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The 10 Best St. Patrick's Day Festivals in the U.S.
beertastetest.com — St. Patrick’s Day started out as a religious holiday commemorating the patron saint of Ireland. Today “St. Paddy’s” in America has become a celebration of Irish food, culture, and drink, as well as anything having to do with the color green. Typically observed with loud music, dancing, parades and green beer, St. Patrick’s Day festivities...More… (Arts & Culture)
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5 Things You Probably Didn't Know: The Great Depression
askmen.com — Are we really heading toward another Great Depression? These 5 facts about the original crisis might give some insight.More… (Arts & Culture)
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The scariest Teahouse ever [pics]
dezeen.com — The tea house is built atop two chestnut trees, cut from a nearby mountain and transported to the site, and is accessible only by free-standing ladders propped against one of the trees.More… (Arts & Culture)
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Female Inventors Who Reinvented Our World
divinecaroline.com — From irrigation and water storage innovations to the first solar oven and solar heating system (in 1900), these women have left an impact on society.More… (Arts & Culture)
Ac1dburnFOXNews.com - Secret Message Found In Lincoln Pocket Watch -
foxnews.com — For nearly 150 years, a story has circulated about a hidden Civil War message engraved inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch. On Tuesday, museum curators confirmed it was true. More… (Arts & Culture)
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Chris Brown Not Planning To Attend Kids' Choice Awards - Duh
people.com — Could Chris Brown win a Kids' Choice Award on March 28? That remains a real possibility now that a rep for Nickelodeon has said the network has no plans to remove Brown, 19, from the running for the favorite male singer award and favorite song for "Kiss Kiss."More… (Arts & Culture)
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Caravaggio used 'photography' to create his masterpieces
telegraph.co.uk — Renaissance artist Caravaggio used an early form of photography to project images of his subjects onto a canvas using a noxious concoction of crushed fireflies and white lead. The 16th century master used modern darkroom techniques to create his masterpieces, more than 200 years before the invention of the camera.More… (Arts & Culture)
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Shakespeare Scholar Identifies True Portrait of the Bard
time.com — Our image of Shakespeare comes from an often-reproduced engraving. Now a portrait has emerged that, if Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells is correct, shows the Bard's true faceMore… (Arts & Culture)
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Awesome photo from Smithsonian Photo Contest
smithsonianmag.com — Smithsonian has posted the 50 finalists from their annual photo contest. Awesome photos - I love this one.More… (Arts & Culture)
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Monster mummies of Japan
pinktentacle.com — Lurking the halls of Buddhist temples and museums across Japan are a host of monster mummies — the preserved remains of demons, mermaids, kappa, tengu, raijū, and even human monks. Here are a few remarkable specimens for the adventurous and brave at heart.More… (Arts & Culture)
WordsnCollisionChristopher Columbus' real name was Pedro Scotto
news.ninemsn.com.au — The great navigator who opened up the American continents to Europe was Pedro Scotto - the real name of the 15th century explorer known as Christopher Columbus. According to a Spanish historian, the navigator worked, when he was young, for a pirate called Vincenzo Columbus, and adopted that family name in order not to "expose" his relations. More… (Arts & Culture)
perrycWhy there's no such thing as "local media" anymore
computerworld.com — Cell phones and the Internet enable anyone to tune into so-called "local" radio stations and read "local" stories in newspapers. It's time the so-called local media opened its eyes to the new reality: Nothing is local anymore. And it's a huge opportunity. The new mantra should be: Cover local events, but for a global audience.More… (Arts & Culture)
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The famous 'Afghan Girl' after 17 years of war
ngm.nationalgeographic.com — Her eyes are sea green. They are haunted and haunting, and in them you can read the tragedy of a land drained by war. Her eyes have captivated the world since she appeared on our cover in 1985. Now we can tell her story. More… (Arts & Culture)
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America’s Most Popular Toys
features.parents.com — Winston Churchill opined that "a joke is a very serious thing" but he'd be equally correct if he substituted "toy" for "joke." Americans take their toys very seriously, and the more popular the toy, the more passion, anger, and general strangeness it is capable of generating.More… (Arts & Culture)
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Sneak Peek at Neil Strauss' new book "Emergency"
inquisitr.com — Best-selling author Neil Strauss (The Game, The Dirt) steps into the lives of survivalists burying gasoline, primitivists building self-sufficient communities, ordinary citizens stockpiling guns, getting second passports, and going off the grid.More… (Arts & Culture)
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