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Throughout the world, there are underground cave hotels. Some even offer four-star accommodations.
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Published: May 13, 2008
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Sex museums are opening all over the world from Mumbai, India to Iceland to Berlin to Tongli, China to New York City's Fifth Avenue. Some are titillating. Some are whimsical. Some are educational. All...
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Published: May 04, 2008
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German artist Gunter Demnig has embedded brass individual memorial plaques in front of 12,000 former homes and businesses of Holocaust victims.
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Published: Apr 24, 2008
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German zoologist brothers Heinz and Lutz Heck attempt to "revive" extinct horse and cattle breeds through genetic experiments during the Nazi years.
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Published: Apr 21, 2008
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Ferdinand Porsche, the father of the Volkswagen, is also the inventor the first gas-electric hybrid vehicle in 1898.
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Published: Apr 09, 2008
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How Alan Gelfand changed skateboarding forever by creating the "Ollie" move
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Published: Apr 03, 2008
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The Red Devils' "Live at King King" (1992) and Touch's "Touch" (1968) were two of the best one-shot albums you probably never heard of.
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Published: Apr 02, 2008
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In 1972, industrial design legend Henry Dreyfuss committed suicide with his wife. Unfortunately, this final act eclipsed his achievements.
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Published: Mar 28, 2008
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Milwaukee-based Brooks Stevens was one of the great industrial designers, but he's best known for coining the term "planned obsolescence."
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Published: Mar 28, 2008
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The history of the development of the Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray
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Published: Mar 24, 2008
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The 1962 Studebaker Avanti was an American sports car ahead of its time. Unfortunately its success wasn't enough to save Studebaker from bankruptcy.
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Published: Mar 19, 2008
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The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile has been a part of American roadside history since the thirties and is still going strong today. Find out about the history of this American marketing icon.
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Published: Mar 19, 2008
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The Stanley Steamer was an alternative energy vehicle before its time --- and it made a record-setting sports car.
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Published: Mar 18, 2008
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A rare thirties automobile, the Stout Scarab was far ahead of its time. In fact, it was the world's first minivan.
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Published: Mar 18, 2008
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The 1934-37 Chrysler (and Desoto) Airflow models were huge financial flops even though its streamlined aeronautic design was innovative beyond its time.
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Published: Mar 17, 2008
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Scav Hunt, the world's largest scavenger hunt, is a wild and wacky University of Chicago tradition.
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Published: Mar 17, 2008
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The story of the 1956-57 Chevrolet El Morocco, a Chevy customized to look like a Cadillac Eldorado. It's now a rare car collector's item.
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Published: Mar 07, 2008
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DARPA's Grand Challenge is a $2 million competition to entrants who have developed driverless vehicles for the military.
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Published: Mar 07, 2008
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The story of Rosa Parks, and how Michigan's Henry Ford Museum acquired the Montgomery, Alabama bus that helped start the American civil rights movement.
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Published: Mar 07, 2008
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Alexander Roy recently broke the cross-country road rally record that was held for 23 years, and spent lots of money doing it.
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Published: Mar 04, 2008
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The Gumball 3000 is a controversial cross-country car race that's a six day party for the rich and famous.
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Published: Mar 04, 2008
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A history of the Cannonball Run, the wild and wacky cross-country road rally that inspired the hit movie.
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Published: Mar 04, 2008
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Associated Content Makes a Great Writer's Portfolio
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Published: Dec 03, 2007
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About the highest profile writers conferences in the country.
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Published: Nov 09, 2007
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Are you a published or aspiring author, or even a devoted and voracious reader of the great works of literature?
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Published: Nov 09, 2007
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All you need is talent to get into the most prestigious writer retreats
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Published: Nov 06, 2007
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The best workshops for aspiring science fiction writers
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Published: Nov 06, 2007
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As a 2003 Cedar Fire survivor, I offer advice on what to expect for 2007 wildfire survivors.
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Published: Nov 03, 2007
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Immediately after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, con artists began filing false death certificates on non-existent family victims.
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Published: Nov 03, 2007
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UCLA and USC has had a football rivalry since the early 20th century. With the first Victory Bell game in 1942, the rivalry amped up into a series of pranks perpetrated by students of both schools.
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Published: Nov 01, 2007
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A descriptive list of official television game show websites with online game components.
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Published: Oct 30, 2007
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How to apply online to become a television game show contestant
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Published: Oct 30, 2007
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An interview with Jay Wolpert, the first producer of the Bob Barker version of "Price is Right." He's also a screenwriter who helped create the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies.
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Published: Oct 28, 2007
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Long-time Price is Right producer Roger Dobkowitz talks about veteran host Bob Barker and how he's handling retirement
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Published: Oct 23, 2007
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A behind-the-scenes look at the classic television game show, The Dating Game
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Published: Oct 23, 2007
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The television game show Family Feud has had a long life with several different hosts. Some have experienced hard times.
