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Fri

November 4, 2011

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10 Lesser-Known Items Aboard the Titanic
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It seems incredibly but we are now only 6 months from the 100-year anniversary of one of the most historic events of the last two centuries. When the ocean liner, Titanic, sank on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic... Read more
— by Patrick Weidinger

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Thu

October 27, 2011

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Top 10 Fascinating Graves in Père Lachaise
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Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris is probably one of the greatest collections of (dead) human talent in the world. Père Lachaise is claimed to be the most visited graveyard in the world and with so many famous... Read more
— by LordZB

Recent comment by Catinthebox

I would visit the catacombs as the last time I went to Paris they were closed for maintenance :( Also,...

Fri

October 21, 2011

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20 Great Archaic Words
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The English language is a magnificent body of words which is has grown to its huge extent by absorbing words from all languages it has encountered. Because of this absorbance of words and the natural evolution of... Read more
— by LordZB

Recent comment by Giganotus

I absolutely LOVE words like these!!! There are words for the most specific things too!!! A word I really like...

Sun

October 16, 2011

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Top 10 Legal Addictions
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In the eighties, Nancy Reagan led a militant campaign to do away with drugs, from the backs of schoolyards to the cartels of Columbia. However, when her husband ultimately succumbed to Alzheimer's, you didn't see her... Read more
— by Ryan Thomas

Recent comment by Berto

How about surfing the web? That is a big one that people do. "Facebooking" is starting to be come an...

Tue

October 11, 2011

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Top 10 Philosophical One Liners
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Philosophy is no more or less than the search for wisdom. It deals with all manner of problems which everyone faces in their lives and by thought and logic attempts to solve them. Since we live in a terrifically complex... Read more
— by LordZB

Recent comment by pooglyboots

Hahahaha Jesus wasn't the first to come up with the idea that people should treat others how they want to...

Fri

October 7, 2011

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10 Sticky Situations
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There have been many shocking sticky situations, but these were the definition of sticky situations as their story were as shocking as they were amazing. There have been many heroic or inspiring tales of survival as... Read more
— by Gary Shannon

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Fri

September 30, 2011

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Top 10 Strong Human Fears
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Fear is an emotion that protects us from the threats in our surroundings and that has evolved to become more complex; with our fears extending from the weird to the plain absurd, there are certain fears that the great... Read more
— by Caty Medrano

Recent comment by Sivad

where the hell are spiders?

Sat

September 24, 2011

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Top 10 Subtler Forms of Discrimination
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While society has not completely discarded racism, sexism, and homophobia, at least there’s some public awareness of those issues; other forms of discrimination occur every day and are recognized only by the... Read more
— by Jay Karlson

Recent comment by Napoleon 666

It's your fault you're fat and lazy so stop bitching. You're the one who chose these "shoes" so take a...

Tue

September 20, 2011

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Top 10 Legendary Giants
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Few beings capture the imagination more completely than the giant--- mankind’s earliest legends are rife with tales of Titans and Nephilim, with hulking trolls whose heads scraped the clouds. Christian, Islam... Read more
— by Mike Devlin

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Amazing Facts About the Transit of Venus

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Truly Eccentric Organisms

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Controversial Pictures

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People Whose Warnings Went Unheeded

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Spectacular Natural Phenomena

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Devastating Unnatural Disasters

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Cool Boxing Moves

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Outstanding Neo-Noirs of the 2000s

By Tyler Searle

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