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Why Ricky Gervais’s Criticism of Hollywood Is So Satisfying | Psychology Today
Ricky Gervais’ message may resonate because he calls out entitlement, self-importance, and moral hypocrisy.
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The Narcissism and Grandiosity of Celebrities | Psychology Today
Here is a thought: Entertain us at the movies and in concert halls, and leave the science for scientists.
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Marie Kondo betrays her whole premise by launching e-commerce store full of useless junk
Some of us—not naming names here—really appreciated Marie Kondo’s take on clutter. Maybe we didn’t thank our sweaters for their service before donating them to Goodwill—and we’re still finding that folding method a bit tricky—but we found he
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How to Order Starbucks Coffee with a Commodore 128
On Thursday, Paul DeCarlo became the first person to order a Starbucks Dark Roast coffee from a Commodore 128.
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Apple Forgets About 'iPhone 7' And Focuses On 'iPhone 8'?
When Apple officially released the iPhone 7 back in September, there was an intense debate on whether it was worth buying or waiting until the iPhone 8, a potentially much better overall upgrade. Well, according to several reports on Thursday, Apple may h
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What happened to the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke? - Ask History
The origins of one of the America’s oldest unsolved mysteries can be traced to August 1587, when a group of about 115 English settlers arriv...
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9 Things You May Not Know About Nikola Tesla - History Lists
Check out some fascinating facts about the Serbian-American physicist and engineer.
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Archaeologists discover 18th century pub full of untouched bottles of brandy
Archaeologists have uncovered a forgotten 200-year-old pub beneath the city of Manchester, England. And the best part? It still has full, untouched bottles of brandy inside
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The False Childhood of Instagram - WSJ
Children’s book author Dan Paley writes that in the Instagram age sharing family photos too often involves feigning perfection.
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Why Apple Removed The Headphone Jack - AskMen
It's not just because the head designer was trying to be a dick.
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6 Things We Owe to the Vikings - History Lists
Despite their barbaric reputation, Vikings left a legacy of achievements that forever changed the way we speak, travel, exercise—and even groom ourselves.
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Cool Off On The Cheap: How To DIY An Air Conditioner For Under $20
There has to be some way to cool down without spending all your hard-earned cash on a pricey new air conditioner. Luckily, there is. For just $19.73, you can make a DIY air conditioner using materials that you probably have in your house.
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'Biggest great white shark ever filmed' surfaces | GrindTV.com
Massive great white shark known as Deep Blue surfaces anew in footage shared by researcher, showing how small people in cages can appear.
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Compare arrest rates from different police stations around the country
Blacks are far more likely to be arrested than people of other races, and in some places, dramatically so. Using FBI arrest records, USA TODAY found nearly 1,600 places where the disparity in arrest rates is more pronounced than in Ferguson, Mo.
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Largest great white shark ever videotaped underwater? | GrindTV.com
Researcher discovers clip showing a great white shark measuring 20-plus feet, and with the girth of a fat hippo, dwarfing cage divers at Guadalupe Island.
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Man sets Guinness World Record for farthest hoverboard flight | GrindTV.com
In a real-life ‘Back to the Future’ moment, inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru set a Guinness World Record, flying 905 feet, 2 inches over a Canadian lake.
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Amazon's delivery drones could make 30-minute deliveries a reality (and for a $1 fee)
Far cheaper than ground shipping options.
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No association found between MMR vaccine and autism, even among children at higher risk
In a study that included approximately 95,000 children with older siblings, receipt of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine was not associated with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), regardless of whether older siblings had ASD, find
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Sunken aircraft carrier rediscovered off California coast
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Scientists have rediscovered a mostly intact World War II aircraft carrier used in atomic bomb tests and then sunk at a secret location off the Northern California coast decades ago.
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11 Unexpected Spring Allergy Triggers
Avoiding flowers and trees will only get you so far during allergy season
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17-Year-Old Diagnosed With Rare Allergy To Water — Yes, Water
Imagine not being able to swim or even take a shower without unbearable, itchy hives popping up on your skin. That's the reality of Alexandra Allen, a 17-year-old from Mapleton, Utah.
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Battle of Sixes: Samsung Galaxy S6 vs. Apple iPhone 6
We pit Samsung's Galaxy S6 against Apple's iPhone 6 to see which smartphone is king.
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More Mysterious Craters Found in Siberia
Last summer, the discovery of several new giant craters in Siberia drew worldwide interest, launching wild speculation that meteorites, or even aliens, caused the gaping crevasses. In July 2014, reindeer herders discovered a 260-feet-wide (80 meters) crat
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Italian catches huge wels catfish; is it a record? - GrindTV.com
World record or not, the 280-pound wels catfish caught by Dino Ferrari in Italy's Po Delta is one of the biggest ever recorded in recent history.
