Say you win a radio sweepstakes giving you two tickets to a sold-out concert the upcoming weekend. You eagerly text your friend and ask if they’d like to join. Their response? “Maybe.”
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Bunny the disabled sheep has always been a “daddy’s girl,” according to owner Jake Ratcliffe — so when he and his bride, Rosie, tied the knot a few months ago, there was no better fit for the role of ring bearer than their beloved fluffy ewe.
Artist Karen Bones, who lives in Fife, Scotland, spent years working as a freelance illustrator, moonlighting in local bars to help support herself. Then, after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she found herself with more time on her hands — and came across another artist’s work online that inspired her. That’s when she began the next chapter of her career: crafting intricate miniature sculptures of famous pubs and venues.
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It’s 2025, and many members of Gen Alpha are focused on creating fun new dances for TikTok — but ask someone over 30 to start tearing it up like the Radio City Rockettes? They’d instantly know what move you expect them to bust out: The high kick, of course, something the iconic dancers perform more
Henry Cole was blessed with a bevy of friends and acquaintances in Victorian England’s upper echelon. But the respected civil servant, inventor, and educator had a problem — he was too popular. Cole is credited with sending the first annual holiday letter in 1843, a practice that soon became customary in the United Kingdom. It
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There’s nothing like seeing the bright lights of Broadway — and there’s also nothing like watching a play in the world’s smallest theater. That’s how one group of volunteers felt anyway, and it’s why they banded together to give a second act to Earth’s tiniest venue for catching a show.
Our pets are part of the family, so when they die, it’s only natural that we may feel similar levels of grief to when a human loved one dies. Unlike with people, though, we typically have far fewer (if any) rituals to honor our late furry friends — but an annual tradition in Los Angeles
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Dr. Seuss (aka Theodor Geisel) brought us over 60 tales covering topics like cats in hats, green eggs and ham, and elephants who can hear a Who. And soon, more than three decades after his death, we’ll be getting something new from the prolific children’s author: One of his long-unseen original manuscripts will be published
The spooky season will soon have passed, but our fascination with ghosts doesn’t have to vanish into thin air after Halloween. The United States is home to thousands of historic ghost towns — empty, abandoned, or scarcely populated locales that were once thriving settlements. Not all of them put the literal “ghost” in “ghost town,” but
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On this day 220 years ago, the British Royal Navy, led by Admiral Horatio Nelson, defeated French and Spanish forces at the Battle of Trafalgar — a day that ultimately halted Napoleon Bonaparte’s plans to invade England and secured British naval supremacy for more than a century. In honor of this anniversary, the Royal Museums
