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The Number of the Day: 67
The Social Security Administration started tracking baby names in 1880. For the first 67 years, Mary was the most popular female baby name in the United States. Linda finally surpassed her in 1947....
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The Quick 10: 10 Amazing Matchstick Sculptures
I can’t believe I haven’t been to the Matchstick Marvels Museum. Last month, Jill Harness featured an impressive Minas Tirith from Lord of the Rings made out of 420,000 matchsticks, and after checking...
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12 Bookstore Cats
Books and cats go together as well as peanut butter and jelly. You could file them under “things that are nice to curl up with” -at the same time! We featured a list of bookstore cats some time ago,...
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The Rights Stuff: 5 Copyrights and the People Who Sold Them
Creating a commercially successful song, character, or concept is a good route to fabulous wealth. If you’re not careful with your creation’s rights, though, you can end up pocketing just pennies from...
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Want to Live to 100? Move to One of These Five Areas
Singing the Blues usually involves tunes of sad tales. Picasso said his Blue Period was partially inspired by the suicide of his friend. If you say you’re feeling blue it means you’re down in the...
View ArticleThe Late Movies: 1971
Labor Day weekend is traditionally what we think of as the end of summer. That’s just a little sad, even if you love autumn as I do. For some folks, the summer of 2011 will be the most important summer...
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How the Beatles Officially Ended -at Disney World
Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website. Technically, it is hard to pinpoint the exact moment when the Beatles ended as a...
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Liquid Art & Droplet Photography
“QUANTUM SHOT” #325(rev) Link – article by Avi Abrams One Ordinary Drop of Water: Liquid Art & Droplet Photography It certainly takes great skill and very good equipment to create these...
View Article11 Eye-Opening NASA Wakeup Calls
NASA has been waking up astronauts using music since the Apollo Program. Sometimes those wakeup calls get pretty weird. 1. STS-111 – “I Got You Babe” from Groundhog Day On June 19, 2002, the crew of...
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The Apology Van
Photographer Tom Wilkinson snapped a photo of this apology van, parked up next to a busy roundabout outside Shildon, County Durham, England, with the text: Linda I’m sorry I’m a fool and an idiot...
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