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Famed neurosurgeon and aspiring conservative politician Dr. Ben Carson is expected to formally announce his bid for the Presidency today. While commentators have been less than enthusiastic about his chances of winning the GOP nomination, few can argue that Dr. Carson has led an interesting life.
As such, we've compiled six facts about Carson's life that you probably haven't heard much about…
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Today’s method of execution tends to be in the form of lethal injection using a concoction of lethal drugs. There are several other methods to execute someone, so let’s take a look at how long it takes for each method.
Lethal Injection which is used mostly these days, takes anywhere from five minutes to two hours.
Next, there is the gas chamber, which is the second-longest method and can take…
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The real meaning behind "best man" is not what you might think. Back when the bride did not have much say in whom she married, the “groom would bring his strongest and most trusted friend” - just in case she decided to run off before getting married.
The best man was also there in case the family of the bride tried to stop the wedding because they were not happy with whom she decided to marry…
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Logos are extremely important, even though we don’t actually spend much time consciously looking at them. So, what happens when the packaging on something changes in a huge way? Well, Tropicana changed its packaging so drastically that they took a huge hit in sales.
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"About five years ago [Tropicana] went to this very clean but kind of cold-looking logo, and their sales…
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Morgan Freeman is 77 years old and has decided to become a beekeeper. He is concerned that the honeybees are dying off, so he has taken on two hives of bees at his home in Mississippi to help save the honeybee.
"There's a concerted effort to bring bees back onto the planet ... We do not realize that they are the foundation, I think, of the growth of the planet, the vegetation... I…
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Eating with chopsticks can be a tricky thing - so, why did the Chinese decide to go with that rather than a fork and knife? Chopsticks are believed to date back more than 3,000 years to the Shan Dynasty. It is also believed that the Chinese chose chopsticks over a knife and fork due to traditional beliefs and many superstitions.
Confucius believed that knives which were associated with acts…
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As previously reporter, In the midst of all the chaos in Baltimore, camera footage captured one mother giving her kid some old-fashioned tough love for participating in the Baltimore riot.
The video quickly went viral and it left many asking, what was the now famous mom thinking when she showed her son tough love?
Last night CBS Evening News explained caught up with the Baltimore mom and let her…
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Every once in a while, a concerned citizen comes along and takes the law into his own hands. In this case, the citizen is Floyd Briggs of Chickashsa, Oklahoma. Briggs saw a motorcycle speeding through his small town during a police pursuit and decided he had to stop the driver before "he hurts a little kid." What happened next, is making the news.
Accordin to the Huffington Post:
Briggs…
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Remember when New Orleans Saints Tight End Benjamin Watson weighed into the Ferguson controversy and it went viral overnight?
Well, he's back at it again with a Facebook post about race, faith, and the riots in Baltimore that is gaining lots of attention on social media. Transcript:
We have major problems as a nation. Yesterday Ferguson burned. Tonight#Baltimore burns. Tomorrow it will…