I Can't Believe its Not Butter!

Melati Suryodarmo. You may remember her from her infamous Youtube video: It is quite difficult not to laugh the first time watching it, but after the giggles and tears one may start to think what is she doing? and WHY? Exergie, the butter dance, was created as a way to express what Melati was going through at the time: "When I created butter dance, I was in a situation where I realized that my life has been up and down, fell down and I got...

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12 days of Mr. Fuzzy Sweepstakes

Win your very own Mr. Fuzzy! He is the perfect travel buddy. Starting tomorrow, 12 days of Mr. Fuzzy begins! See details below on how to enter. Good luck! :) ...

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Old Overacheiving Joe

Joe Foss was the leading fighter ace in WWII, shooting down at least 26 air crafts, earning him the Medal of Honor. Then after all that attention he decided to live a quiet life and become a General in the National Guard, the Governor of South Dakota, the first commissioner of the American Football League, and a television broadcaster. Joe came from a poor background. He grew up in a farmhouse that didn't have electricity. After waiting for...

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Never give up, never surrender!

At 42, Alan Rickman finally landed his dream job. In his younger years, Rickman had an interest in the arts. In high school, he developed an attraction to drama. However, drama was "not seen as a sensible thing to do at 18."  So in order to make his mom proud, he took up the much more stable career of graphic design. Rickman and a few friends opened their own graphic design studio. Surprisingly, they were pretty successful. After going...

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Prostitution, Piracy, and Power

One of the most notorious pirates of the China seas, Ching Shih, ruled with an iron fist.  If you tried deserting Ching's fleet, your ears were chopped off. Rape of a female prisoner would result in castration or beheading. Any display of cowardice would result in beheading. If you were caught stealing you would lose your head as well.  Seeing a trend here?  Punishment for hiding loot would be flogging, but if you were caught...

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