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The DC Extended Universe's future looks bright.

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See how many you know.

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If your dog is spending hours tearing up the backyard, or attempting to burrow holes into your couch, you're no doubt anxious to find a way to make it stop.

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Not everything is awesome when you're trying to pass a LEGO noggin.

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If the classic 1983 holiday movie 'A Christmas Story' taught us anything, it’s to be wary of BB guns, mall elves, and flagpoles. More specifically: sticking your tongue on a frozen flagpole.

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It's not the wildest theory to emerge.

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These wintry weapons will help you win any snowball fight.

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (left) stands on the Eiffel Tower staircase in this 1889 photo.

It's expected to fetch as much as $60,000.

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Rudolph could have been Rollo or Reginald the Red-Nosed Reindeer. (Romeo and Rodney were also in the running.)

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They're great for hiking or relaxing at home.

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Yes, our dogs are adorable. They're also kind of gross.

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"And it burns burns burns, that ring of fire ..."

Storefront of Carnegie Deli in Midtown Manhattan.

Pastrami sandwiches will cost less than $1.

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A series of dime store turtles eventually led him to The Iron Throne.

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Tell us what you see.

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Sh*t happens when you party naked.

New Jersey Homes sit at the end of a bridge flooded by Hurricane Sandy.

If pollution goes unchecked, $1.33 trillion in real estate will be at risk by 2100.

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Fearing attacks on his corpse, the Secret Service guarded Lee Harvey Oswald well into the afterlife.

A visitor photographs 'Mural' by Jackson Pollock.

Brush up on these tips before your next museum outing.

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Fruitcake is a shelf-stable food unlike any other. So what is it that makes the holiday treat so freakishly hardy?