Stuffed animals included.
QUIZ: Are You Too Old To Sleep With Your Childhood Blanket?
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Listen To Jimi Hendrix's Fantastic Final Interview
The iconic rock legend reflected not just on his past, but on his hopes for the future.
On September 11, 1970, Jimi Hendrix sat down with journalist Keith Altham for what would be his final interview before his untimely death on September 18.
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In the interview, Jimi opened up about a wide range of topics. From his own personal evolution...
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...to how he saw himself as a mad scientist....
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...how his music didn't come from a place of anger, but rather as a form to rebel against the establishment...
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21 Ridiculously Adorable Vintage Valentine's Day Cards
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Janet Jackson Benefits From "Nipplegate" Nostalgia
Streams of her songs on Spotify increased 16% on Monday, one day after the Super Bowl.
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The 10-year anniversary of "Nipplegate," the infamous Super Bowl halftime show incident where Justin Timberlake exposed the right breast of Janet Jackson to a shocked football-loving world, produced a lot of think pieces last week.
But for Janet — Ms. Jackson if you're nasty — the nostalgia fest produced something more tangible: a renewed interest, if only for a day, in her music.
According to data released by Spotify, streams of Jackson's songs increased 16% on Monday, the day after the Seattle Seahawks crushed the Denver Broncos 43-8 in Super Bowl XLVIII. The increased interest won't exactly produce a financial windfall for Jackson, however. Late last year, the company estimated that the average song generated between $0.006 and $0.0084 per stream in royalties.
Spotify distributes its pool of royalty money to music publishers and record labels based on the percentage of streams their catalogs garner. The publishers and labels then distribute royalties to artists based on their individual record contracts. Since its launch in 2009, Spotify estimates it has paid out $1 billion in royalties.
Bruno Mars was, of course, the big gainer in Spotify streams, with a 226% increase. His co-stars for the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, saw a 97% gain in streams of their music. Renee Fleming, the opera performer who sung the national anthem, saw streams of her songs increase by 172%.
Nielsen SoundScan will release sales data for the week tomorrow.
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Right Now, Slovenia Looks Eerily Similar To The "Frozen" Kingdom Of Arendelle
The European country has been paralyzed by severe ice storms. Thousands were left without electricity, 40% of schools were shut, and residents were advised not to drink tap water, the BBC reported .
People walk next to ice-covered trees in Postojna.
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A snowman is covered with thick ice in Prestranek.
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An ice-covered steam train at the Postojna railway station.
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A dog looks out of a window at the frozen trees in Prestranek.
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Who Said It: Hillary Clinton Or Leslie Knope?
Can you guess it? Knope you can!
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The 21 Stages Of Having Your Life Completely Ruined By Flappy Bird
Get out while you still can.
Step 1: Ignore all of the warnings and download Flappy Bird because obviously it can't be as bad as everybody says it is.
Step 2: IMMEDIATELY regret your decision once you realize this bird is the physical incarnation of the devil himself.
Step 3: Discover that Flappy Bird is apparently ten times the size he looks because there is no way in hell that this son of a bitch will actually fit through this tiny opening.
Step 4: Pass the first hole. Immediately fail before the second. SCREAM.
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Thousands Of Stray Dogs Are Being Killed Ahead Of The Sochi Olympics
The city of Sochi has hired a private company to round up as many dogs (“biological trash”) as possible before the opening ceremony.
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A private company hired by the city of Sochi has quietly been capturing and killing as many stray dogs as possible to clean up the streets before the start of the Winter Olympics.
Animal rights activists estimate that anywhere from 5,000 to 7,000 dogs have been killed since the current round-up began, a number that city officials would neither confirm nor deny.
Strays are a common sight in Russia and traditionally have been a welcome part of city culture in many metropolitan areas (for example, when a popular Moscow street dog was stabbed to death in 2001, horrified residents raised money to build a memorial statue of the stray).
Many of the dogs kept as pets by Russian men and women were rescued from the streets, either by individuals or by animal shelters.
According to a contract obtained by the Boston Globe, Sochi officials hired Basya Service to engage in the "catching and disposal" of dogs. The owner of the company, Alexei Sorokin, gave a candid interview to ABC News in which he described his work as a public service.
"These dogs are biological trash," Sorokin said. "Let's call things by their real name."
He said that strays presented a risk to the Olympics and public safety. "Imagine, if during an Olympic games, a ski jumper landed at 130 kilometers an hour [over 80 mph] and a dog runs into him when he lands. It would be deadly for both a jumper and for the stray dog," said Sorokin. "I am for the rights of people to walk the streets without fear of being attacked by packs of dogs... [they] must be taken off the streets even if that means putting them to sleep."
Although Sorokin told ABC News that his company uses poisons and traps to kill the stray dogs, activists claim that much harsher methods are being deployed.
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Vlada Provotorova, the head of a Sochi rescue group told The Boston Globe that she had received "pictures of dogs that had been shot with poisoned darts and taken away in trucks."
