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All By My Selfie: Nat Geo Photographers Muse on the Word of the Year
Selfie: A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website. The Lord of Words, aka, the Oxford English Dictionary, has anointed “selfie” the word of the year for 2013.
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See The First “Selfie” In History Taken by Robert Cornelius, a Philadelphia Chemist, in 1839
On November 19, the Oxford Dictionaries announced that “selfie” had been deemed their Word of The Year. The term, whose first recorded use as an Instagram hashtag occurred on January 27, 2011, was actually invented in 2002, when an Australian chap posted a picture of himself on an internet forum and called it a “selfie”.
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Intrepid eagle steals video camera, shoots selfie in Australia
A brazen bird snatched a video camera that was recording crocodiles in northwest Australia and captured fascinating footage of its 70-mile journey across the country's remote landscape.
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Former Disney star has naked selfies leaked all over the net
The former Disney star makes the best non-apology ever after his naked selfie leaked all over the internet
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Hilariously, social media is causing a surge of lice in teens
Even though you can’t help but get a little irritated when a stranger asks you to take time from your lonely night drinking at a bar by yourself just to take a picture of her fun night with her best friends, it’s inexplicably just as irritating when that same person doesn’t ask you to take the photo and instead takes it herself. It’s a lose-lose situation — a selfie is inherently annoying, but a stranger taking time out of your night is also irritating.
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White House Rebukes Samsung's Marketing Use Of Obama-Ortiz Selfie
The White House berated Samsung's strategy of using a selfie of President Obama and Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz as a marketing tool on Thursday, CNN Money reported. Taken earlier this week, the moment was captured by Ortiz during a visit to the White House. After taking the photo, Ortiz shared it with his fans on Twitter. Samsung, who has an endorsement deal with Ortiz, went ahead and re-tweeted the post to its 5.2 million followers.
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Photobooth mystery man: 445 selfies, but no one knows who he is
The collection of 445 selfies — all featuring the same man — is entitled Four Hundred and Forty-Five Portraits of a Man. The photographs were purchased at an auction in New York and put on display at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.
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Scientists Link Selfies To Narcissism and possible Mental Illness and Addiction
It seems that some people simply can't stop turning the camera their way for that perfect social media photo, and now psychologists say taking selfies can turn into an addiction for people already affected by certain psychological disorders.
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Marvel's Superheroes are Super Selfie-Absorbed
Superheroes don't have time for such idle pursuits like the perfect selfie -- there's a city that needs saving!
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SkinneePix: the ugly truth about the selfies app that makes you look thinner
The new app SkinneePix claims to make it look like you've shed 15lbs in your selfies – but we found the results aren't that pretty
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Dumbass gets booted by conductor for listening to music while standing WAY too close to the train tracks
“Wow that guy just kicked me in the head! I think I got that on film!” Jared Michael’s stunned reaction to what just happened sounds almost fake. But it’s no joke. Whilst trying to take a selfie next to an oncoming train, the driver—apparently irate at how recklessly close to the track Michael was standing—stuck his leg out and kicked him in the head. You can hear him shout angrily around the 0:01 mark.
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NASA Astronaut Takes Out-of-This-World Selfie
Waterbury native Rick Mastracchio took time out to snap an impressive selfie from outer space on Wednesday after he replaced a failed backup computer box on the International Space Station.
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NASA Celebrated Earth Day By Making A Giant Global Selfie
Last month, NASA asked people to submit selfies of themselves using the hashtag #globalselfie and answering the question "Where are you on Earth right now?" More than 36,000 people from more than 100 countries responded, and the result is beautiful.
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Google’s Street View Cameras Are Touring Museums and Taking Weird Selfies
Google’s Art Project was launched three years ago as a sort of Street View for museums and art galleries. Using panoramic cameras mounted on trolleys, Google captures the artwork and gilded halls of 250 institutions around the world—all the while trying to stay out of sight.
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Best Photobomb Ever? Queen Sneaks Into Selfie at Commonwealth Games
Most of the time, portraits of the royal family might be described as ‘stoic.’ But the most recent photograph of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II isn’t ‘stoic’ at all, in fact it might be better described as ‘sneaky.’
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Monkey Selfies Drive Internet Ape-Sh**
Is this photographer bananas for claiming ownership?
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How to Take a Better Selfie
Learn how to take a better selfie with these tips and tricks.
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Man Takes Selfie Moments Before Deadly Shark Attack
Miami| An Oregon couple's honeymoon vacation in Florida took a dramatic turn of events as the newly wed took a selfie of himself just moments before he fell victim to a deadly shark attack. The 34 year old insurance salesman died in a gruesome fashion, losing great quantities of blood as he was being transported…
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Polish couple fall off cliff and die while taking selfies
A Polish man and woman taking selfies at the cliffs of Cabo Da Roca in Portugal on Saturday fell to their deaths. According to investigators, the couple had been taking photos of themselves when they fell down a cliff and into the Atlantic Ocean, NBC reports. A rescue team recovered their bodies Sunday after having to suspend their search Saturday due to bad weather.
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Teen taking selfie shoots self with gun
A teenager was critically wounded after he accidentally shot himself with a gun while trying to take a selfie. Fifteen-year-old Vince (not his real name) was trying to take a selfie last June 18, with one hand holding a gun pointed at his chin and the other holding a phone. It was learned Vince borrowed the gun from his uncle.
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