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After Nearly 60 Years, Bazooka Gum Is Killing Its Iconic Comic Strip
For the first time since it was introduced to penny candy customers in 1953, Bazooka bubblegum will have its packaging overhauled to do away with the familiar red, white and blue color scheme.
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These gorgeous colorized photos bring famous historical figures to life
Back in September we showed you this jaw-dropping colorized photo of 29 famous scientists. Now, thanks to the work of 18-year-old artist Mars Madsen, we have some more, including the reworking of black-and-white photos of some famous historical figures and scientists.
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Pit Bulls were once known as "nanny dogs" because of how kind and protective they were of children.
Astoundingly, for most of our history America’s nickname for Pit Bulls was “The Nanny Dog”. For generations if you had children and wanted to keep them safe you wanted a pit bull, the dog that was the most reliable of any breed with children or adults.
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1912 color photograph of the Russian countryside. One of the first color photos in existence.
This post includes a gallery with more of these early color photographs, and details on how it came to be.
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World's Famous Photos .....Afghan Girl [1984]
She was approximately 12 years old at the time. She made it on the cover of National Geographic next year, and her identity was discovered in 1992. To see more famous photos klick the link below.
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18th-century French chateau accidentally bulldozed
The former French owner of an 18th century Bordeaux chateau “mistakenly” knocked down by Polish builders has said her family was “traumatised” to find their childhood home razed to the ground.
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Brutal Historical Methods of Execution
The US remains one of the few countries in the world that still engages in capital punishment. Historically, however, it was widely used in a wide variety of ways that are sure to make you uncomfortable if you pause to think about it too long.
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The Crazy Keyboards of Yesteryear
And how they could lead us to a better typing future
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How Apple Really Lost Its Lead In The '80s
When Android surged past Apple in smartphone market share, a lot of people squawked that computer history was repeating itself.
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Legendary Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore Dies
Sir Patrick presented the BBC program "The Sky At Night" for over 50 years, making him the longest-running host of the same television show ever.
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Look down on a ruined Maya city
This satellite image of the ruins of Mayapan, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, hints at the apocalypse that befell a Maya kingdom hundreds of years ago. Mayapan is considered Mexico's last Maya capital, and represents one of the largest assemblages of Maya ruins in the Yucatan.
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4 Battles Won by Using Food as a Weapon
Food is a powerful weapon in the war against hunger, and apparently also in wars against other human beings.
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Inventor of barcode dies aged 91
Norman Joseph Woodland, who co-created the barcode, has died at his New Jersey home at the age of 91.
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Ad from 1890, when parents wanted fat kids
As rhapsodyangel points out on the Vintage Ads LJ, this fattening syrup outsold Coca-Cola in 1890, by promising that you and your loved ones could be "fat as pigs." In 1890, this sold more bottles than Coca Cola.
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Cinque Terre, Italy
This portion of the Italian Riviera is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cars aren't allowed, so take local trains or ferries to go from town to town or walk.
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Facebook Helps FBI Snare $850m Cyber Gang
Ten people are arrested in what is described as one of the largest cybercrime hauls in history.
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In 1676, astronomer Ole Roemer became the first person to measure the speed of light.
Until that time, scientists assumed that the speed of light was either too fast to measure or infinite. The dominant view, vigorously argued by the French philosopher Descartes, favored an infinite speed.
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Inside a Nazi Christmas Party: Photos From Munich in 1941
Pictures, by Hitler's personal photographer Hugo Jaeger, from a Christmas party thrown by Adolf Hitler for his generals in Munich in 1941.
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The U.S. Army's Experiments with LSD in the Cold War
For decades, the U.S. Army conducted secret clinical experiments with psychochemicals at Edgewood Arsenal. In the nineteen-sixties, Army Intelligence expanded the arsenal’s work on LSD, testing the drug as an enhanced-interrogation technique in Europe and Asia.
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12 Letters That Didnt Make the Alphabet
12 Letters That Didn't Make the Alphabet. Your alphabet soup would have looked different had these letters made the cut.
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