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When I was a teenager, I picked up my mom's copy of Dale Carnegie's How to Win
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Everything from the vacuum cleaner to the pocket watch has an inventor. Even many things that seem like no one in their right mind would actually sit down and invent had to come from somewhere. That’s right, even the annoying little pop-up was the intentional…

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As you walk to the center of what seems to be the only room in the Tower, you notice the narrow stairs going up on your left. "Later" - you think. The floor is visibly inclined to the right and walking on it is a very odd experience. You enter the room and…

"The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" (Spanish pronunciation: [aseɾeˈxe]) is the debut single by Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, taken from their debut studio album Hijas del Tomate (2002). The song tells the story of a rastafari-like Romani (afrogitano) with a special…

"Good Vibrations" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys that was composed by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love. It was released as a single on October 10, 1966 and was an immediate critical and commercial hit, topping record charts in several…

"White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The song was written by Berlin for the musical film Holiday Inn, released in 1942. The composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy…

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Diamond thieves can be clever criminals who orchestrate multimillion-dollar heists or small-time jewelers who switch the real thing for fakes. What makes stealing a diamond so attractive?

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Consumer Reports testers tasted several varieties of eggs—including white, brown, organic, antibiotic-free, and vegetarian-fed—and compared them for taste, nutrition, and price.

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Every day the home page of my internet service offers a selection of trivia including news of celebrities who are either sleeping with each other or splitting up. There is also usually an item of popular science, often packaged as ‘the latest research’. If…

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