Tay-tay’s moves are trouble, trouble, trouble at award shows.
This mean-mugging shoulder roll during the AMA's.
The 25 Best Taylor Swift Audience Dancing Of All Time
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Soccer Player Scores Goal, Receives Biggest Group Hug Of All Time
It’s like a stampede of love.
During a recent French Ligue 1 game between FC Nantes and Valenciennes FC, Nantes striker Fernando Aristeguieta scored the go-ahead goal in the 89th minute, giving his team a 2-1 lead. He celebrated by running over to the cheering crowd.
Who embraced him with the largest group hug ever known to man, as the entire section rushed to be a part of the action.
The moment was both amazing and terrifying at the same time.
But mostly amazing. Just imagine receiving that kind of love and support at your job.
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The 33 Most Important Lessons We Learned In 2013
What an important, important year.
Nicolas Cage is actually Emperor Maximiliano of Habsburgo.
Not too surprising.
Via uproxx.com
If you own a Smart Car you better have a paint job like this:
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Few things are funnier in this world than a dog getting hit in the unmentionables with a frisbee.
Via giggag.com
Working out is a dangerous waste of time.
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15 Of Nelson Mandela's Most Inspiring Quotes
The former South African president died today at age 95. Remember him through his uplifting and revolutionary words.
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Nelson Mandela Dies At 95
Nelson Mandela, Nobel Laureate, anti-apartheid revolutionary and South Africa’s first black president, has died at age 95. After serving 27 years in prison, he was elected in the country’s first multi-racial elections and served as president from 1994-1999.
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7 Things You Can Learn From Nelson Mandela's Life
Among thousands of others. The human rights champion and Nobel Laureate passed away today at 95 .
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The New Yorker's Beautiful Nelson Mandela Cover
Mandela died Thursday at 95. “[As] I painted Nelson’s portrait, I felt empowered and proud like the man himself,” the artist said.
Kadir Nelson / Via newyorker.com
The illustration covering next week's issue is "Madiba" by Kadir Nelson, who told The New Yorker it's "a tribute to the struggle for freedom from all forms of discrimination, and Nelson's very prominent role as a leader in the anti-apartheid movement."
Kadir Nelson also illustrated the covers of Drake's Nothing Was The Same and Michael Jackson's posthumous Michael, among other works.
LINK: Nelson Mandela Is Dead At 95
LINK: 15 Of Nelson Mandela’s Most Inspiring Quotes
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Nelson Mandela Was On A U.S. Terror Watch List Until 2008
Until 2005, Mandela had to receive a waiver from the Secretary of State to enter the United States.
Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress were on a U.S. terror watch list until President George W. Bush signed a bill removing them in 2008.
George W. Bush meeting with Nelson Mandela in 2005.
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The African National Congress and other organizations were ruled terrorist organizations by South Africa's apartheid government during the '70s and '80s, and the United States followed suit.
The Terrorist Organization Profile of the African National Congress on the University of Maryland's Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism website.
"It is frankly a rather embarrassing matter that I still have to waive in my own counterparts — the foreign minister of South Africa, not to mention the great leader, Nelson Mandela."
LINK: Nelson Mandela Is Dead At 95
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16 Moving Images From President Obama's Visit To Nelson Mandela's Jail Cell
It was President Obama’s second trip to Robben Island, his first since becoming president. UPDATE: Nelson Mandela has passed away .
President Obama and the first family visited the apartheid-era prison on Robben Island, South Africa, Sunday where Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid leaders were jailed as political prisoners.
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The trip was Obama's second and the first with his family. He previously toured the prison in 2006 as a Senator.
Evan Vucci / AP
The tour guide was Ahmed Kathrada, a former inmate of the prison, who also took then-Senator Obama around the jail in 2006.
Evan Vucci / AP
Kathrada was arrested alongside Mandela and subsequently sentenced to life in prison with hard labor for sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the state, according to a White House pool report.
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The Paris Hilton Tweet Confusing Nelson Mandela With Martin Luther King Is Fake
Paris hasn’t actually tweeted about Mandela’s death yet.
A fake tweet alleging to be from Paris Hilton in which she confuses Nelson Mandela for Martin Luther King, Jr. was spread online by a Twitter account called @DeletedTweets.
@DeletedTweets has tweeted eight times so far, and all the tweets are fake.
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The Most Interesting Maps From 2013
What life was like in the United States this year according to maps.
States that have legalized same-sex marriage.
In 2013, Rhode Island, Delaware, Minnesota, New Jersey, Hawaii, and Illinois legalized same-sex marriage, and a Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8 made same-sex marriage legal in California.
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The implementation of the Affordable Care Act in its first month.
In the first month of the Affordable Care Act, 19 states enrolled less than 1,000 people. In North Dakota, only 42 people enrolled.
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National Parks that were opened during the federal government shutdown because states paid for them.
The federal government shutdown meant the temporary closure of the National Parks system. Arizona, Colorado, New York, South Dakota, and Utah spent state money to reopen some of the parks in their state, however.
Hunter Schwarz / BuzzFeed; Statue of Liberty - Elcobbola; Mount Rushmore - Dean Franklin; Zions National Park - John Fowler; Rocky Mountain National Park - Daniel Mayer; Arches National Park - Sanjay Acharya; Bryce Canyon National Park - Jean-Christophe;
The best-selling vehicles in each state.
Business Insider published a map in November of the best-selling vehicles in each state according to Kelley Blue Book. See the full data here.
