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9 years ago+8 8 0The 20 Best-Selling Albums in History
What albums are most beloved by Americans? If we're talking quantitatively, it's a virtual tie between Eagles Greatest Hits and Thriller. According to the RIAA, these are the best-selling albums in American history.
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9 years ago+27 27 0 x 1Salutin' Putin: inside a Russian troll house
Just after 9pm each day, a long line of workers files out of 55 Savushkina Street, a modern four-storey office complex with a small sign outside that reads “Business centre”. Having spent 12 hours in the building, the workers are replaced by another ...
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9 years ago+20 20 0Racing goes electric: At the track with Formula E, the first e-racing series
The pit lane we're standing in is unusual, and not only because it's a temporary setup placed in the shadow of American Airlines Arena (home of the NBA's Miami Heat). Garages are set up on both sides rather than being limited to one. A ...
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9 years ago+15 15 0When Buddhism goes bad: How a yoga and meditation retreat turned cult-like and deadly
When the public learned of 38-year-old Ian Thorson’s death in a cave in the Arizona desert three years ago, the details behind the tragedy were both jarring and ominously familiar. Thorson had belonged to a religious splinter group, headed by a chari ...
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9 years ago+19 19 0 x 1The 315-Year-Old Science Experiment
The most arrogant astronomer in Switzerland in the mid-20th century was a solar physicist named Max Waldmeier. Colleagues were so relieved when he retired in 1980 that they nearly retired the initiative he led as director of the Zurich Observatory. W ...
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9 years ago+12 12 0Reports Suggest Body Cameras Are Only Effective When Cops Can’t Turn Them Off
As body-worn cameras increasingly become a standard feature of American police uniforms, San Diego's experience with the technology offers another example to the growing body of evidence that suggests cops tend to behave better when they know th ...
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9 years ago+30 30 0 x 1Huge unexploded WWII bomb found in London
Builders uncovered a huge unexploded German World War II bomb in London on Monday, prompting the evacuation of two schools and hundreds of homes. The bomb, measuring five feet long (1.5 metres) and weighing 1000 pounds (455 kilogrammes) lay undisturb ...
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9 years ago+16 16 0How a Technology That Helped Settle the West Became Known as the “Devil’s Rope”
Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history of slot machines to the great Los Angeles Red Car conspiracy. Here at The Eye, we cross-post new episodes and host excerpts from ...
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9 years ago+21 21 0 x 1Amazon's trees removed nearly a third less carbon in last decade
The amount of carbon the Amazon’s remaining trees removed from the atmosphere fell by almost a third last decade, leading scientists to warn that man-made carbon emissions would need to be cut more deeply to tackle climate change. Trees in untouched ...
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9 years ago+12 12 0Tiger meat and bear paws on menu for Chinese tourists in Laos, says report
A resort complex in northwest Laos targeting Chinese visitors has become a “lawless playground” for the trade in illegal wildlife ranging from tiger meat to bear paws, an advocacy group said Thursday. Customers “can openly buy endangered species prod ...
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9 years ago+26 26 0 x 1Jimmy Kimmel and Matthew McConaughey Make A Local TV Commercial for Vulcan Video
Before our trip to Austin, Jimmy posted a tweet asking for any local business that might want him to help them produce a TV commercial. He decided on beloved local video store Vulcan Video and enlisted the help of a certain Texan movie star.
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9 years ago+17 17 0'Better Call Saul's' Jonathan Banks: Mike Is "The Dark Thread" to 'Breaking Bad'
The Better Call Saul fan favorite finally stepped out of the parking booth last week, with his sad backstory told in a series of flashbacks — and a monologue on par with his famous "Half Measures" speech from Breaking Bad. Mike admitted to ...
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9 years ago+14 14 0Pope not expecting many anniversaries at the Vatican
Pope Francis marked the second anniversary of his election on Friday by giving an interview in which he says he expects his time at the Vatican to only last for another two or three years. "I have a feeling my pontificate will be brief," th ...
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9 years ago+25 25 0 x 1Measles sceptic loses court battle
A German biologist who offered €100,000 to anyone who could prove that measles is a virus has been ordered by a court to pay up. Stefan Lanka, who believes the illness is psychosomatic, made the pledge four years ago on his website. The reward was la ...
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9 years ago+14 14 0California lawyer proposes ballot measure to execute gays
A California lawyer has submitted a referendum proposal to outlaw homosexuality in the famously liberal western US state, on pain of execution.
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9 years ago+16 16 0Microsoft bought 'Minecraft' after a single tweet by its creator
We're only halfway through the decade, but it's already obvious that Minecraft is the biggest game of the '10s. Its creator, Markus "Notch" Persson has now been honored for his achievement with a cover story in Forbes. The pi ...
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9 years ago+14 14 0SanDisk stuffs 200GB into a microSD card for your phone
If a 128GB microSD card just isn't big enough to put your media collection on your phone, don't worry -- SanDisk is coming to your rescue. It just unveiled a whopping 200GB card (the Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card Premium Edition, to be exact) ...
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9 years ago+20 20 099 times Bill O'Reilly lied to America
Isn’t it a little strange that Bill O’Reilly is suffering a scandal for lying? The growing list of charges against him appear to be true, of course. But he’s been getting key facts wrong on air for decades, a trend his critics have closely tracked fo ...
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9 years ago+19 19 0The Six Coworkers You'll Have at Your Job
If you’ve never had one of these, you probably are one of these.
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9 years ago+25 25 0 x 1This phone battery needs just 1 minute for a full charge, and it should debut next year
One of the most annoying smartphone-related chores is having to charge on a daily basis — or even more than once a day, depending on your usage. This means you constantly have to make sure you’ve got your charger with you so that the gadget you’re ad ...
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