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Published: Oct 23, 2007
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A list of the top eight game show moments of all time
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Published: Oct 22, 2007
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About notable artist-in-residence programs sponsored by corporations
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Published: Oct 03, 2007
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Arthur "Weegee" Fellig, New York's genius photographer of the streets
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Published: Oct 03, 2007
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About J. Todd Anderson and Saul Bass, two masters of the unsung profession of movie storyboardist.
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Published: Oct 03, 2007
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A brief history of the Airstream trailer and its creator, Wally Byam.
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Published: Oct 02, 2007
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America's petroleum industry pundit family: The story of the Lundbergs
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Published: Oct 02, 2007
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The Republic of Vanuatu encompasses 83 islands in the South Pacific, including the Pentecost Island. "Naghol" is the original Pentecost Island name for the native ritual of "land diving", which later ...
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Published: Sep 28, 2007
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Customized golf carts for the rich and famous. In fact, some of the highest end of these customized golf carts can range from $8000 to nearly $40,000.
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Published: Sep 28, 2007
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About the growing trend of "golf cart communities." A prime example is Peachtree City, Georgia
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Published: Sep 28, 2007
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The story of producer Dwain Esper, the father of the exploitation flick
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Published: Sep 28, 2007
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A brief history of Big Boy restaurants, particularly the story of Bob Wian, the restaurant founder.
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Published: Sep 28, 2007
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Internet suicide pacts are a growing social phenomenon, originating in Japan.
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Published: Sep 27, 2007
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In the forties, film producer Kroger Babb toured small town America with his highly successful and sexually explicit films that were promoted as sex hygiene lectures.
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Published: Sep 27, 2007
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Oxford's Dangerous Sports Club was a group of extreme daredevils.
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Published: Sep 25, 2007
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Hollywood film producer William Castle made sixties B-movies, but he's best known for his promotion stunts, many taking place right in the movie theaters.
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Published: Sep 25, 2007
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How modern day swimmers have debunked the inescapable and invincible Alcatraz myth.
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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The exploits of BASE jumping daredevils and Yosemite's dangerous El Capitan cliff.
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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During the WTC's short life, daredevils have climbed it, jumped off it, and walked across tightropes.
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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Spurred by the tragic event at Kent State, a radical University of Wisconsin group "The New Years Gang" held an emergency meeting. The Gang's mode of operation was violence aimed against property, not...
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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As recent as 2003, Kirk Jones, without body protection of any sort, floated down the falls on his back and miraculously survived without injury.
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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The story of Bruce Meyers, inventor of the iconic Southern California symbol, the dune buggy
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Published: Sep 21, 2007
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A history of Mexico's communist regime in the 1920s and its threat to the U.S.
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Published: Sep 21, 2007
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The story of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary affordable, mass-produced Dymaxion Dwelling Machine
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Published: Sep 20, 2007
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Leisurama was housing development package sold by Macy's department and created by legendary designer Raymond Loewy.
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Published: Sep 20, 2007
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The Lustron House, created by a colorful character named Carl Strandlund, was one of several mass-production manufactured housing solutions offered after WWII.
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Published: Sep 20, 2007
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The history of the hot rod and "Hot Rod" Magazine publisher "Pete" Petersen
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Published: Sep 20, 2007
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The mystery surrounding the 1911 heist of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum.
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Published: Sep 20, 2007
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In 1975, Skunk Works founder Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, master designer of aircraft radar and surveillance technologies still used today, picked longtime associate Ben Rich to be his replacement as "Ch...
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Published: Sep 18, 2007
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A brief history of America's top secret government-sponsored Skunk Works aircraft design team and its founder Kelly Johnson.
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Published: Sep 18, 2007
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The brief history of professional wrestling's Hart dynasty, including champions Bret and Owen Hart.
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Published: Sep 16, 2007
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How WWE has supercharged their matches with more sex, violence, and Hollywood pyrotechnics and glitz.
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Published: Sep 14, 2007
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A brief history of the Klingon language, a full-blown fictional character language created for "Star Trek"
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Published: Sep 14, 2007
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How did the common sneaker wind up evolving first into a sports technology wonder in the eighties and then a big ticket fashion statement from the nineties to now?
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Published: Sep 13, 2007
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In the thirties, Chancellor Adolf Hitler summoned two German automobile manufacturers, Auto Union and Mercedes Benz, to build the fastest race car on the planet as a symbol of Nazi superiority. The re...
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Published: Sep 13, 2007
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The 9/11 attacks not only took a horrific toll on human lives, an estimated $100 million worth of original art by some of the masters, as well as historic artifacts were also lost. These losses includ...
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Published: Sep 12, 2007
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A discussion about how and why rock legends sell out their songs to advertisers and others
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Published: Sep 10, 2007
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A trivia quiz about the Three Stooges
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Published: Sep 10, 2007
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A trivia quiz about the White House
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Published: Sep 10, 2007
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The latest Madison Avenue trend is to use images of dead celebrities to hawk products. This trend can only attributed to the rising prices of product endorsements from living celebrities.
