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Life on The Gate: Working on the Golden Gate Bridge 1933-37


When it opened in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge ever built, constructed in one of the world’s most challenging settings. For the men who poured the concrete, and drove in each steel rivet, it was a life changing experience.

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Nicolas Cage on Turning Down 'Dumb & Dumber,' Winning Another Oscar and the Movie that Made Him Change His Name


While promoting "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengence," the actor discussed his former friendship with Jim Carrey, and why he hated making "Fast Times At Ridgemont High."

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Scuba Dive/Tux


Explanation: How many times has James Bond or some other big-screen spy hopped into a tuxedo, taken a scuba dive and then arrived at a cocktail party looking fresh as a daisy?

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Bravery boy recalls stab ordeal


A nine-year-old boy has told how he went to his mother's aid as an armed intruder tried to stab her to death in their Fife home.

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Death Row man gets pizza wish


A man executed on Death Row got his final wish from beyond the grave.

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Two Girls, a Golden Balloon, and Fate


Chance is a strange thing. Over the course of history, truly astonishing things have happened -- the man who won the lottery twice in one day, or the woman who was struck by lightning four times, for instance -- but most of these circumstances have been dissected by statisticians and scientists, and demystified.

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Why 'Soccer' Means 'Football' in America

As the FIFA World Cup kicks off, fans of the globe’s most popular sport tune in to watch the greatest names in the game square off. But one question continues to crop up: Why do Americans insist on calling the sport ‘soccer’, while the rest of the world calls it ‘football’?

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Man Memorizes French Dictionary to Win French Scrabble Tournament, Does Not Speak French


Nigel Richards is very good at Scrabble. He’s thought of as possibly the best English-speaking Scrabble player in the world (he’s won the USA National Scrabble Championship five times and the World Championship three times), but he also recently won the French Scrabble Championship, which might compound his title.

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Stranger Than Fiction: Jack the Signalman


During the latter part of the 1800s, travelers to Cape Town, South Africa, along the Port Elizabeth Mainline Railroad frequently saw a curious sight as they entered the train station. The signalman operating the levers that set the signals in the control tower was a baboon named Jack.

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Christopher Lee Was the Only Lord of the Rings Star to Meet J.R.R. Tolkien, Is Mourned on Twitter by Elijah Wood, More

Step aside, Gandalf! On Thursday, June 11, Lord of the Rings fans celebrated one of the series’ greatest wizards, Saruman the White. British actor Christopher Lee, who played the evil sorcerer in the three blockbuster film adaptations, passed away at age 93 on Sunday, June 7, but the news of his death wasn’t announced until days later.

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