“Have to look for my cows,” 79yo grandmother puts on 7-decade-old iceskates, gliding across frozen lake in Siberian wilderness every day by herself
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Watch: This 79-year-old woman’s skating skills continue to stun everyone on social media
Lyubov Morekhodova lives near Lake Baikal in Siberia and uses skates that are seven decades old, just to complete her daily chores.
Bernie Sanders in fashion on Inauguration Day: mask on, mittens oversized, sitting on a folding chair, distancing from all the rest. Photo goes viral
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“It’s just Bernie being Bernie” – How a photo of Sanders wearing mittens at Inauguration Day went viral
One of the most enduring and endearing photos – an image of independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders – has made waves across the internet, sparking thousands of photoshopped memes on social
Value of rare error, worth 3,000 times its $20 face value. Colorful banana sticker (“Ecuador Del Monte Quality” #4011) still affixed for almost 20 years
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Del Monte $20 bill set to sell for nearly $60,000 – barring banana skins
makes 2004 banknote a collector’s item, auctioneer says
Officially, it is classified as “an obstructed printing error with retained obstruction”. In reality, it appears to be a simple slip-up. A $20 banknote which had a sticker from a bunch of
Charisma. And so cute. Berlin celebrates panda twins (rarely surviving in pairs) turning one year old: “they have grown very dear to us’; US’ newborn panda, mom gives birth at 22 (near record of 23)
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Zoo Berlin’s Twin Pandas Pit and Paule Turn 1: They ‘Have Grown Very Dear to Us’
This panda duo is growing up so fast! On Monday, twin brother pandas Pit and Paule turned one, celebrating at their Zoo Berlin home with a giant beetroot-juice ice cake with carrot candles and
“One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.”
One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it.
Proverb
“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.” – Plato
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
Plato
Mickey and Minnie celebrate Lunar New Year of Mouse 2020
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Oh, boy! It’s the Year of the Mouse, so you can bet Mickey and friends are taking part.
Lunar New Year honors the celestial journey of the sun and the moon as they cycle into another year.
A lunar calendar is a calendar based upon the monthly cycles of the Moon’s
Bananas over bananas? “Concept Art” banana-duct-taped-to-wall sold for $120,000 to $150,000, eaten by performance artist: “it was very delicious”
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The $120,000 Art Basel Banana, Explained
So, uh, whose banana is it?
Art Basel Banana is catchy, but it’s not actually the work’s name. Titled Comedian, it’s by Maurizio Cattelan. Cattelan is an Italian artist and an absurdist—in 2016 he replaced a toilet at the Guggenheim with a fully functioning gold one. He called the
Siena International Photo Awards 2019 Winners: polar bear photographer, snail greets lizard, mantis vs. butterfly, whale shark beneath
Photo courtesy Roie Galitz, Andi Abdul Halil, Liang Wu, and Marco Zaffignani / Siena International Photo Awards
Hariso the Balancing Hound: adorable little dachshund with an amazing talent
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It’s common knowledge that there are few things in this world more enjoyable than the sight of a small dachshund balancing random household objects on its adorable little head – Harlso the Balancing Hound, with his slightly baffled expression and penchant for balancing even the most unexpected of objects (occasionally while in costume)…
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Photo courtesy pawculture.com
Vineyard hotel in Portugal: sleep inside giant wine barrels
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A vine place to lay your head: Sleep inside a giant wine barrel at this vineyard in Portugal
This is a wacky and wonderful place to plonk your head after a day, well, on the plonk.
The Quinta da Pacheca vineyard in Douro, Portugal, has a number of hotel suites inside giant wine barrels.
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Image courtesy JP Castro for Quinta da Pacheca, and Booking.com
Swimming Eagle, Diving Whale: bald eagle swims elegantly to shore, beluga whale helps woman retrieve her phone
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Bald Eagle Caught Elegantly … Swimming?
Bald eagles are typically known for their elegant flying, skilled hunting and having such
Modern luxury 645 ft tall yet tilting and sinking: 58-story SF skyscraper has sunk 17″, tilted 14″, multimillion-dollar condos “nearly worthless”
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Millennium Tower in San Francisco is still sinking and leaning. A 58-story skyscraper in San Francisco is tilting and sinking — and residents say their multimillion-dollar condos are ‘nearly worthless’