Playing poker is a game filled with different combinations of cards with a variety of meanings. One such combination is the dead man’s hand, consisting of two black aces and two black eights. Although some see it as a hand that can help you win big, it is also associated with death and misfortune. People […]
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Wrigley is a chewing gum manufacturer founded in 1891. They’re famous for their peppermint gum, advertised for its “double” flavor introduced in 1914. The company loved to capitalize on the word “double” and introduced the Doublemint twins in 1939. Initially, they were drawings Wrigley included in magazine and newspaper advertisements. From 1959 they cast and
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This infamous photo shows Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in front of the White House. Next to him is his only son, Juan Pablo Escobar. People believe the image is from around 1981, though there’s no exact date. Escobar took his family to Disneyland on this same trip. How Did Pablo Escobar Pose in Front
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Marilyn Monroe has many iconic photos and looks – standing over a grate with her dress blowing up, blowing out a candle, and many others. Some photos many don’t remember, except for the most hardcore fans, are a series of her wearing the hell out of a fitted burlap sack. There is fascinating speculation behind
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Writing in 1843 in his collection of eighteen essays compiled and entitled as Celebrated Crimes, the great French novelist, Alexandre Dumas, made a startling claim about modern depictions of Jesus Christ. Dumas claimed that all modern depictions made of the great Jewish prophet and the Christian son of god stemmed from pictures of one individual. That
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Before she was a businesswoman, television personality, and inside trader, a young Martha Stewart modeled professionally. Martha Stewart was born on August 3, 1941, in Jersey City, New Jersey. Her first job was babysitting for members of the New York Yankees like Mickey Mantle, Gil McDougald, and Yogi Berra. When she was fifteen, she began a modeling
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The Victorian Era was a time of excitement. New inventions were coming out at a pace never seen before in human history. At the same time, living without money was a challenging time. Children labored in mines to help put food on their family’s table. The wealthy’s lives couldn’t have been more different. Heating and electricity made
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Annie Oakley was one of the most famous sharpshooters from the United States during the Wild West. Under Buffalo Bill’s tutelage, she performed in his Wild West show, becoming one of the first American female stars. From Hollywood films to Broadway musicals, actresses like Jamie Lee Curtis, Barbara Stanwyck, and Reba McEntire have immortalized Her. Let’s take
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When people think of animated Disney movies, they tend to think of either the more modern films, the classics at the end of the twentieth century, or the early classics made when Walt Disney himself was still alive. However, many earlier films, and a few more recent ones, had their foundations in European fairy tales.
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Since medieval times, Christian Monks have been shaving their head on top in the way we’ve all come to associate them with. The style, bald with a brim of hair, is as iconic as their dark brown attire, but what is it that makes Christian Monks adopt this rather unusual, and some would say unflattering,
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