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Book specialist Cathy Marsden said that the rare 1760s copy of Aristotle Sex Manual will now go on auction this month in the UK. The long-banned manual covers topics such as learning about making love and babies. ”There’s nothing in…
What a wonderful thing to see — a giant yellow duck floated in Sydney Harbor in preparation for Saturday’s opening of the Sydney Festival, a nearly month-long arts and music celebration. According to the maker, Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman: “The…
The New Year’s Eve sun eruption was so huge that it could swallow 20 Earths, NASA reports. The giant solar eruption was captured on camera by NASA’s powerful Solar Dynamics Observatory. A solar eruption gracefully rose up from the sun…
In the recent Rolling Stone magazine issue out Friday, the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” host, Jimmy Kimmel, slams late-night rival, Jay Leno, calling him “sold out.” “As a comedian, you can’t not have disdain for what he’s done: He totally sold…
Yes, you can tweet from space. This is what Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield did when he replied to William Shatner’s tweets! William Shatner asked Hadfield if he was tweeting from space and the astronaut confirmed it with a tweet. Chris…
This is the threat from French movie star, Brigitte Bardot. She is interested in changing her citizenship to Russian if the French city of Lyon will go ahead on its plans to euthanize two elephants at a zoo. On Wednesday,…
There seems to be some problems with the Comcast server for the Xfinity mail. Some users can receive email but cannot send it. The error message is something like this: The server “smtp.comcast.net” cannot be contacted on port 587. Does…
On Friday, the U.S. Labor Department released the December 2012 unemployment rate. The number is 7.8% with 155,000 jobs added in December. From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows…
NBA coaching legend Phil Jackson, Phil Jackson, 67, is finally engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Jeanie Buss, 51, (daughter of the executive vice president of the Los Angeles Lakers). Jeanie tweeted a photo of the ring and said “Twitter family…
What TV shows will you be watching tonight, Friday, January 4, 2013? Here is the list for your TV guide. Happy viewing. 8:00 PM EST Last Man Standing (“Bullying”) – Eve is suspended for name-calling; after Ryan gets a job,…