Australian online casino Who said that you have to get married in a Church with all of your family around and with bridesmaids and groomsmen? Maybe you just aren’t that traditional a person and you’d much rather shake things up and get married your way. People will certainly remember your wedding for a much longer …
Having been elected in 1834 as a state legislator in the Illinois Ninth General Assembly, Abraham Lincoln traveled from New Salem to Vandalia, then the state capital, to take his seat in the legislature as a representative from Sangamon County, the county in which Lincoln’s hometown of New Salem was located. A state legislator represented …
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Generally, slot machines are weird. Take the first slot machine, for instance, the Liberty Bell invented by Charles Fey in 1895 was a complicated mechanical system of levers and reels that stunned many people while many others found it…well, odd! This eerie quality has evolved to the online version of the game. A good many …
Did you know animals can rain from the sky? Did you know erections can happen long after you’re dead? Here are 22 amazing and weird science facts you probably didn’t know. Animals can rain from the sky Amazing science fact: raining animals is a relatively common meteorological phenomenon, with occurrences reported from many countries throughout …
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What’s the best 6-second video you’ve ever seen? Vine, the new Twitter-owned social network, lets users create these extremely short videos from their smartphones and it’s quickly becoming this year’s biggest trend. Check out some of the best ones so far, and get more every day by following us at @VineBest. (NOTE: To play the …
As you are reading this post, Brazilian president Lula is probably inaugurating the world’s largest graffiti on earth up to this date, 3500 square meters (over 37,000 square feet) at Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil on the 2nd of September of 2010. Oddee’s exclusive reporter Priscilha Benitez sent us the very first photos published on the …
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Formed in 1960, the fab four from Liverpool quickly became the most successful and critically acclaimed band in the history of rock and roll. Meet fifteen fascinating, little-known facts about the band that changed the world. (Infographic by Israel Peralta for Oddee.com) (Click the image above to display the infographic) Webmasters: please don’t copy-paste / …
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A worldwide business of over 60 billion dollars per year, the music industry claims to be a huge victim of online piracy. What do the numbers actually say? Find out on our new infographic. (Infographic by Israel Peralta for Oddee.com) (Click the image above to display the infographic) Webmasters: please don’t steal our work. If …
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Now the longest-running comedy in television history, THE SIMPSONS immediately struck a chord with viewers across the country as it poked fun of itself and everything in its wake. With its subversive humor and delightful wit, the series has made an indelible imprint on American pop culture, and the family members have become television icons. …
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by Jason Topa Bolivia. We’re standing on a mountain pass called La Cumbre, 45 minutes from La Paz. It’s 8:30 AM, the air is crisp and thin at 15,680 feet. The passengers on the bus exit into the cold and stand waiting in anticipation. They are here today to ride a full-suspension $2500 bicycle down …
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