It was written in 1984 but only became a hit in the digital age. The amazing story of “the most perfect song in the world.”
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24 Weird Gifts For People Who Love Condoms
You won't have to worry about safety with these! .
Condoms that not only protect, but come with great pickup lines to make you feel très chic.
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The sterling silver condom necklace that's perfect to wear on a first date.
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The multicolored silk yarn condom sweater for your penis, or whatever.
But maybe a lady could wear it as a fun glove, too?
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The fancy pack of condoms that are Jack Donaghy approved.
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How To Vine A Celebrity Fashion Show
It's New York Fashion Week, and please, Instagram is SO last season.
Kendall Jenner (L) and Kris Jenner at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection fashion show in New York, February 6, 2013.
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1. Go to a fashion show where celebrities act as models for charity
2. See that Kris, Kylie, and Kendall Jenner are modeling for this event. Get excited that Kim or one of the other Kardashian sisters might be here
3. Look around. No Kim or Khloe
4. Take out your full sized camera
5. Look around and notice no one else has a camera. Feel weird about having the camera.
6. See famous photographer Patrick McMullan in the first row
7. Watch as Patrick photographs a woman and tells her to put her hand on her hip
8. Remember for later that apparently putting your hand on your hip is a better camera pose
9. Listen to fashion bloggers behind you remark how this show looks like a bunch of "Real Housewives of New Jersey"
10. Try to figure out which notation app on your iPhone is best for quickly writing down what they're saying
11. Decide on Evernote, which you never use but you hear Brainpicker uses on the elliptical, so it must be good
12. Consider how weird it would be actually trying to type serious thoughts while on an elliptical
13. Type notes in Evernote. Wait like a bazillion seconds while it saves the notes.
14. When the fashion show starts, whip out your phone with the Vine app camera ready
15. Let your phone's camera take a few seconds to adjust for extreme backlighting so it can focus
16. Vine the heck outta Kelly Osbourne and some lady from TV
The Straight-Ahead Guide To Becoming A Sports Fan
Pick your team, learn your team, love your team.
Right now, you're just one of the Anonymous Crowd. But you want to change that. You want to be Part Of Something.
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You want a sports team to cheer for. I understand: having a sports team that you support is like being part of a large, similarly dressed family that feels the exact same way all the time, but only about one thing. It's like being part of a cult, except socially acceptable. It's like being one with the God-mind in heaven, except sometimes it sucks.
Not having a sports team to support is an easy ailment to cure. It may seem intimidating and arbitrary to pick, but that's why I'm here: I'm here to help. I'm like Dr. Phil. There are five steps to Choosing A Favorite Team, and I'll walk you through them one by one.
Decide If You Want To Be Regional
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The easiest traditional way to determine your favorite sports team is to decide on a regional basis. If you're from the Boston area, like Olympic champion Aly Raisman, you cheer for the Boston Bruins, the Boston Celtics, the New England Patriots, and the Boston Red Sox. This can apply to basically any part of your life, so use it as a sliding scale: if you were born in New York, grew up in St. Louis, went to college in Miami, and settled in San Francisco, you have a wide array of options to choose from. (No, there is no correct team to pull for in that case. Cheer for whoever you damn well please.) Regional can also apply to your parents: if your dad or mom is from Dallas, and they grew up and remain rabid Cowboys fans, and yet you live in New Jersey and everyone you know pulls for the Giants, you can totally still pull for the Cowboys. Family trumps all bonds.
Side note: you should keep in mind with all of these that there is a relationship between how many teams you cheer for and how serious of a fan you are. The more teams you cheer for, the harder it is to be a serious fan, because you have more teams to follow, requiring more time and energy and love on your part. We all only have so much love to give.
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22 Photos From The Most Instagram-Friendly Party Of All Time
You win, Target. YOU WIN.
Target held a mammoth party in honor of the Prabal Gurung for Target collection that included everything Instagram was made for. Including, Ne-Yo performing in a hot orange blazer, sequin scarf, and fedora.
No one can resist Instagraming a celebrity — or even non-famous, outlandishly dressed people — wearing a fedora.
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In acknowledgment of his status as a walking Instagram, he wore his hat on his forehead.
Instead of the top of his head, the way normal people wear hats.
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The party was a giant carnival, RIDES included.
The biggest ride was this thing that was made of two metal cages that spun around really fast with people inside.
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They strapped you in standing up like this. It all seemed like a very bad idea for a party that served wine.
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Kids In "Sailor Moon" Costumes Are Pretty Freakin' Adorable
Okay, so maybe you can pull this look off. If you're under three feet tall.