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Everything You Need To Know About The Bill Nye And Ken Ham Debate
A recap of my night at the “is creationism a viable model of origins” debate.
The scene: Petersburg, Ky., at the Creation Museum.
Bill Nye's videos play before. The room is VERY warm. There is a very big snowstorm/ice storm outside. We all might be trapped.
The crowd.
As you can see, there were police officers there. There were bomb-sniffing dogs walking around the museum all day. Everyone had to go through a metal detector to get in.
Also everyone was white.
Ken Ham: He goes into this whole thing about experimental vs. observational science. If we weren't there to see it, then we don't know exactly how it happened. The Bible was written by people who were there.
Sorry for the weird angle. I was in a weird spot.
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Stanford Football Recruit Picks Stanford In The Most Stanford Way Possible
To all future recruits: This is how it’s done on National Signing Day.
This is Solomon Thomas. He's a 6'3'', 260 lb. defensive end from Coppell, Texas and he's one of the top high school football recruits in America.
Today, he announced what school he'd be attending from three final choices: UCLA, Arkansas, and Stanford.
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And on ESPN, he announced his pick — Stanford — not by putting on a hat...
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...but by pulling out a tree from underneath the table.
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A Stanford tree.
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Which Underdog Nation Should You Root For In The Winter Olympics?
“Here we go, Montenegro, here we go!”
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"On Loving Women": A Collection Of Comics That Perfectly Captures Coming Out And First Love
A mix of awkward, sexy, heartbreaking, and down-right adorable.
On Loving Women is a book of short comics focused on sexual identity and first instances of love as told through the lens of animator Diane Obomsawin.
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Using simple storytelling, the book explores significant moments in queer women's lives; from holding a girl's hand for the first time to a drunken one-night-stand.
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Diane Obomsawin's minimalist style is reminiscent of Jason or Keith Haring, mixing animal and human traits on her sparely-drawn characters.
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23 Reasons Shaun White Is The Perfect Valentine For You
There’s someone for everyone, except Shaun White. Shaun White is for everyone.
He cut his trademark long hair for charity.
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This Han Solo Flashback Is The Funniest Thing You'll See Today
This might be the first video that really captures what we were all thinking during Return of the Jedi .
While George Lucas has always maintained that he wrote the original Star Wars trilogy with the entire storyline in mind, most fans of the films believe otherwise, pointing to not only the love triangle Luke, Leia, and Han, but also the obvious romance/sexual chemistry between Luke and Leia established in the first two films.
This hilarious video makes the perfect case for the idea that Lucas just made up
the storyline as each film went on.
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9 Ways You Didn’t Know You Could Relieve Stress
That don’t involve Hulk rage or rampant drug use.
Take a ride on the complain train.
People of a feather should complain together. If you’re as pissed off about something as another person, talking about it with someone who’s reacting the same way emotionally can take some steam out of your ears.
Drop that F bomb.
If complaining isn’t the guacamole for the chip on your shoulder, using some slightly more colorful language can help build work relationships and reduce stress, too.
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Plug your ears.
Cortisol loves noise. When a Chatty Cathy talks in the movie theater or your upstairs neighbors sound like they’ve got bricks for feet, your stress-hormone levels increase.
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Step away from the news.
Violent events keep us glued to the media. But did you know that too much coverage can be more stressful than being at the event?
Exposure to six or more hours of Boston Marathon bombings coverage was linked to more stress than being near the marathon, so stay informed but cap your media time to diminish potentially health-harming distress — especially since a lifetime of exposure to other tragedies can shorten your stress fuse.
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Canada's Response To Russia’s Anti-LGBT Propaganda Law Is Totally Awesome
“The games have always been a little bit gay. Let’s fight to keep them that way.”
You'll never look at luging the same way again.
The ad was released by The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion (CIDI).
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Can You Spot The Fake Grunge Song?
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For Everyone That Is Attracted To Kristoff From "Frozen"
Just because he’s animated doesn’t mean it can’t happen.
Even his little smirk is enough to set your heart aflutter.
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19 Dogs Standing Up To Sochi's Deplorable Treatment Of Stray Dogs
In preparation for the Olympics, the city of Sochi has been killing stray dogs, with the justification that they are “biological waste.” In response, the hashtag #sochidogs has formed among more fortunate pups standing up against the practice and the sickening term.
This is Pete and Tally, the pups who started the whole thing.
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Proof That Geese Are Actually Demon Spawns From Hell
THE HISSING AND THE DROOLING. It will haunt you.
True story: I love feeding ducks. I find them endearingly derpy.
Then the geese show up and all hell breaks loose.
They are not afraid to approach you at an alarming speed.
This is the physical embodiment of evil.
They will hiss at you to hand over the bread. JUST FUCKING DO IT.
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They attack children and the elderly.
Geese do not discriminate.
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