Dove once ran a “Natural beauty” campaign which centered around “real” looking women. It turned out all of the women in this ad series had been Photoshopped.
A sick Great Dane was rushed to the emergency hospital. Unidentifiable foreign material showed up …
A sick Great Dane was rushed to the emergency hospital. Unidentifiable foreign material showed up in his stomach on x-ray. Hours later, the surgeon reported removing 43-and-a-half socks from the dog’s stomach, saving his life.
Harriet Tubman threatened death to escaping slaves if they wanted to turn back…
Harriet Tubman threatened death to escaping slaves if they wanted to turn back. “If he was weak enough to give out, he’d be weak enough to betray us all, and all who had helped us; and do you think I’d let so many die just for one coward man.”
Howard Lutnick donated more than $65 million to Haverford College because when he lost both his parents…
Howard Lutnick donated more than $65 million to Haverford College because when he lost both his parents to cancer the college was understanding and let him go tuition-free all 4 years.
According to a 2007 study by the University of Southern Denmark, the secret…
According to a 2007 study by the University of Southern Denmark, the secret to happiness is to have low expectations of life.
In 1997 Morgan Freeman offered to cover the cost of prom for a Mississippi…
In 1997 Morgan Freeman offered to cover the cost of prom for a Mississippi school that held two racially segregated proms every year, provided that the one Freeman would be covering would just be one racially integrated prom. This offer was refused until 2008.
A man claimed the only unclaimed habitable area left on earth…
A man claimed the only unclaimed habitable area left on earth, Bir Tawil, so that his daughter could be a real princess.
Fugitive Arrested After Liking His Own Wanted Picture on Facebook
An absconding criminal was caught by law enforcement officials within days of liking a wanted picture of himself that was uploaded on the Crimestoppers Facebook page of Cascade County. Levi Reardon, aged 23 years was wanted for multiple felony charges of forgery and theft comprising of forging personal cheques and stealing wallets. He had been […]
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For a man in China, the show “Friends” never ended…
For a man in China, the show “Friends” never ended. The man — who goes by the name Gunther and has a son named Joey — decided to live his life Friends-style. After he went through a bad breakup, a friend recommended Friends as a way to cheer him up. And, in Gunther’s words, “It’s changed my life.”. He quit his job to open his own coffee shop (called Central Perk), replicating the Friends cafe down to custom-made couches. The Central Perk in Beijing is where Gunther and his fellow “Friends” lovers can watch and talk about the show.
Sitting for around 11 hours per day can increase the risk of early death by 40 per…
Sitting for around 11 hours per day can increase the risk of early death by 40 per cent compared to those who sit four hours per day or less.