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25 Most Ancient & Historical Photographs [Pics] (234 diggs) For times immemorial, people have tried to reproduce their surroundings into pictures of their own. These are few of the most ancient and historical photographs that you will ever find.

Amazing Paintings.. Umm Wait What? (701 diggs) Scroll Down till end to see what's inside!

'Magic Mushroom' farm was kept all in the family (259 diggs) Connecticut State police on Friday announced an uncommon drug bust: a woman and her three sons accused of growing "magic mushrooms" in their home. The Richard family, police say, was producing mind-bending hallucinogens that are in the same class of illegal drugs as LSD and Ecstasy.

Ladies Excuses for Being Single (CHART) (1,579 diggs) *****

TANNING BUTLER: Dream Job or Male Sexual Exploitation? (404 diggs) Affectionately known as the "world's greatest job," tanning butler duties include strolling around the luxury hotel pool and rubbing attractive people, but what of the hot steamy underbelly of this male-exploiting profession? Men are being forced to rub cream on bikini-clad celebrities. It is truly horrifying what these poor young men go through.

St. Patrick's Day Massacre Of White House Shamrocks (240 diggs) I've always wondered what happens to the shamrock that the Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen will present to President Barack Obama at the White House today...

10 Ways Women Turn Men Off (1,828 diggs) Find out which female habits drive guys crazy -- and not in a good way.

Headstones to Die For [Pics] (706 diggs) Some of the more bizarre, creative and funny grave markers that liven up cemeteries.

Baldness: A New Canvas For Awesome Art (295 diggs) When Philip Levine first started losing his hair in his early twenties he didn't quite know how to deal with the situation. "I thought why not use it as a canvas, paint and attach things to my head using the border of where my hair would be"

High Speed Photography: Frozen in Time (963 diggs) High speed photography is the art of photographing a rapidly occurring event. Depending on the event to be photographed, methods range from use of ultra-short time flash exposures to producing lots of exposures in a split-second.

Japan's Giant Penis Festival Prepares For Launch on March 15 (480 diggs) Coming attractions include a giant wooden penis....and a vagina shrine, too. (Article includes slideshow)

What can policymakers learn from happiness research? (203 diggs) A whole range of activities that people tend to think will make them happy—getting a raise, moving to California, having kids—do not, it turns out, have that effect. (Studies have shown that women find caring for their children less pleasurable than napping or jogging and only slightly more satisfying than doing the dishes.)

What American population will look like in 2050 (470 diggs) From 2000 to 2050, the U.S. will add another 100 million to its population, based on census and other projections, putting the country on a growth track far faster than other major nations in the world. With that growth -- driven by a combination of higher fertility rates and immigration -- will come a host of relative economic and social benefits.

10 Children’s Board Games Still Worth Playing (499 diggs) Time was, like most kids, you loved board games. You bugged your parents and your aunts and uncles and your grandparents to “play a gaaaaame” until they finally gave in, picked up the dice, and proceeded to let you win. Except the uncles; they thought losing built character. And, let’s be honest—they also sort of got a kick out beating you!

Chewbacca Gets Sexy (391 diggs) Star Wars-themed burlesque show brings out Chewbacca, R2-D2, Death Star and more.

Richard Dawkins: Why Creationists are like Holocaust Deniers (2,970 diggs) Richard Dawkins is a world-renowned evolutionary biologist and author. He now presents a stunning counterattack against advocates of "Intelligent Design" that explains the evidence for evolution while keeping an eye trained on the absurdities of the creationist argument.

Art lovers flock to see Jimi Henchicks (243 diggs) AN obscure art exhibition featuring live birds “playing” electric guitars has become a runaway hit and internet sensation. Although it has hardly been advertised or reviewed, the exhibition has been drawing lengthy queues since a short video of the birds took YouTube by storm.

Top 10 Worst Airplane Passengers (420 diggs) From the guy hacking up phlegm to the woman giving herself a facial, the top 10 worst airplane passengers:

Daylight Savings Time Explained (INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC) (367 diggs) Why do we move our clocks forward in March? Learn about the origins and why we change the time.

Genius Promotion Campaign : IKEA Subway Display in Paris (1,138 diggs) From 10 to 24 March 2010, IKEA develops an interesting event in four important metro stations in Paris. Furniture collections are currently displayed in high-traffic spots, giving the potential customers a chance to interact with the brand by checking out the products.

7 Magazines That Need To Stop Publishing (383 diggs) Sure we love them... But, aren't there, like, a LOT of them? A lot of them seem pretty.... similar? Surely we could do without a lot of them. Here are some that really need to stop publishing beacuse they are either A) Evil or B) Superfluous. Here's the definitive list.

Banksy's Strange Animatronic Pet Store (418 diggs) Some of Banksy's strangest work: hot dogs, salamis and other reconstituted meat products fill the aquariums at Banksy's pop-up show in Leake Street, London, to accompany the UK release of Exit Through the Gift Shop. The exhibition is now closed, and it is not known when we may next get a peep at the pets.

FCUK Chatroulette Challenge: Get A Date, Get Free Clothes (203 diggs) FCUK is throwing down the gauntlet for all the guys on Chatroulette. It's simple: convince a girl you meet on Chatroulette to go on a date and French Connection will deck you out for the event.

119 Broadcast Clichés in One Sentence (264 diggs) Tribune Company CEO Randy Michaels has banned 119 commonly-used "newsspeak" words and phrases at Chicago-based WGN-AM. NPR's Ian Chillag tries to use them all in one sentence. Hilarity - and brain damage - ensues.

Stargate Atlantis Home Theater (PICS) (424 diggs) Stargate Atlantis home theatre is a specially designed theme theatre with special Visual and Acoustic effects. When you wave a hand at the Atlantis Logo at the entrance of the theatre, the doors automatically slide open just like the Star Wars.