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People make mistakes. A store clerk made a mistake and it led to a $5 million dollar lottery win. Oksana Zaharov, from Edgewater, New Jersey, was shopping in New York City when she asked a store clerk for a $1 New York Lottery scratch-off ticket. Instead, the man accidentally handed the 46-year-old mom a $10 …
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These days, it’s hard to decipher fiction from reality. With a President threatening a nuclear attack on social media and weather events straight out of a James Cameron film, the line gets blurred. Photographer Laurent Pons is blurring those lines even more by bringing the characters and vehicles of Star Wars to modern day Paris. …
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There’s a good chance you attend at least one, or several, white elephant parties over the holidays. Did you ever stop to think what the hell white elephant actually meant? Probably not. This entertaining video from the Sam O’Neilla Academy explains the origins, or etymology, of commons words and phrases that people toss around all …
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In case you missed it, here is part one of the weirdest news stories of 2017. Model May Lose Sight After Tattoo Gone Wrong Catt Gallinger’s foray into body art ended just as quickly as it started, but not soon enough, as she may have been rendered partially blind by her tattooist. Man Suspected Of …
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Donald Trump took office. The Houston Astros won the World Series. The wrong Best Picture winner was announced at the Oscars. Man, 2017 was weird. But those are merely the biggest headline-grabbing stories that everyone was talking about over the last 12 months. If you dig deeper, you’ll discover that the year that was was …
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Digital artist Alfra Martini, better known as aymvisuals, is doing his best to improve music album covers by replacing people with cats. The result, Kitten Covers, is hilariously adorable. Here’s some of his best work.
My son gets incredibly mad when I try to “fix” his jokes. He’ll make up a joke that has potential but all the joke needs is a rephrasing (because he’s 7 and hasn’t quite grasped proper English yet) so I’ll make wording suggestions. He’ll tell me to “stop making them better.” I wonder how he’d …
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Themed bakeries are a fun idea if the theme provides enough inspiration to crank out creation after creation of edible treats. This bakery in Sweden has definitely found their sweet spot when it comes to ideas and inspirations for gingerbread masterpieces. The Star Wars Bakery in Stockholm, Sweden has been busy at work creating incredible, …
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There’s nothing better than a good insult, especially if the recipient is clueless as to what the hell you just called him or her. The problem though is that most insults are pretty common and there’s a good chance the person has been called that name on more than a few occasions. Do you honestly …
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