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10 years ago+15 15 0Shocking Family Feud Fast Money
Please excuse the video quality, as this was recorded simply for the purpose of sharing this with my family. But, since people are watching it, I will leave it posted as public. I love Family Feud, and this is just so heartbreaking to me.
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10 years ago+18 18 0Norwegian army testing Oculus Rift virtual goggles system for tank drivers
The Norwegian army has announced that they have begun testing the possibility of using the Oculus Rift virtual goggle system in tanks to help expand the field of view for soldiers inside. Such a system would help tank drivers navigate during battlefi ...
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10 years ago+9 9 0Ukraine helicopters shot down in Slovyansk
Pro-Russian forces in Slovyansk shot down two Ukrainian helicopter gunships after Kiev launched an operation against the separatist stronghold that was condemned by Russia. Ukraine's Defence Ministry said on Friday "unknown groups" had ...
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10 years ago+20 20 0Should a Chimp Be Able to Sue Its Owner?
Just before 4 p.m. on Oct. 10, Steven Wise pulled his rental car in front of a multiacre compound on State Highway 30 near the tiny Adirondack hamlet of Gloversville, N.Y., and considered his next move. For the past 15 minutes, Wise had been slowly d ...
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10 years ago+6 7 1Africa's Game of Thrones
Imagine a mountainous kingdom at the edge of a lush, tropical continent, where one house has clung to power for hundreds of years. The aged king passed away after ruling for more than six decades in one of history's longest reigns. He fathered m ...
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10 years ago+17 17 0Face-to-Face With a Psychopath
'Shock Richie' lived up to his name—but did he also point toward a new way of looking at the psychopathic mind?
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10 years ago+15 15 0Saleen Tesla Model S — Pictures & Details
Following up on the sketch released on Molly Saleen’s Facebook page come more pictures and details about the upcoming Saleen Tesla Model S. This is the first attempt by Saleen add their own flair to an electric vehicle, and these latest pictures fill ...
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10 years ago+19 19 0Brian Williams Raps "Rapper's Delight"
NBC Nightly News managing editor and anchor Brian Williams raps The Sugar Hill Gang's classic "Rapper's Delight" -- and, yes, he brought two friends along.
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10 years ago+12 12 0Is Nick Szabo the real creator of Bitcoin? Linguistics study says yes
The hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, continues. A new linguistics study from students and researchers at Aston University in the U.K. points to Nick Szabo, an American cryptographer who also obtained a law degree from G ...
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11 years ago+9 9 0This Guy Got $50,000 In Credit From Uber And Ended Up With Free Uber Rides For Life
Uber riders know they can get a free $20 credit toward future rides by signing up their friends for the on-demand limo and taxi service. But Blake Jareds, who works at a New York-based real estate startup, took this to the extreme recently by signing ...
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11 years ago+15 15 0Oscar Pistorius takes the stand: ‘I was simply trying to protect Reeva.’
In 2007, five years before he became the first double-amputee to compete in the Olympics, he told the Telegraph, “You’re not disabled by the disabilities you have; you’re [enabled] by the abilities you have.” But Pistorius has never faced a challenge ...
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11 years ago+14 14 0Stunning Photo Series Highlights The Beauty Of Black Dogs That Are Often Overlooked In Adoption
Photographer Fred Levy may have found his most photogenic subjects yet. The 44-year-old from Maynard, Mass., recently launched the Black Dogs Project, a photo series that photographs black dogs against a dark background. The initiative tells the stor ...
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11 years ago+13 13 0America's Workers: Stressed Out, Overwhelmed, Totally Exhausted
Why do so many people—particularly women—seem to have so much on their plates?
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11 years ago+19 19 0Science!
Evacuating a sample of unknown fluid (to vaporize for mass spectrometry). Pressure drop causes a decrease in temperature. The fluid simultaneously both boils and freezes?
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11 years ago+7 7 0The End of the Beginning of the Malaysia Airlines Mystery
In the sixteen days since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 left Kuala Lumpur and failed to land in Beijing, setting off a search that has involved two dozen nations, more than three million square miles, and at least three hundred relentless hours of cab ...
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11 years ago+19 19 0The Sweet Irony Of Popcorn Time
So the big fun story of last week was this streaming movie app called Popcorn Time. Essentially, it aggregated torrent links and packaged them with artwork and a nice interface that allows one-click streaming of movies.
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11 years ago+30 30 0NK leader's older brother may have played role in uncle's execution
According to an online community for North Korean dissidents in South Korea, state leader Kim Jong-un’s older brother, Kim Jong-nam, played a critical role in the execution of Jang Song-thaek last December, news reports said Tuesday.
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11 years ago+17 17 0Goodyear unveils a bigger, faster, nameless blimp
The Goodyear blimp as we know it is being replaced by a newer model the company says is bigger, faster, and more maneuverable than the one retired last month after 14 years of service. The company has been working on the redesign for a year with Germ ...
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11 years ago+25 25 0 x 2Should biotech make life hellish for criminals?
Radical life extension would give humans the power to create an artificial hell for criminals. Should we?
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11 years ago+16 16 0‘Obama administration is far worse than the Bush administration’ on transparency: Claim
Washington loves the perennial debate about whether the current administration is any more or less secretive than previous ones. It’s a topic driven by the often warped perceptions of journalists and serves as the spine of a new report from the Commi ...