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Charlie Chaplin Ludwig van Beethoven Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci Walt Disney Albert Einstein Elvis Presley Audrey Hepburn Freddie Mercury J.R.R. Tolkien John Lennon Abraham Lincoln Martin Luther King Jr. Marilyn Monroe Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Napoleon Bonaparte Isaac Newton …

It’s fine to get old, but it’s awful to feel old. If you’re on this site there’s a good chance you’re on your second or third decade, you’ve got another 60 or 70 years in you, and there’s absolutely no …

If you’re like me, you absolutely hate going to the doctor. Even the most sophisticated and advanced techniques really seem more like means of torture or punishment than ways to treat. The reality is, modern medicine is absolutely incredible, particularly …

Woman demonstrating a “fat rolling” machine that was supposed to help aid fat loss. Riiiiiiiight….. Barnum & Bailey “freak show” lineup. The results of a snowball fight on Stanford campus. A hippo-drawn carriage? If you cringed and looked away, don’t …

Do you ever wake up and just have a ‘feeling’ that something good or bad was going to happen that day? And did it? If it did, then I wouldn’t be surprised that you were capable of making predictions that …

Birch Bark Tar Gum It turns out that ‘gum’ existed over 5,000 years ago. However, it wasn’t chewed to freshen breath, or to blow bubbles, it was chewed in an attempt to treat and prevent mouth infections. The gum fossil …

– Bob Hope, after his wife asked him where he wanted to be buried. – Del Close, Comedian. – Dominique Bouhours, French priest and grammarian, stays technically correct to the end. Donald O’Connor, American dancer and actor. Donald O’Connor, American …

I don’t know what people were thinking in the early days of photography. I mean, what is this? These photos are scaring the crap out of me. Mainly because they’re creepy, but because also some of them are inexplicable. I’m …

While digging in the woods for whatever reason (presumably blitzed off their ass on vodka), some Russian soldiers came across an interesting find. Their shovels hit something metallic that wasn’t a rock. Upon further digging, they saw it was an …

“My Dad Being Infinitely Cooler Than I’ll Ever Be (1980).” “My Dad, Taken For Surfer Magazine. Peru, 1977.” “48 Beers And A Unicycle. My Dad In The Early 80s.” “My Dad’s First Car, A 1939 Ford. He Bought It With …

1953, Marilyn Monroe 1977, Barbara Streisand 1978, Dolly Parton 1978, Farrah Fawcet 1985, Madonna 1989, La Toya Jackson 1989, Pamela Anderson 1993, Anna Nicole Smith 1995, Drew Barrymor 1999, Charlize Theron 1999, Naomi Campbell 2003, Carmen Electra 2004, Denise Richards …

The city of Stalingrad. Battle of Stalingrad – fought 23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943. The city is now known as Volgograd. The Ardennes: Belgium, Luxembourg Battle of the Bulge – Fought Dec 16, 1944 – Jan 25, 1945. …

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987) These spaceship and spaceman toys were interactive. When kids held them up to the TV during action scenes of the Captain Power live-action TV show, the toys shook, flashed lights, and …