of control I have in such a massive body of water and its constant state of change in the lighting, water clarity, currents, etc.," she wrote to Weather.com. "It's somewhere where you have to be completely switched on and able to adapt to anything it throws at you."

Lee herself was a competitive swimmer and surfer as a teen, which also encouraged her to take these photos: "I couldn't help but want to capture what I was seeing underwater as humans interacted with the sea."

The photos will make you want to stop everything and live your gnarliest life.
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