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27 of the strangest world records ever set
People will do some pretty crazy things to get in the record books. Though some world record-holders are physical anomalies — like the world's tallest person, or the shortest — the Guinness Book of...
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Welcome to the camp that trained 7-year-olds to be defenders of the Russian...
There was once a military training camp for the young in Europe, known as the Crimea Sich, that took place every year in August for two weeks. It was located in Crimea, a peninsula right below Ukraine...
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I saw how airplane food gets made from start to finish — and I learned a...
Besides likening themselves to cattle shoved into an airborne metal tube, there's nothing airline passengers like to complain about more than how terrible airplane food is. But how and where those...
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Mark Cuban's biggest 'Shark Tank' investment of all time was in this spooky...
The Haunted Hayride has been a popular Halloween attraction in Los Angeles for seven years. Taking place in Griffith Park, it typically brings in about 65,000 people over its 17-night run, and tickets...
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Two friends tried to create a new time zone — and they sort of succeeded
Taeyoon Choi and E. Roon Kang have a plan to disrupt time. More specifically, they want to ditch standard time in favor of a made-up alternative called "elsewhen." This imaginary time zone would...
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Happy birthday, Hillary Clinton! Here's a look inside her evolution from Girl...
Before she became first lady, New York's first female US senator, and a viral internet meme, Hillary Clinton was a city girl who dreamed of being an astronaut or a baseball player.Clinton, for the...
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10 of the most stunning images in the running for National Geographic's Photo...
The 2015 National Geographic Photography Contest is currently under way, and there have certainly been some gorgeous submissions so far. The committee will be accepting entries until November 16....
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My favorite place to eat in Manhattan is a Cambodian sandwich shop that's...
Starting a business is tough — even more so in New York City. But Cambodian sandwich shop Num Pang has expanded to eight locations in six years.The restaurant, started in 2009 by two college friends,...
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16 photos of Moscow's beautiful Metro stations, built as propaganda during...
Joseph Stalin rose to power as the leader of the Soviet Union in the second half of the 1920s. As the population quickly rose, it was essential the country address its lack of adequate public...
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We spent a day with the porn industry's most controversial makeup artist
As a makeup artist in the adult film industry, Melissa Murphy has transformed hundreds of men and women into sex gods and bombshells.She chronicles their remarkable transformations on Instagram, where...
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We spent a day with the porn industry's most controversial makeup artist
As a makeup artist in the adult film industry, Melissa Murphy has transformed hundreds of men and women into sex gods and bombshells.She chronicles their remarkable transformations on Instagram, where...
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New York City's Financial District has a gory, haunted past
New York's Financial District is the economic center of the entire US — but it's also one of the city's most historically gruesome, gory, and bloody neighborhoods.Although its cobblestone streets might...
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We tried breakfast from McDonald's, Taco Bell, Burger King, and Wendy's —...
The fast-food breakfast wars are upon us.With McDonald's starting all-day breakfast, Burger King responding in kind, Wendy's flailing in the breakfast arena, and Taco Bell revamping its morning menu,...
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Take a tour of the 'city of the future' being built in a Middle Eastern desert
Twenty miles outside of Abu Dhabi, what was once a barren patch of desert is now on its way to becoming the world's most sustainable eco-city. The Masdar Project is the United Arab Emirates' planned...
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20 photos that show how insanely crowded China has become
China has reportedly dropped its long-standing one-child policy, which was first enacted decades ago in an effort to curb overpopulation. China's population was approaching 1 billion when it enforced...
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Something miraculous is happening in the infamous City of God
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Cidade de Deus ("City of God") is one of the most notorious favelas in Rio de Janeiro. It's also the most well-known, thanks to the 2002 film of the same name that won four...
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There's an abandoned subway station at the southern tip of Manhattan, and you...
Even if you use New York's subway system every day, you've probably never walked through the City Hall station.Though it's been closed since 1945, the subway station was never demolished. To this day,...
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Take a look inside one of America's most mysterious and abandoned hotels
There's a 123-year-old hotel near downtown Philadelphia that has stood abandoned for the past 16 years.Its past is somewhat twisted, with a history of being a home base for cult leaders, and its...
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A burger joint you've probably never heard of was named best in America
Habit Burger is on fire.The regional burger chain beat out In-N-Out, Shake Shack, Five Guys, and McDonalds to take the title of best burger in America, according to a survey by Consumer Reports...
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We tried Papa John's new 'Sriracha meats' pizza and 2 other new menu items —...
With the NFL season in full gear, and Halloween around the corner, fall is a major season for snacks.In preparation for this year's football food fanatics, Papa John's Pizza– the official pizza sponsor...
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