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15 most awkward dinner scenes in film We're serving up bad jokes, bitchy relatives, and intimidating future fathers-in-law.
We cordially invite you to join us as we chew over some of the most uncomfortable cinematic dinners ever. Annie Hall (1977) Watch this video on YouTube A classic scene from a classic comedy: Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) spends Easter with girlfriend Annie’s (Diane Keaton) wealthy white-bread family. His joke about being in therapy falls completely flat and he’s sure that her grandmother is a “classic Jew hater,” and that she’s picturing him decked out like an Orthodox rabbi. Alvy turns to address the audience, contrasting the polite, genteel Halls with a typical dinner with his own noisy clan. Upping the awkwardness, Alvy is treated to a bizarre after-dinner confession…
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8 rumors about the Founding Fathers that refuse to die off The dead bodies in Ben Franklin's basement were actually sacrificed by the Hellfire Club.
From the sinister and outrageous to controversies that are still debated to this day, we retell eight rumors and conspiracy theories about the Founding Fathers that refuse to die off. “Alexander Hamilton was a double agent” He founded the First National Bank and the US Coast Guard, served as the first Secretary of the Treasury, fought alongside George Washington as aide-de-camp – but rumors of Alexander Hamilton’s disloyalty to the stars and stripes still dog his legacy. Some historians, including Julian P. Boyd, think that Hamilton a double-agent for the British working under the code name Number 7. The evidence for Hamilton’s duplicity lies in his friendliness toward British laws…
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The 11 most traumatizing TV episodes of all time The episodes and scenes that both shocked and scarred us with the misery they portrayed.
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The top 10 most memorable casino scenes in cinema history The ideal backdrop for tension, glamor, and intrigue: these are the most memorable casino scenes from the movies.
People have always loved to gamble – evidence from China shows the practice goes back as far as 2300bc. It’s not even necessary to visit a casino anymore now that online gambling on trusted and regulated sites shares the thrill of a casino with everyone, click this link for an example. Whether you’re playing in a real casino or online, it’s a great way to escape from everyday life and just have fun. In the movies, though, it can be quite different. Casinos are the ideal backdrop for scenes of high tension, glamor, and intrigue, and we love seeing beautiful people in gorgeous outfits flirt, deceive, and outwit their rivals.…
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The anatomy of a lie Everyone lies. Lie-spotting is a valuable skill. You should not, however, attempt to spot lies all the time.
Imagine that for twenty years you have known a well-respected member of your community. He’s a devoted husband and father, a doctor in a high position with the World Health Organization, and a trusted friend and neighbor. Now imagine one day you wake up to the news that he, over the course of the past several days, has calmly and systematically murdered his parents, his wife, and even his two children. Imagine that you then learn that almost everything you have believed about this man for the last twenty years has not been true. He has never had a job at the World Health Organization. He never graduated from medical…
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Smells like nostalgia: this is why smells trigger old memories You take a whiff and a flood of vivid memories from twenty years ago rush through you.
Why is it that as soon as you’re hit with the scent of a certain flower, a specific brand of perfume, your mom’s home cooking, or firewood burning somewhere in the distance, that a flood of memories and emotions come rushing through you so powerfully that it’s almost as if you took a trip back in time? The simple answer is that the sense of smell is the one sense that’s more closely tied to memory than sight, hearing, taste, or touch. Here’s how it works. Humans have around 400 types of scent receptors that are capable of identifying one trillion different smells. Although science hasn’t quite been able to…
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The mad logic of fear We most fear the least likely dangers, and we’re often not afraid of the most lethal.
There’s a mad logic to fear. From one angle, fear makes sense. It warns us of possible harm or danger; that’s why fire is scary, and also bears, heights, and creepy strangers. But fear is also madness. That’s because the things we fear most are often the least likely to happen, and we’re often not afraid of things that are the most dangerous for us. Our number one fear is walking alone at night In a study conducted at Chapman University, 1,500 adults from all walks of life unveiled their greatest fears. Those polled placed their fears into four categories: personal fears, crime, natural disasters, and fear factors. According to…
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Mythbusting boxing training for kids with a pro boxer Modern parents can be put off by notions about unwelcoming Rocky Balboa type gyms. Couldn't be further from the truth!
Boxing is the most ancient of the sports that are still popular today, with forms of the now noble art traced far back through and beyond civilization. Many with a passion for fitness still turn to boxing today to help burn calories, de-stress and get physically fit. Thousands more fancy giving it a go but are put off by the image of an unwelcoming ‘Rocky Balboa’ type gym reserved only for the meanest and leanest of fighters. That may have once been the case, but nothing could be further from the truth today. Boxing gyms have embraced the recent spike in interest, throwing open their doors and welcoming the public.…
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20 vintage ads that will make you squirm, possibly cry Advertising is a Mad Men world minus anything that can conceivably offend someone. It wasn't always that boring.
The golden age of advertising is truly well behind us, but we still live in a world swarmed by commercial messaging. No matter where we’re going, there’s always something--or someone--trying to grab our attention. It’s a Mad Men world minus anything that can conceivably offend someone--and that’s boring. Let’s look back and be surprised at how far some older ads went to grab attention. None of this would fly today. Love’s Baby Soft; 1970s What were they thinking? Apparently not much. Love’s Baby Soft Cosmetics decided to show a picture of a (very) young girl wearing mature makeup while holding a teddy bear with an image of phallus-shaped perfume bottles.…
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The human wonders of America’s long lost sideshows The freak show lives on as reality shows, but the fantasy world dreamed up by PT Barnum lies as a relic in the depths of the American imagination.
American freak shows are something of a cultural Atlantis, an artifact of the entertainment industry immersed deep beneath the rising waters of modernity. An up-close exploration of this now-abandoned institution takes the curious visitor back in time to the origins of show business, celebrity, and the modern art of the spectacle. The freak show as we know it arose at the intersection of industrialization and Victorian culture. Before the nineteenth century, malformed bodies were considered evil omens, products of witchcraft, or God’s punishment to sinful parents. Deviant bodies were exhibited in the form of single acts – traveling alone or with family members – who were forced to wrest their…
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Bored of regular dreams? Here’s the science on consciously manipulating them with ‘lucid dreaming’ Becoming consciously aware of and able to control your dreams isn't a myth—it just takes some training.
Your white knuckles clutch onto a cold concrete ledge as you peer down at the ant-sized people scurrying about below you. You’re about to fall, but what if you knew it was all just a dream? Would you take a leap of faith, spread your arms wide, and soar over the city lights? What if it was possible to consciously experience wild adventures like that in the safety and comfort of your bed? Welcome to the world of lucid dreaming. A person with a typical lifespan will spend six years dreaming, and those six years will probably be the strangest in their life. Decreased activity in your brain’s prefrontal cortex—the…
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