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No names on the drinks.

The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 was awarded to Martin Luther King Jr..

Brace yourself... for the BEAN WARS!

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Frasier's Dog got way more Fan Mail than he did
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The Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den (Chinese: 施氏食獅史; pinyin: Shī-shì shí shī shǐ) is a short narrative poem written in Classical Chinese that is composed of 92 characters in which every word is pronounced shi ([ʂɻ̩]) when read in present-day Standard Mandarin…

Australian general

The actor explains how he came up with the idea for a phone number to assess his roles, and why it set him free.

DEEP in a ba­nana plan­ta­tion at Tullera, near Lis­more, sits an un­likely pair of mates, each cov­ered in sweat and red soil, tend­ing to their grow­ing share-crop of Hawai­ian sweet pota­toes, taro and cas­sava – crops des­tined for Bris­bane’s Pa­cific…

If you’ve ever heard the below early demo of ‘Beat It’, you’ll know Michael Jackson’s extraordinary process of writing songs – by building each element of a track with his voice. Every note of every chord, harmony, melody, bass and even the rhythm through…

A singer, whose career was boosted by his music video on YouTube about baggage handlers at United breaking his guitar, had his luggage temporarily lost by the airline on a trip to speak to executives about customer service.

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boot with Cuban heel, rounded to pointed toe, high shaft, no lacing

An 18th-century Italian-made violin reported missing earlier this week was found in an alley near the Manhattan bar where its owner had left it, police said.

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South African-American film actress and producer

Oleg glances furtively around him and, confident that nobody is watching, slips inside the entrance to a decaying Soviet-era block of flats, where Sasha is waiting for him. Ensconced in the dingy

Cops sent to the house where man arrested, mom and kids released unharmed.

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In 1922, aviator Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to stage a public flight in America. Her high-flying skills always wowed her audience.