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Have A Methy Christmas With This "Breaking Bad" Gingerbread House
“Jesse! Let’s cook, nay… bake.”
More like Breaking GingerBad, amirite?
The house comes from Sugarplum Cake Shop in France. Ooh la la.
Facebook: Sugarplum-Cake-Shop / Via reddit.com
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5,000 People Gathered At The Mall Of America To Sing A Song Written By A Teen Who Died Of Cancer
A Minnesota radio station did something truly special.
A group of 5,000 people gathered at The Mall Of America on Friday.
They came together to perform a song called "Clouds," it was written by Zach Sobiech.
Zach was a 17-year-old from Minnesota who was diagnosed with a terminal form of bone cancer at 14. As he ran out of any possible treatments to battle the cancer, he wrote "Clouds" as a goodbye for friends and family.
So on Friday, Minnesota decided to say goodbye to Zach.
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The 17 Most Harrowing Feature Stories Of 2013
The tough truth is: Sometimes the most important stories published in a given year are some of the hardest to read. This, our first of four end-of-year roundups, includes the best stories on murders, rapes, conspiracies, and other atrocities.
The Serial Killer Has Second Thoughts: The Confessions of Thomas Quick — GQ
An absolutely insane piece about Sture Bergwall, aka Thomas Quick, by Chris Heath. Sweden's most infamous killer, Bergwall claims responsibility for 30 horrific murders. What if he didn't commit them? Read it at GQ.
Olaf Blecker for GQ
After Newtown Shooting, Mourning Parents Enter into the Lonely Quiet — The Washington Post
Eli Saslow's heartbreaking look at the parents who lost 26 young children during the Sandy Hook massacre. As the public and town move on around them, they're left alone with an incomprehensible grief. Read it at The Washington Post.
Linda Davidson for The Washington Post
A Death in Valdosta — Grantland
Jordan Conn travels to rural Georgia, where a promising athlete was found mysteriously dead in the corner of his high school's gym in what was decided to be an accident, and not investigated. This sweeping piece looks at the history over under-investigated and under-prosecuted crimes against African Americans in Valdosta. Read it at Grantland.
(Since this piece, a coroner has slammed authorities' handling of the case, now under investigation.)
Courtesy of Kenneth Johnson / Via Grantland
Why Did Jodon Romero Kill Himself on Live Television? — BuzzFeed
Jessica Testa was working the afternoon last September when Fox News, following a car chase, inadvertently broadcast a suicide live on air. She traveled to Arizona to find the real person behind the media spectacle. Read it at BuzzFeed.
John Gara for BuzzFeed
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For Those Of Us Who Are Sexually Attracted To The Elf Man From Christmas Cats TV
ChristmasCats.tv is the perfect site, and the Elf Man is the perfect man.
So ChristmasCats.tv is a livestream of an old lady and an elf man playing in a room of cats for three days.
It's run by an animal shelter to get people to adopt the cats.
Here's a cat playing with wrapping paper:
It's just hours and hours of cats playing. It's completely insane.
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11 Newspaper Front Pages Celebrating The End Of Prohibition And The Return Of Booze
“U.S. Wet Era Begins Today”
Thursday marked the 80th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition in the United States, the period from 1920–1933 in which alcohol was outlawed by the 18th Amendment.
This cartoon displays the opposing platforms of the Republicans and Democrats on the issue of prohibition in the 1932 presidential election. Democrats supported a full repeal while Republicans supported letting states decide.
U.S. National Archives
Bootlegging was rampant during Prohibition. This is an image of Prohibition agents destroying a bar.
U.S. National Archives
Here's a Treasury Department telegram concerning the arrest of men in connection with the alcohol seizure.
U.S. National Archives
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What Does Virginia Foxx Say?
And the elephant goes toot.
This is Rep. Virginia Foxx.
She is from North Carolina.
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Everyone in Washington has been wondering:
Via wifflegif.com
After exhaustive investigative reporting, BuzzFeed has finally determined what Virginia Foxx says:
(click play)
Now we know...
AP Photo/Cliff Owen
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The 43 Most Spectacular Football GIFs of 2013
Catches! Runs! Football things in a looping image format!
Jacoby Jones
And the kiss for good measure.
Nate Washington
Neither the Jets secondary nor the ref ever stood a chance.
Le'Veon Bell
Heads-up football, indeed.
Scott Tolzien
Crazy Legs, we'll miss you.
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South Carolina Sheriff Refuses To Lower Flag For Nelson Mandela
“Nelson Mandela did great things for his country and was a brave man but he was not an AMERICAN!!!,” Sheriff Rick Clark wrote on Facebook.
After the announcement of former South African President Nelson Mandela's death Thursday, President Barack Obama ordered flags be flown at half-mast until Dec. 9.
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Friday afternoon, Sheriff Rick Clark of Pickens County, S.C., said on Facebook he would refuse to lower his flag for Mandela, who "did great things for his country and was a brave man but he was not an AMERICAN!!!"
The comments below are generally supportive of Clark's position.
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Elizabeth Taylor's Beautifully Sentimental Letter To Her Lost Cat
“You knew always when I hurt and you made comfort for me.”
In 1974, Elizabeth Taylor and her husband, Richard Burton, returned to California while he filmed the movie The Klansman. Shortly after the move, Taylor’s beloved cat Cassius went missing, he never returned – leading her to write this emotional letter:
Via catsparella.com
Here is original handwritten letter; it was discovered by the owner of the home that Taylor and Burton rented while they where in California:
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