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Meet the World Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Meet the World and learn facts about each countries through their flags.
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Beat That! Charity Drummers Smash World Record Posted: 5 months ago by marcelsmit
Wannabe rock stars from across the UK have turned out in their hundreds to smash the world record for the most drummers playing the same beat at one time. The colossal cacophony was in aid of charity Stick It To MS.
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101 Frightening Ice Cream Flavors From Around The World Posted: 4 months ago by kakana
Ice cream is a frozen dessert made from dairy products, such as cream (or substituted ingredients), combined with flavorings and sweeteners, such as sugar. But at some point, the world of ice cream took a turn for the worse and gave us the following abominations:
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Uncle Jay explains the news Posted: 2 years ago by hypnotode
Funny, Emmy-winning Uncle Jay thinks it’s really, really important for today’s news to be understood by today’s innocent, ignorant and immature minds.
Also children.
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U2 360° World Tour Criticized for Carbon Footprint Posted: 4 months ago by Bingo
U2, a band famous for their desire to save the planet and for their contributions to third world aid, have come under fire for their carbon footprint. The band's world tour this year will generate enough carbon to equal a trip for the four band members to fly first class to Mars, a journey of 34 million miles.
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The New Wonders of the World Posted: 3 years ago by ybne1else
Six out of the original 'seven wonders of the world' no longer exist. What would you like to see counted as a new 'wonder of the world?'
(see list of potentials in article)
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Rapper Feud Mirrors World Politics Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
"The way that rappers compete with each other — this is soft power," says Marc Lynch, author of a recent article for Foreign Policy.com comparing world politics to rap feuds.
Related
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News Photos of the Year Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Check out these news photos from Reuters.
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Terrible Etiquette Mistakes From Around the World Posted: 4 months ago by kakana
Politely placing the napkin on your lap and keeping your elbows off the table may be the etiquette essentials here in the good ol' USA but when it comes to hanging with friends and colleagues around the world, etiquette often takes on new meanings.
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Texas TV station takes the fun out of news broadcast Posted: 2 years ago by kxmk
No longer breaking stories in high heels and skimpy outfits, Lauren Jones has signed off from the KYTX-TV "Eye of East Texas" news team and returned to modeling swimsuits.
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Happy Birthday, The World Wide Web Posted: 9 months ago by pocksucket
13th March, 1989, Tim Berners-Lee laid out his thoughts on setting up a system of accessing a vast repository of knowledge from remote location.
From this paper, The World Wide Web was born.
Thinking about it, I don't think this is The World Wide Web's birthday. I think it's the anniversary of when Tim Berners-Lee got busy with The World Wide Web's momma.
Which was presumably a server or something.
Eeww.
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Ant mega-colony takes over world Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
The colony may be the largest of its type ever known for any insect species, and could rival humans in the scale of its world domination.
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Around the World in 174 Days Posted: 2 months ago by Bingo
James Bowthorpe of London pedaled his bicycle 18,000 miles around the world in 174 days, 20 fewer days than the world record holder. He arrived back in Hyde Park to complete the journey on Saturday.
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Live News Cameras Posted: 2 years ago by buddha
Has a live moderator to tell you about breaking news feeds.
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Rainbow Beaches Around The World Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
Beaches not only come in all shapes, sizes, and textures, they come in a virtual rainbow of colors. Most beach fans know that sand color can range from pale cream to golden to caramel, but few realize that in select places around the world, sands can be red, brown, pink, orange, gold, purple, green, and even black!
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CBS considering outsourcing its news division to CNN Posted: 2 years ago by maxriter
CBS, the home of the most celebrated news division in broadcasting, has been in discussions with Time Warner about a deal to outsource some of its news-gathering operations to CNN.
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Thai woman sets new world record... for holding scorpion in her mouth Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Thailand's Scorpion Queen has set a new world record - by holding a poisonous scorpion in her mouth for just over two minutes.
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Fox News Busted Posted: 1 year ago by theclansman
Ex-White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan exposed Fox News as a propaganda tool for the White House on Chris Mathews Hardball.
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Live World Stats Posted: 2 years ago by extc68
World population, infections, marriages, bicycles produced,.. Watch them all change live before your eyes. Not really, but close: the numbers on this page are estimations based on past statistics.
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World Statistics Updated in Real Time Posted: 2 years ago by ogri2003
Includes: World Population; Govt. & Economics; Education; Environment; Food; Water; Energy and Health
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