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Knope-Newport and 6 Other Memorable TV Elections
Image credit: Knope2012.com Tonight’s season finale of Parks and Recreation will feature one of the most hotly contested elections since Truman defeated Dewey. While we wait to see whether Leslie...
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The Late Movies: 5 Smart People Say Smart Things in 5 Minutes or Less
Big Think has interviewed a staggering array of smart people, and is posting micro-interviews on YouTube. For tonight’s viewing, I thought I’d collect five favorites. Yes, they’re short, and sometimes...
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Who Wrote “Happy Birthday to You” (and Who’s Collecting the Millions in...
Getty Images “Happy Birthday to You” has been used in hundreds of movies, countless advertisements, an estimated 1,500,000+ singing telegrams, and been the basis for pieces by classical composers like...
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Awkwardness and Bawdy Talk: 7 Tales of Presidential Courtship
You may be surprised to learn that not every politician is equipped with romantic game. Here are the stories of a few presidents who had a little difficulty garnering the affections of the first lady –...
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The Favorite Movies of 42 Famous People
Presidents & Politicians What’s with presidents and High Noon? 1. Barack Obama – The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974) When Katie Couric asked then-presidential-candidate Barack...
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23 Writers Who Were Famous by Age 23
While it’s not as easy for authors to become famous at a young age as it is for pop singers, it’s still not unheard of for barely legal authors to find fame, success, and even fortune. Here are 23...
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1:1 Scale Crocheted Pokémon
Ruthanne Wilson’s life-sized Pokémon are, at a distance, almost indistinguishable from the real creatures. This Turtwig is about 54 cm tall. You can find seven other life-sized models in her shop at...
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12 Cat-Related Patents That Are Really Quite Bizarre
To visit Google’s patent website is to lose yourself in a black hole of totally weird wannabe inventions—a surprising number of which are for your feline friends. From toys meant to encourage exercise...
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Ketchum Hand Grenade
Image: Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 30377 That, Neatoramanauts, is a hand grenade patented in 1861 by William F. Ketchum. If someone threw one at you and you ketchum, you’d be in trouble....
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The Nerdiest Practical Joke Ever
The Nobel Prize winning chemist Melvin Calvin (1911-1997) was not known as a man of great humor. This only encouraged one of his assistants to play a great prank on him while Calvin was preparing a...
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