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Link Removed MOVIES & TV All your favorite holiday hits are in the Movies & TV section of the Windows Store. From feel-good family favorites to non-traditional classics, our Link Removed is your go-to source for seasonal entertainment. Here’s a few of our favorites: Link Removed Find plenty...

Don't know if I'm blind and deaf once again, it wouldn't be the first time, but I didn't notice a general wish of a merry Christmas, and hopes for the next year to be the best ever. I don't personally celebrate Christmas, due to biblical reasons, but I do enjoy the message of peace, like in...

All languages and cultures have some strange sayings. In Finland we say, You put your shoes in your foot [singular] - not your shoes on, that is. We also say, Pull your trousers in your foot [singular]. This might be a funny topic? What the heck are Aussies saying? Eh?

Sheriff's deputies are closing in on suspects from a troublemaking Amish splinter group in Ohio who have broken into homes and cut off the beards and hair of other Amish men. Read Full Story: Amish Men's Beards Cut Off; Police Suspect Amish-On-Amish Violence

Crafted by Royal Salute as a liquid tribute to the oldest crown jewels in the British Isle, The Honours of Scotland, Tribute To Honours is a blend of some of Chivas Brothers’ oldest and finest whiskey in an over-the-top package. Read Full Story: Link Removed - Invalid URL

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A guide written in 1505 has been found and it contains 'secrets' about females that take political incorrectness to extremes. Perhaps the worst of the advice is that ‘females are failed males’. The book, De Secretis Mulerium (On The Secrets Of Women), also suggests men wanting to check if a...

Happy Easter Everyone, Jesus is Risen! Link Removed due to 404 Error What's unique about this year's Easter is it falls on the same day April 24 for all Christian Confessions. Easter is the greatest feast day celebrated to observe the...

Manuel Segovia, 75, and Isidro Velazquez, 69, live just 500 metres apart in the Mexican village of Ayapa, but have not spoken in years. It is unknown whether an argument is at the root of their issues, or if they simply don't have anything to say to one another. Speaking to The Guardian...

It's no optical illusion - Feng Hu really is clenching a steel nail with his eyelid and swinging weights from it. Kung Fu master Feng - from Luoyang, Henan province, central China - began staging his shows after decades of studying pain control techniques as part of his kung fu training...

Elephants made a bit of a splash as they soaked crowds with their trunks in Thailand to mark the Songkran water festival. In Ayutthaya province, 50 miles north of Bangkok, the animals filled their trunks to drench tourists and locals who were celebrating on the streets. The natural...

Dish voted by Italians as one that helps sum up nation could be placed on cultural heritage list On a roll after securing Unesco status for the Mediterranean diet, Italy is mulling over an attempt to place the Neapolitan pizza in the pantheon of cultural icons drawn up by the United...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – John Baker won the storied Iditarod Sled Dog Race on Tuesday in record time, becoming the first Alaska Native champion since 1976. Baker shattered the course record by nearly three hours, finishing the 1,100-mile (1760 km) race in eight days, 19 hours and 46...

When most people burn a pie they throw it in the bin. Not Tony Johnson. He has kept his meaty treat for almost 40 years and has taken it around the world on family holidays. The 73-year-old says the Holland’s pie, which overcooked back in 1972, has become an heirloom which takes pride...

Padma Choling, the Chinese-appointed governor of Tibet, said Monday during a break at the Chinese Parliament meeting that the Dalai Lama, the nation's highest-ranking spiritual leader, would not be allowed to choose his successor. Instead he maintained that Tibetan religious and historical...

Pancake history was made at the weekend when a 32-inch tower of the flat treats broke the world record for the highest stack. Staff from TV show Food Network UK spent the weekend cooking, flipping and stacking a whopping 725 pancakes into a neat tower to celebrate Shrove Tuesday in a rather...

Valentine's Day History and things There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Ever wondered about the political uses of a kiss, the kiss's changing status or legendary movie kisses? Do you find yourself needing to say the word in Albanian, Icelandic or even, perchance, Maori? Fear not. "A Compendium of Kisses," the guide to everything oscular --...

Link Removed due to 404 Error A man who ate a rat in front of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in 2005 is threatening to repeat what he says is a traditional form of protest used to bring change. John Ojim Omoding, 79, told the Daily Monitor newspaper that his grandfather ate a live rat...

Link Removed due to 404 Error ATHENS (Reuters) – A Cypriot monk caught at a Greek airport with the skeletal remains of a nun in his baggage on the weekend told authorities he was taking the relics of a saint back to his monastery. The 56-year-old Cypriot was detained at Athens airport...