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Saturday 4 August 2018

Winnie The Boo!

Pooh and his crew were never really my thing as a kid, and there's one VHS tape to blame.
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CULTURAL COMMENT
BEAR WARY
Hold Up, Rewind: Why Did This Old Winnie The Pooh Movie Frighten Me?
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Pooh and his crew were never really my thing as a kid, and there's one VHS tape to blame.
· Is Disney's 'Christopher Robin' Any Good? Here's What The Reviews Say
THE BEAT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD
What Makes A Hit: Analyzing 60 Years Of #1 Songs
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When it comes to climbing the charts, research suggests that it pays to be different. From Brenda Lee to Beyoncé, here's how the top songs stood out from the crowd.
WHICH GUN IS THE TOPPEST?
Every Tom Cruise Movie Performance, Ranked
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Since the early '80s, Cruise steadily and successfully carved out a career fueled by his boyish megawatt smile, a practiced brand of charisma, and an interest in physically throwing himself into his roles with dangerous gusto.
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THE WEEK IN PICTURES
PICTURE THIS
The Best Photography Of The Week
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Inside the US military's secret doomsday base, the mystical forests of Norway and what life was like before the Chernobyl disaster.
STARRY STARRY NIGHT
The Week's Coolest Space Images
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Satellite images of California blanketed by smoke from wildfires, Milky Way's "big sister" and other cool space images of the week.
OFF THE RAILS
'WHY ARE WE FIGHTING?'
Just A Shot Away: Peace, Love And Tragedy With The Rolling Stones At Altamont
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The Rolling Stones, the ostensible stars of the day, perched above the hellish scene, utterly unable to prevent the violence.
'THE ARTWORKS GO UP LIKE TINDERSTICKS'
The Art Of Stealing
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Early in the morning of 16th October 2012, seven valuable artworks were stolen from the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. The theft was world news. But what first seemed like a sophisticated burglary by professionals, turned out to be the work of a few small-time Romanian criminals who had no idea what they were getting themselves into.
A BIT OVERCONFIDENT
We Tested The FBI's Most Wanted List On Amazon's Celebrity Recognition Tool. Then Things Got Weird
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In one test, using NIST's mugshot database, the celebrity recognition tool matched, with 96% confidence, the arrest photo of a black man to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
RHINOWNED
Rhino Learns The Hard Way That Bull Elephants Don't Mess Around
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This herbivore-on-herbivore violence will not stand!
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A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it also doesn't get to relax on the weekend. But you, you can relax.

Friday 3 August 2018

Don't You Know That It's Toxic?

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Everyone wants to check out Montana's deadly hole, a man purposefully ruins a $250 steak and we have to stop talking about Zelda, Mario and Final Fantasy.
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IN A BAD PLACE
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Tourists Love This Giant Toxic Hole In Montana, And Other Facts
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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Everyone wants to check out Montana's deadly hole, a man purposefully ruins a $250 steak and we have to stop talking about Zelda, Mario and Final Fantasy.
'WHY WOULD HE THROW IT ALL AWAY?'
My Son, Osama Bin Laden
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Nearly 17 years since 9/11, Osama bin Laden's family remains an influential part of Saudi society – as well as a reminder of the darkest moment in the kingdom's history. Can they escape his legacy?
WHOSE BRIGHT IDEA WAS THIS?
Why Must We Force Female Superheroes To Wear Terrible Red Wigs?
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For women in comic book movies, with great power comes horrendous red mops.
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OUT OF CONTROL
A GIANT ON AMONG GIANTS
Visualizing Apple's Market Cap Compared To Other Massive Companies
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Add Disney to Bank of America and... you're halfway there.
GOODBYE, TOKYO. HELLO, LAGOS
WATCH: The Projected Largest Cities In The World In 2100 Are Not The Cities You'd Guess
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By 2100, there will be several cities that house more than 70 million people, but they will be concentrated in two continents only.
A MUG ON THE MOVE
She Posed For A Free Photo Shoot, Now Her Face Is Showing Up Everywhere
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Shubnum Khan is a South African author and artist who's going public with a warning she learned the hard way: be very careful to read the fine print when signing a photographer's model release.
BUYING THE COOP
The Booming Business Of Luxury Chicken Diapers
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Julie Baker never intended to become a figurehead of the luxury chicken-diaper industry. Before she launched her brand Pampered Poultry in 2010, she had never even heard of chicken diapers.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
CHILDISH BEHAVIOR
Woman's Hilarious Commentary Is This Lame Roadside Fight's Only Saving Grace
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Watching two grown men fight brings out the snark in all of us.
IN THE NEWS
US Adds 157,000 Jobs In July
WWE Star Kane Elected As Mayor In Tennessee
Suspected Russian Spy Found Working At US Embassy In Moscow
Apple Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap. Is That Good?
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It's Friday. It's August. It's Leo season. It's time to sit next to an air conditioner and never get up.