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· Laura Dang
Australian Parents Throw 3-Year-Old Daughter Epic $39,000 Birthday Bash
Three-year-old Lauren Lembo celebrated her birthday bash last weekend in Perth, Australia with an extravagant $39,000 party that would put the teens on MTV’s “My Super Sweet Sixteen” to shame. The Disney-themed soiree featured entertainment by a former “Australian Idol”…
· Laura Dang
You Can’t Unsee These 7 Hilarious Photos of World Leaders With Man Buns
An image of Donald Trump with a man bun shook the internet when it was tweeted by a user on Twitter earlier this month. Now a series of images depicting famous world leaders with man buns have been released by the creative minds at Designcrowd. Check them out below.
· Riley Schatzle
What the Color of Luxury Cars Say About the Rich People That Drive Them
While many people are under the assumption that exotic luxury cars are usually brightly colored with hues like red, yellow or orange, the truth is that the majority of luxury cars are either silver, grey or white. Of course the color tones of luxury cars are rarely given generic…
· Editorial Staff
Meet the Man Who Tempted Death for 45 Minutes at the Top of the World Trade Center
Frenchman Philippe Petit is arguably the world’s best high-wire performer. He inspired and dazzled the world with his acts before the age of internet virality. In 1971 at the age of 21, he performed his first walk between the towers of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris,…
· Laura Dang
A 21-Year-Old Claims She Makes More Money Per Selfie Than She Does Working All Week
Twenty-one-year-old Gabrielle Epstein claims to make more money by posting a selfie of herself on Instagram than she does working four days during the week. The Australian model has a large following of nearly 700,000 users on Instagram — a number that catches the eyes of brands…
· Laura Dang
Dalai Lama: An Unattractive Female Dalai Lama Would Be ‘Not Much Use’
The Dalai Lama has recently been on a tour in the U.K. to speak on subjects such as compassion and how being more considerate can lead to happiness. He stopped by for an interview with the BBC’s Clive Myrie, which was posted yesterday, and made a rather interesting comment about…
· Sebastian Dillon
One Photo Explains Why All Entrepreneurs Must Be Cautious When Wearing V-Necks
V-necks are usually a great choice for most tech entrepreneurs. The shirts can add a fashionable bit of “sex appeal” (if you can even call it that) to techies’ typically lanky and ghostly pale bodies. However, there is one critical word of caution about wearing V-necks that few…
· Riley Schatzle
Once Broke and Raised By a Single Mom, This Man Now Makes Millions Traveling the World
Johnny Ward is a regular guy from Ireland who met his stunning girlfriend while traveling the world and, despite his lack of a tech background, made himself into a millionaire using mostly only his laptop. Ward, 31, was born to a single mother in Galway, Ireland. He always…
· Laura Dang
How a 19-Year-Old With No Experience Ended Up Launching Two Million-Dollar Companies
Melanie Perkins conceived the idea for her business and built her software design company on her mother’s living room couch in Perth, Australia when she was just 19 years old. The company, Fusion Yearbooks, was so successful that she dropped out of her university altogether. If…
· Editorial Staff
Mother Tries to Get Her Son to Say ‘Mama’ — Dog Steps in to Show Him How it’s Done
Andrea Diaz-Giovanini is a mother trying to teach her 9-month-old son Sam how to say “mama.” When he fails to repeat after multiple tries, her 10-year-old Australian shepherd, Patches, decides to step in to show Sam how it’s done.
· Riley Schatzle
Little Boy Stuck Reading Junk Mail Receives Amazing Gift From Kind Mailman
While most 12-year-olds these days are interested in the latest technology trends, Mathew Flores likes reading junk mail and newspapers. On Friday, mailman Robert Lynch was delivering mail to the suburbs of Salt Lake City when he noticed Flores was reading junk mail next to the…
· Riley Schatzle
HP Reportedly Bans T-Shirts at Work, Programmers Forced to Wear Collared Shirts
HP has finally put their foot down, ending what was becoming a fashion catastrophe. This week, HP sent all of their employees — roughly 100,000 individuals across several countries including the UK, Australia, India, Germany and the U.S. — a confidential memo reminding them that…
· Sebastian Dillon
Blunt Rollers Can Earn Up to $500 a Week During Concert Tours
If you ever wondered how much the guy (or girl) who provides drugs for performing artists on tour gets paid, here you go. According to Billboard, the average blunt roller/drug holder makes around $500 a week plus hotel and travel to practice their highly specialized and…
· Riley Schatzle
The Surprising Reason More Vacation Days May Make You More Productive
A new study taken from two leadership consultants shows that European executives are more productive than American executives because they take more vacations per year. The study came about after Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, the founding executives of leadership development…
· Riley Schatzle
These 20 Award-Winning Photos Were All Taken on an iPhone
Fine photography used to be an exclusively pricey art form, but no longer is that the case. Beautiful pictures can now be captured with mobile devices such as iPhones, iPods and iPads. Without question, traditional photo equipment gives photo-seekers the best chance of high…
· Laura Dang
Baby Koala Clings to Unconscious Mother in Surgery After Car Accident
A 6-month-old baby koala named Phantom clung to his mother during her life-saving surgery after she was hit by a car on Warrego Highway in Australia. Lizzy, the mother koala, suffered severe injuries including facial trauma and a collapsed lung. Neither of the two had broken…
· Sebastian Dillon
A 28-Year-Old Man Was Robbed at Gunpoint For His Bitcoin
Hide your kids, hide your wife, and hide your bitcoin because no one and nothing is safe from street-cyber crimes. CNBC reported that last Wednesday, a 28-year-old Brooklyn man was robbed at gunpoint of about $1,100 worth of bitcoin in broad daylight.
· Editorial Staff
One Infographic Sums up How to Give The Perfect Elevator Pitch
You’re part of a growing startup and have just unexpectedly run into a potential investment opportunity with a very important person. Quickly: What do you say to sell your product or company? If the right words aren’t on the tip of your tongue, you’re in need of a good elevator…
· Sebastian Dillon
Fugitive Gangster Turned Model and Rap Champion Arrested in Sexy Photoshoot Sting
This is the story of a gangster slash fugitive slash male model slash rap battle champion who was, in his own eyes, the most baller underground hustler there is — until he got arrested in the most un-ballerest of ways: the old luxury-swim-trunks-with-sexy-models-photoshoot…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
‘Instagram Models’ Now Need At Least 10,000 Followers to Land Legit Modeling Gigs
Being a successful female fashion model is no longer based purely on looks, according to some Australian modeling agencies. It’s also about being “insta-famous,” or having a strong social media presence on Instagram. If a model doesn’t have a minimum of 10,000 followers, she…