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9 Seemingly Innocent Photos With A Horrifying Backstory - Answers.com
::shivers::
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Massive, multicolored lobster fetches $95,000 - GrindTV.com
Tropical rock lobster caught off China weighs in at an astonishing 56 pounds and triggers an intense bidding war. Some called it
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Goliath Encounter: Puppy-Sized Spider Surprises Scientist in Rainforest - Yahoo News
From Yahoo News: Piotr Naskrecki was taking a nighttime walk in a rainforest in Guyana, when he heard rustling as if something were creeping underfoot. When he turned on his flashlight, he expected to see a small mammal, such as a possum or a rat.
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These 52 Colorized Photos Change History As We Know It...
The world was never in black and white...
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10 Things You May Not Know About Sigmund Freud
On the 75th anniversary of Dr. Sigmund Freud’s death, learn 10 surprising facts about the father of modern psychoanalysis.
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How Temperature Effects Your Productivity
How the air temperature of your surroundings affects your personal productivity.
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8 Times Physics Broke - brainjet.com
It seems things don't always work the way you'd expect, these creations appear to defy the laws of physics!
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UFOs Caught By Canadian News Crew During Forest Fire Coverage
A video shot outside of Vancouver, British Columbia, during a forest fire unexpectedly captured a lot more than firefighting efforts. On July 17, 2014, Castanet.net, a news organization in Western Canada, posted a video shot in West Kelowna -- nor...
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'Aliens on the Moon' TV Show Adds Weird UFO Twists to Apollo Tales - NBC News.co
The pixels in a photograph can be funny things, as demonstrated time and time again in "Aliens on the Moon: The Truth Exposed," a TV documentary ai...
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WATCH: The Top 5 Phones with the Highest Radiation
If you’re concerned about cell phone radiation, here are the phones to avoid.
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Crazy Video: UFO Attacks, Destroys Taliban Camp In Afghanistan
It was filmed by US marines in the Asadabad District of Afghanistan back in March mere weeks after the Taliban had staged a massive attack on an Afghan army base in the same district killing dozens...
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Che Guevara in 10 (Not So) Great Quotes - The Libertarian
Ten not so great quotes from every teenager's favourite freedom fighter. Share this link, and spread the truth about Che Guevara!
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Amsterdam pays alcoholics in beer to clean streets
Amsterdam's new program to keep alcoholics from causing trouble in the parks pays in beer.
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Typhoid Mary
Typhoid Mary had no idea that she was infected with the disease yet her work as a cook infected many. Find out all about Typhoid Mary and why authorities had a difficult time capturing Mary.
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Applebee's Calls Police on Family With Noisy Kids
After a Texas family with allegedly misbehaving children was asked to leave an Applebee’s by management this week, the incident prompted a fast moving chain of events: calls to the police, outcry from the family in question, an explanation from the eate
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Green River Killer Offers To Help Police Find Victims
SEATTLE — Police who have dealt with serial killer Gary Ridgway say it's worth continuing the search for his missing victims after Ridgway suggested he could help find them, but add the Green River Killer will
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Green River Killer Claims He Murdered Dozens More Women
Gary Ridgway Pleaded Guilty to Killing 49 women, Now He Says There Are More
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What a whopper! Record 741-pound gator caught in Mississippi
An alligator hunting record in Mississippi was broken for a third time in a week, wildlife officials there say, after the state's heaviest — and longest gator — was caught.
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Rare six-clawed lobster is caught off Massachusetts | GrindTV.com
A very rare lobster is set to go on public display this week at the Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay Harbor where it will live [...]
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727-pound alligator one of two massive gators caught in Mississippi
Where does a 727-pound alligator go? Anywhere it wants, except in Mississippi it seems.
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Little Girl's Best Friend Is A Skunk
Watch the video Little Girl's Best Friend Is A Skunk on Yahoo! Screen. An incredibly shy girl named Harriet Cooper in Kent, England has come out of her shell after becoming best friends with a skunk named Humbug. Harriet’s parents are animal ha
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Mammal carnivore is major discovery
US scientists describe a new animal living in the cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador - the first new mammal carnivore species to be identified in the Western hemisphere in 35 years.
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Here’s Why Instagram Is Even More Depressing than Facebook
It’s a truism that Facebook is the many-headed frenemy, the great underminer. We know this because science tells us so. The Human–Computer Institute at Carnegie Mellon has found that your “passive consumption” of your friends&rsquo
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Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Ramirez, the demonic serial killer known as the Night Stalker who left satanic signs at murder scenes and mutilated victims' bodies during a reign of terror in the 1980s, died early Friday in a hospital, a prison official
