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The New York Times Just Turned 160
Last Sunday was the 160th anniversary of The New York Times. Throughout those years, The Times has created quite a reputation for itself and has even garnered the nickname the “newspaper of record.”...
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Tiny Worlds Trapped in Bubbles
Photo credit: Tom Storm In 2006, photographer Tom Storm accidentally captured a row of shops in the reflection of a bubble when he visited Galway, Ireland. Inspired, he soon picked up a bottle of...
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8 Heroic U.S. Military Chaplains
While researching the post 10 Heroic Battlefield Medics, I came across a couple of fascinating stories about military chaplains and their wartime exploits. Those stories were filed away for later, and...
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The “L.L.” in L.L. Bean Stands for Leon Leonwood
If seeing a Bootmobile in person is on your bucket list and you can get to Times Square by tomorrow afternoon, you’re in luck. To celebrate L.L. Bean’s 100th anniversary, they’re rolling out a...
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Torn Photograph Collages Show Life In New York
Several photos torn into strips then put back together-that’s the basic concept behind this photography series by John Clang, but the end result is so much more than just a bunch of torn pictures....
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Meet the Beats
The following article is from the book Uncle John’s Heavy Duty Bathroom Reader. The Beats were America’s first hipsters. But what were they, like, really about, man? THE OTHER SIDE OF AMERICA One night...
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Things Are About To Get Rough On The Naked Streets Of New York
Have you ever heard of the Naked Cowboy? He’s the street performer who has become famous for singing songs in New York’s Times Square wearing next to nothing. Well, his gimmick has met with opposition...
View ArticleHow to Watch Tonight’s “Curiosity” Rover Landing
NASA’s latest and greatest Mars rover, known as Curiosity, will attempt to land on Mars early Monday morning (or late Sunday night, depending on where you are on Earth). The landing is scheduled for...
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11 Time Traveler Urban Legends That Pretty Much Debunk Themselves
Despite photographic evidence and eyewitness accounts, these tales of time travel are hard to believe. 1. Billy Meier and the Plejaren Not many time travelers have photo albums with snapshots of their...
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Brett Cohen’s Celebrity Prank
Brett Cohen? Sure, we know Brett Cohen*! Heck, we even knew him before he got famous for pretending to be famous. That’s right. Brett is just an average guy with a crazy idea that in order to be...
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