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8 Other Unusual Holidays
Me hearties, today is the 14th annual international Talk Like a Pirate Day! So how aarrr yee all celebratin’? Let us know! Meanwhile, we thought we’d honor the crazy holiday by dropping a bunch of...
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Nick Scott Wheelchair Bodybuilder
Nick Scott Wheelchair Bodybuilder A humble Ottawa University alum visited campus for a little under an hour and caught up with more than five old friends from his college years. Nick Scott has become...
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Book Cover Purses
Olympia Le-Tan makes handbags that look like books, with covers embroidered to resemble classics. What a neat way to show off your literary taste! Link to pictures. Link to artist’s site. -via Boing...
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What Do the Olympic Rings Mean?
In 1894, Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin—a French aristocrat and intellectual who had previously attempted to incorporate more physical education into the curriculum of the country’s schools—convened...
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YouTube link. This steeplechase features children riding Shetland ponies. Since its inception this yearly series of races, which culminates at Olympia, has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for...
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Craigslist Gold: 1:3 Scale TIE Fighter Playhouse
It won’t fit inside my cubicle here at Neatorama but, with a few modifications, it could become my cubicle! It’s on sale in the Olympia, Washington area for “$150 or best offer”. I suspect that the...
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The 2012 Olympic Torch Relay
Less than a month to go before the opening of the London Olympics, and we are halfway through the 70-day Olympic Torch Relay that takes the Olympic Flame through all four countries of the United...
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How Much Gold is in a Gold Medal?
On our last semi-regular “Ask Matt” day, reader Mel asked, “Are there standards for just how much gold is in those gold medals these Olympic athletes are getting?” Getty Images The amount of gold in...
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