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Pope Calls Out Italy's Most Powerful Mob, Which You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The 'Ndrangheta reportedly made more money than McDonalds last year, but you've probably never heard of them

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Guys: Trying to Attract a Mate by Posing With Captive Tigers Is Not Cool

Some women estimate that up to one in ten men on Tinder have a profile picture featuring a big cat

William Powell and John Barrymore in the Silent Film Sherlock Holmes, 1922

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“Sherlock Holmes” Is Now Officially Off Copyright and Open for Business

What amazing Holmes fan fiction will you create?

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Some World Cup Teams Ban Sex Before Games, Even Though Science Says It May Help Performance on the Field

Other teams, however, are all in favor of pre-game sex

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For Some American Women, It's Become the Norm to Have Babies Without Being Married

Women who don't complete college are much more likely to have a child outside of wedlock than those who hold a bachelor's degree

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This Guy Shredded One Million (Worthless) Dollars for Art

A new artwork made of one million shredded dollars has people pondering the value of money

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"Trophy Wives" Are Rare in Real Life

Most people marry someone who has a similar degree of attractiveness and success as they do

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Redskins' Trademark Cancelled by U.S. Patent Office and This Time, It May Hold up in Court

The agency ruled against the NFL team, saying the name was "disparaging to Native Americans," but an appeal is likely in the offing

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Londoners Are Fighting Back Against "Hostile Architecture"

From spikes in the ground to benches designed to be uncomfortable, hostile architecture is pushing already fringe groups further away from the public eye

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This Ten Year Old Has Already Graduated From High School in California

Words like "prodigy" and "genius" are often used to describe pre-teen Tanishq Abraham

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Pittsburgh Is Struggling to Maintain Its 45,454 Public Steps

The city budget isn't enough to keep up with costly and logistically difficult repairs, so some stairways might come down

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See Samuel Beckett’s Doodles of James Joyce And Charlie Chaplin

The six-notebook handwritten manuscript has been in private hands since the 1960s

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Thousands of Lovers’ Locks Collapsed Part of an Overloaded Bridge in Paris

The trend affects bridges throughout Europe and in some places in the U.S., too

Part of an exhibition of street art from Bayonne, France.

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Google Is Documenting the World's Street Art

The Street Art Project already includes some 4,000 images of street art, some of which no longer exist

Typical Morning in Mumbai

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Ikea Knows How You Wake Up

Ikea's trying to find out how we live, and started by telling us about our mornings

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In Maya Lin's New Exhibition, a Singing Ring Contains the Sounds of Endangered Worlds

The Sound Ring represents places as diverse as California forests and the Indian Ocean

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Statistics Say That Brazil Will Probably Win the World Cup

Analyzing players' transfer values to calculate a team's overall market value, however, predicts that Spain will win

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Katniss Everdeen's Three-Fingered Salute Has Become a Real-Life Symbol of Resistance in Thailand

In "The Hunger Games," a three-fingered salute indicated resistance. Now it does in Thailand, too.

Fabien Cousteau, grandson of Jacques Cousteau, stands on ice in a 2007 picture

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Jacques Cousteau’s Grandson Is Going to Live Underwater for 31 Days

Fabien Cousteau will honor his grandfather's legacy for over a month

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Daughters Who See Their Dad Doing Chores Aspire to Less Stereotypically Female Careers

Seeing a man do the household chores seems to reassure girls that it's no longer 1950

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