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Google Doodle Celebrates Mark Twain’s 176th Birthday
There’s always an excuse to honor Mark Twain, even if it’s just him turning 176. Which is why today’s Google Doodle does just that.
The doodle depicts the famous fence whitewashing scene from Twain’s classic 1876 novel The …
Vienna, Austria Named World’s Best Place to Live
It basically came down to the apple strudel.
John Lennon’s Mundane To-Do List Auctioning for More Than $3,000
Some lucky fan will have a glimpse at a day in the life of a Beatle.
Two Conflicting Wills Turn a $400 Million Estate Into a Fight
Nothing quite says holiday cheer like a fight among family members, especially with an entire mega-inheritance—about $400 million—hanging in the balance.
A 104-year-old childless heiress who passed away in May 2011, …
Reading While Eating for November 30: Optical Illusions
Wednesday’s links get dizzy and move in slow motion.
Nonsensical, Semi-English Music Video Goes Viral in India
The song’s lyrics are practically gibberish, but India can’t stop listening.
“I do my job. What happened on my watch, we will see. When the investigation is done, we will find out what happened on my watch.”
Retouching Reality: New Tool Detects When Images Are Photoshopped
We’ve all seen beauty and fashion ads that are so ridiculously Photoshopped it seems as though the company used aliens as models. Then there are the ads that are much craftier, skillfully using Photoshop to render photos of …
You Know It’s Christmas When Improv Everywhere Brings Out the Santa Sketches
Now that Black Friday is over, holiday shoppers are heading back to the mall without fear of pepper spray. But mall shopping at this time of the year carries other risks than overzealous customers and overcharged credit cards. …
Want Your City to Be Weird? Name it Portland
Or just move to New Orleans.
Western Union Tries to Resuscitate the Singing Telegram
In a throwback to the days of yore — before email, Twitter, and Facebook put us in a state of perennial communication overload – Western Union is bringing back the singing telegram. But this time around, it’s being given a …