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My trip to Boston last week was pretty educational. I learned that I love squid ink pasta; I learned that 2:03:02 is the fastest marathon ever run; I learned that the Boston cream pie was invented at the Parker House Hotel and I learned that Charles Bulfi
A quick Google Images search for Abbey Road returns the iconic photograph of four Liverpool lads engaging in a famous stroll through a crosswalk of the London street. As Miss Cellania revealed previously, Google also returns a number of other incarnatio
You probably know Jonas Salk as the man behind the polio vaccine. You may not know about his scientific rivalries, love life, and non-polio projects, though. Let's take a look at five unheralded aspects of the doctor's life. 1. He Wasn't Big on
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These offbeat tax deductions worked at least once, but we can't guarantee they'll work again.
The proud papa isn’t able to pass out cigars, but there was still plenty of celebrating at the Cincinnati Zoo, where earlier this month a giraffe has been born for the first time in 26 years. Tessa, a four-year-old Maasai giraffe, delivered the calf at 9:
After working on his book for years, John Kennedy Toole submitted his manuscript to several publishers. Initially, editor Robert Gottlieb wanted to publish it, but he soon lost interest. The rejection hurt so much that Toole refused to look at his manuscr
With the recent popularity of the Bronx Zoo Cobra, I thought it was a good time to check out some other zoo animals that received celebrity status during their heydays. I don’t know if any of their Twitter feeds could have competed with the Cobra’s nearly
• First things first: when did this tradition with the bunny start? Most of the candy imagery we're familiar with today - rabbits, ducks, chicks, etc. - comes from their association with springtime, as symbols of new life. But according to a German legen
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When celebrities go off the deep end, we’ll hear folks say they've “damaged their Q rating.” What does that really mean? It's actually a lot simpler than you think.
It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday. If you don't hate me just for even typing those words, you will when you go through today's Quick 10. There have been so many spoofs of Rebecca Black's disaster-slash-smash hit that I decided to round up som
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Next time you're getting ready to order a fabulously unhealthy lunch at your favorite diner, take a second to look over the menu. There are stories behind a lot of those classic dishes - here are just a few of them. 1. Monte Cristo. Its name remains some
Over the last 64 years, the AK-47 has become the iconic rifle of choice for everyone from the Soviet military to terrorists to drug lords. Let’s take a look at the world’s most common assault
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During the Sicilian Mafia wars of the early 1980s, residents of Palermo feared the “white shotgun” or lupara bianca—a murder where the body disappears. If one offended the Corleonesi (a cartel from Corelone, a real place made famous by the fictional Godfa
Normally when artwork is described as “dangerous,” it means it challenges the viewer to think and feel outside their comfort zone. But here are nine pieces of art that were not only emotionally dangerous, but physically as well. 1. The
• The history of pecans can be traced back to the 16th century. One of the few Dietribes subjects to actually grow as a native plant in North America, it is considered one of our most valuable nut species. My home state of Georgia, though often known pri
Back when Australia was a penal colony, Macquarie Harbor, Tasmania, was the place that Britain sent criminals who were really bad… or really clever. On August 16th, 1829, one William Swallow -- a former sailor who used a long list of aliases -- led a grou
Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. cares for thousands of active and retired members of our armed forces. We hear Walter Reed’s name a lot in association with the hospital, but who was he? What did he do to get a hospital named after him?