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Published: Sep 07, 2007
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Then again, there are those sacrosanct celebrities like Woody Allen and Leonardo DiCaprio, who wouldn't consider appearing in an American commercial, but have secretly appeared in foreign commercials....
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Published: Sep 07, 2007
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A trivia quiz about Apple Computer Inc.
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Published: Sep 07, 2007
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A trivia quiz about O.J. Simpson
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Published: Sep 06, 2007
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A trivia quiz about Bob Dylan
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Published: Sep 06, 2007
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A trivia quiz about the TV show "I Love Lucy"
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Published: Sep 06, 2007
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A trivia quiz about Dracula
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Published: Sep 05, 2007
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A trivia quiz about country music star Willie Nelson
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Published: Sep 05, 2007
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About football's Detroit Lions and their 48-year streak of bad luck, dubbed by some "The Curse of Bobby Layne."
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Published: Sep 05, 2007
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How the swastika symbol went from being a symbol of good luck to a symbol of hate
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Published: Sep 05, 2007
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A trivia quiz about President Richard Nixon
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Published: Sep 04, 2007
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A trivia quiz about Graceland
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Published: Sep 04, 2007
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Tiki culture is a kitschy trend popular with many of today's designers and artists. It encompasses music, décor, food and drink.
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Published: Sep 04, 2007
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Thanks to Hollywood car customizes like George Barris, Dean Jeffries, Anton Furst, and Les Dunham as well as top-end luxury manufacturers like Aston Martin, cars have succeeded in becoming real charac...
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Published: Sep 04, 2007
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The major American automobile companies have created concept cars or "cars of the future" since the 1930s. Throughout the years, the greatest automotive designers such as Harley Earl
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Published: Aug 31, 2007
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Colon is a small town in Michigan where the largest magician supply manufacturer is located as well as the burial place of Harry Blackstone Sr., one of the greatest magicians of all time.
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Published: Aug 31, 2007
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Harley Earl was General Motors' first genius car designer. Besides his unmatched list of automobile design and technological innovations (more about that later), he's also known for creating the idea ...
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Published: Aug 31, 2007
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A concept car is an automobile prototype usually created by the design division of a major automobile company for the purpose of showcasing new styling and/or the latest technological innovations.
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Published: Aug 30, 2007
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Tarzan author Burroughs also founded the city of Tarzana, California, yet there is no historic remembrance there.
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Published: Aug 30, 2007
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I knew that Hell was a real Michigan town, but thought that it was either an abandoned iron ore mine ghost town in the Upper Peninsula; or a podunk that existed only to sell postcards.
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Published: Aug 29, 2007
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Throughout the years, hit popular songs have been re-recorded (or "covered") by other artists who have put their own spins on the originals. Some have been covered many times by many artists.
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Published: Aug 28, 2007
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The stories behind some of the most popular sports stadium anthems.
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Published: Aug 28, 2007
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How Ford Motor Company launched the subcompact Pinto knowing that there was a dangerous design flaw.
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Published: Aug 24, 2007
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The song "Louie Louie" just turned 50 years old. When I was a teenager, "Louie Louie" was the song played over and over at drunken parties. Its "dirty" lyrics were made to be sung at full volume by dr...
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Published: Aug 24, 2007
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When the name "DeLorean" is uttered, two images immediately come to mind for many people: the "Back to the Future" car and the auto exec busted with a briefcase full of cash...
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Published: Aug 22, 2007
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In 1959, a famous photo was taken of then-Vice President Nixon touring Peru in an Edsel convertible. After the photo opp, Nixon was pelted with eggs and tomatoes by Peruvian demonstrators
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Published: Aug 22, 2007
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Spacewar!, the first commercially available video game, was created way back in 1962. It all began at the "Hingham Institute Study Group on Space Warfare" in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Published: Aug 22, 2007
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Was the Corvair really unsafe at any speed, like Ralph Nader said?
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Published: Aug 22, 2007
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The Yes Men is a political spoof group aiming their pranks at corporations and the WTO
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Published: Aug 22, 2007
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A history of culture jammers and other media hoaxers
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Published: Aug 22, 2007
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Answer: Nothing more than "the same old cheap (computer) hacks elevated to political protest", according to "Oxblood Ruffin" (mebbe not his real name?), one of the founders of Cult of the Dead Cow (AK...
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Published: Aug 22, 2007
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Joey Skaggs is a New York City political trickster who's been at it since the early sixties.
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Published: Aug 22, 2007
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In 1985, Tipper Gore, wife of the then Vice President, co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center as an organized reaction to "suggestive" and "offensive" lyrics in pop music.
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Published: Aug 22, 2007
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The demise of the music video on MTV and as a music industry promotion medium
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Published: Aug 22, 2007
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Thomas Edison's dying breath is inside a test tube on display at the Henry Ford Museum. Is it real?
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Published: Aug 20, 2007
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A selection of some of the most blatant corporate public relation disasters
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Published: Aug 20, 2007
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A trivia quiz about Playboy and Hugh Hefner
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