Ain't nothing wrong with getting on a Sailor Moon kick. Especially when it's this cute.
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The 40 Most Amazing Examples Of Coffee Foam Art
One of the perks of visiting your local coffee shops!
The cup 'o' kitty
Meow!
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A piping cup 'o' Jane from "Daria"
Or just a lady, but we like to think this is Jane.
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Two cups 'o' the bear necessities
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Or one cup 'o' the bear-lion breed
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How One German Unicyclist Takes His Talent To New Heights
Unicycling along a mountainside? This 26-year-old is a natural.
Here's extreme unicyclist Lutz Eichholz. In 2010, he landed the highest-recorded unicycle drop in history.
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These days, he gets his thrills by unicycling through the Dolomites in northeast Italy.
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He was hooked after meeting an extreme unicyclist during a trip to China some years back.
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Eichholz has been unicycling since he was nine, but he became tired with the same old routines and tricks.
"At first, when I was looking for something challenging, my friends and I took to the parks where skateboarders and mountain bikers were doing tricks," he told a German newspaper.
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9 Reasons 50 Cent's "In Da Club" Was The Anthem Of A Generation
In 2003, you couldn't go anywhere without hearing “In Da Club.”
You would hear it in da club/high school dances.
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At all da parties.
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On da web.
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On da TV.
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10 Celeb Tweets You Missed Today
M.C. Hammer is apparently going into medicine now, plus 9 more tweets from the celeb twitterverse!
How To Tell Shawn And Aaron Ashmore Apart
They're identical twins, so it's not going to be easy.
This is Shawn and Aaron Ashmore.
Can you tell which is which? It's OK if you can't.
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We'll start with Shawn Ashmore.
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Shawn got his big break on "Animorphs."
He played Jake, whose favorite battle morph was the Siberian Tiger. The more you know.
He went on to play Iceman in the X-Men series.
And he'll be reprising the role for the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past.
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Puppy Gets Mad At A Vibrating Ball
Ricochet is determined she will neutralize her colorful vibrating enemy!!
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Sugar Glider Has Very Polite Snacktiquette
This little lady shows you how it's done!
Await with demure anticipation
Accept with a kiss and loving glance
Roll treat in tiny pink paws
Observe its delish texture, its bouquet, its, NOM NOM!
Regain composure and accept ear scritchees because you are so precious.
The Secret (And Not So Secret) History Of Choker Necklaces
If these necks could talk…
The choker necklace has a long and storied history. You'll find examples of it centuries ago in Chinese, Native American, Indian, and Egyptian cultures. Let's take a look at some of the choker's historic highlights...
1798: Political dress during the French Revolution.
During the French Revolution, women took to wearing red ribbons around their necks to pay homage to those who met their death at the guillotine. The ribbon could be worn around the neck, or another fashion came in the form of an X around the shoulders and back. (via)
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1860s: The uniform of prostitutes.
Manet's famous painting, "Olympia," (1863) depicted a prostitute wearing a black ribbon around her neck. During this era, a ribbon around the neck could mean a woman was a prostitute.
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1874: But Ballerinas and fashionable ladies wore them, too.
Some of history's most famous chokers can be found in Degas' ballerina paintings, of which he did many in the 1870s and 1880s.
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The 16 Best Mail-In Prizes From Your Childhood
The best things in life aren't free. They cost 30 Pizza Points plus $3.99 shipping and handling. Everything from toys to cigarettes had proof of purchase points, and if you could manage to not lose them, they bought some pretty awesome stuff.
The trend started with Kenner's offers on Star Wars toys in the '70s:
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In the '80s, "Pizza Points" could be found on the back of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys:
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They were redeemable for prizes like this inexplicable life vest:
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13 Photos Of Adoptive Parents Meeting Their Child For The First Time
These photos will melt your heart and bring it back to life as a stronger heart . They'll also make you say, “Awww!”
Here's new mom Chandra and her daughter, Lana, who was born in Russia
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A Reddit user posted this photo with the message: "After a long wait, my friends were able to meet their adopted son. NOTE: daddy cried more than the baby and mother combined."
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Baby Silas was born in Russia and he's meeting his new mom, Kate, for the first time
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Gretchen picks up Lana, her new addition who was born in Vietnam
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40 Super Excited Snow Dogs Of Instagram
It snowed a lot last night where these dogs live, which means today is THE MOST FUN EVERRR! Dogs are so easy to please.
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Kate Upton Is The 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover Girl
The people's champ! Congrats, Kate Upton, on your second straight SI Swimsuit Edition cover.