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Beautiful FLARE skiing shows off dazzling Swiss winter nights (VIDEO)
17 января, 2016
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Beautiful FLARE skiing shows off dazzling Swiss winter nights (VIDEO)

As a shadowy figure meanders down a powdery slope, illuminated only by blazing torches attached to their feet, there is no denying that flare skiing in the Swiss Alps is a picturesque sight. “Torched,” a conceptual ski film created by a freeskier-director duo, aims to enlighten people to “wonders of the winter...

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Hiroshima, the pictures they didn’t want us to see
16 января, 2016
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Hiroshima, the pictures they didn’t want us to see

The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed about 250.000 people and became the most dreadful slaughter of civilians in modern history. However, for many years there was a curious gap in the photographic records. Although the names of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incised into our memories, there were few pictures to...

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The ghost town frozen in time
16 января, 2016
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The ghost town frozen in time

BEYOND the bright lights of Las Vegas, and the snowy mountains of Lake Tahoe, Nevada is home to dozens of fascinating ghost towns, telling the story of a rich gold rush history. One of the most fascinating is Rhyolite in the Bullfrog Hills, about 190km northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern edge of Death Valley. This boomtown...

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This mother let her son choose what she wore for a week
15 января, 2016
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This mother let her son choose what she wore for a week

It’s generally accepted that small children have their clothes chosen for them every day by their parents. But what if we occassionally turn this rule on its head? One mother decided to carry out just such an experiment, and the results turned out to be quite amusing. Despite looking after her two small and very playful...

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Paleolithic price tag: Spain auctions off visits to fragile Altamira cave paintings
15 января, 2016
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Paleolithic price tag: Spain auctions off visits to fragile Altamira cave paintings

  Access to Spain’s Altamira caves containing Paleolithic paintings may soon be out of reach for the average art lover, as Spain considers an auction system to grant access to the caves. The regional government of Catabria has proposed granting access to the historic site only to the highest bidders. The current...

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Lolita shocked showing a photo of her daughter (Photo)
15 января, 2016
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Lolita shocked showing a photo of her daughter (Photo)

Lolita with her mother, her daughter and her husband went to a holiday in Bulgaria. The singer showed a photo of Eve. On  the photo Eva takes an unusual procedure — cleaning fish. ...

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These 21 Victoria Era Post-Mortem Photographs Are Unsettling. How Was This a Thing?
14 января, 2016
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These 21 Victoria Era Post-Mortem Photographs Are Unsettling. How Was This a Thing?

The Victorian Era was a pretty morbid time in human history. One of the most unsettling traditions of the era was the practice of post-mortem photography (that is, photographing the dead). By today's standards, this is would be pretty taboo, but at the time it was seen as quite normal. That doesn't mean that seeing...

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This photographer has captured the beauty of women from 37 countries
14 января, 2016
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This photographer has captured the beauty of women from 37 countries

Romanian photographer Mihaela Noroc left her job two years ago to start a new life. With nothing but a backpack and a camera, she set off to travel the world, taking hundreds of shots of women in their everyday setting. This is how her unique photo project, ’The Atlas Of Beauty’, took shape. The project so far has...

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Actor Alan Rickman, 69, has died from cancer, his family has confirmed
14 января, 2016
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Actor Alan Rickman, 69, has died from cancer, his family has confirmed

Alan Rickman has died at the age of 69 after waging a secret battle with cancer, his family said today. The British actor, known for his roles in films such as Harry Potter and Robin Hood, kept his fight with illness private before his death. He revealed last year that he had secretly married his long-term partner Rima Horton,...

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Angelina Jolie reveals her new tattoo at the Cambodia Film Festival in Phnom Penh
14 января, 2016
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Angelina Jolie reveals her new tattoo at the Cambodia Film Festival in Phnom Penh

Angelina Jolie reveals her new tattoo at the Cambodia Film Festival in Phnom Penh Hollywood star and campaigner's latest piece of body art is a symbol which Buddhist's believe is a symbol of good luck and protection Movie star Angelina Jolie-Pitt shows off a new inking believed to be a tribute to her beloved Cambodia....

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REBEL SCUM — Star Wars Fan Film (2016)
14 января, 2016
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REBEL SCUM — Star Wars Fan Film (2016)

A Rebellion pilot is hounded by death from the merciless Empire and a frozen grave, after being abandoned during the retreat of the Rebel Alliance from Hoth. Rebel Scum pays homage to the original Star Wars trilogy; nearly all visual effects were created without the use of CGI, using time honored methods such a stop-motion...

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Liposuction revenge: Chinese woman sends her ex bar of soap made from her own fat
14 января, 2016
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Liposuction revenge: Chinese woman sends her ex bar of soap made from her own fat

  A formerly overweight young Chinese woman has gone viral on the country’s Weibo social network, after publicly messaging her ex-boyfriend, attaching pictures of a soap bar, made from her own fat, which she would send to his “mum for washing up.” Xiaoxiao, from Zhengzhou, Hennan Province, had been dumped...

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