Category: People
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Artists From Around the World Create Tributes to the Successful Thai Cave Rescue
For over 18 days, the world watched as 12 Thai soccer players, aged 11 to 17, and their 25 year old coach (called the Wild Boars) were trapped in a cave in Northern Thailand. Shortly after, heavy rains partially flooded the cave, blocking the exit and forcing the group deeper into the cave. Efforts to…
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Modern Ukrainian Women Wearing Traditional Crowns Give New Meaning To An Ancient Tradition
Slavic workshop Treti Pivni (translated as Third Rooster) is bringing back old traditions in their latest series focussing on women and children in Ukrainian headdresses. Traditionally, these floral headdresses were worn as a sign of their “purity” and marital eligibility. In pre-Christian times, they were even thought to protect innocent girls from evil spirits. Currently,…
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Photo Series Shows What Happens When You Stop Drinking
We’re constantly told that everything should be done in moderation, and this is especially true when it comes to the consumption of alcohol. It’s a well known fact that too much alcohol can cause high blood pressure (which increases the risk of a heart attack or stroke), lethargy, can contribute to you becoming overweight, as well…
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Illustrator Creates List Of Top 10 Introvert Myths To Help People Understand Him More
Carl King is an illustrator, composer and filmmaker. However it's a blog that he wrote titled 10 Myths About Introverts that he's best known for. People might think that Introverts go to extreme lengths when avoiding people, but according to Carl, there’s more than meets the eye. “The problem is that labeling someone as an…
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The Reindeer Riders: Amazing Photography of the Reindeer People From Mongolia
If the descendants of ancient legends truly exist among us today, these are they. Despite the odds, the nomads of Outer Mongolia are a people seemingly immune from degeneration, still living in such proximity to wild animals with a certain spiritual wisdom, sense of healing and well-being lost to our notions of time and laws…
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Not Everyone Spent the Next 20 Years Trying to Forget About the First 10 – A Story About Bullying
Bullying can have a lasting effect on a person’s mental health: A new study finds that children who were bullied frequently when they were 8 years old were more likely to develop a psychiatric disorder that needed treatment as an adult, compared with kids who were not bullied. The scientists also found strong evidence that…
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Animator Transforms 22 Marvel Actors Into Women, And The Results Are Amazing
Ever wondered what your favorite Marvel characters would look like as women? Well an anonymous animator has done the work for you, using FaceApp to reveal what these famous men would look like if they were born with two X chromosomes. The makeovers quickly went viral and people were not sure how to react. What…
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Renowned Artist Asking Aussies to Bare All in the Name of Art
Spencer Tunick, renowned contemporary artist, is inviting you to pose nude in one of the cities busiest shopping strips, for a series of new major installations. Running fromthe 7th to the 10th of July, the Chapel Streets precinctis set to be transformed as hundreds of naked bodies line the street in the name of art.…
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Workers Share Terrible Stock Photos Of Their Jobs, And You’ll Laugh Out Loud When You Find Yours
Stock photography is a thriving business. Need a copyright-free image to use for your product or business? You can find the perfect image on one of the many stock photography sites out there. It’s an art form in and of itself, but often the photographers of the stock photos are looking to shoot an attractive…