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Posted by rappin in Culture on 01 5th, 2010 | No Comments
Kickboxing for All Ages – School In Thailand
Kickboxing is a sport that can be practiced by all age groups including children. One need to do a lot of pull ups and push ups to condition the arms. Regular practice will help train your muscles. Most practice with a punching bag and it helps if you have somebody to hold it steady for you. The equipment...
Posted by rappin in Culture on 12 18th, 2009 | No Comments
Gangsters from London East End
The high levels of poverty in the East End have, throughout history, corresponded with a high incidence of crime. From earliest times, crime depended, as did labour, on the importing of goods to London, and their interception in transit. Theft occurred in the river, on the quayside and in transit to...
Posted by rappin in Culture on 10 29th, 2009 | No Comments
15 of the Most Iconic Newspaper Headlines Ever Printed
These shocking and occasionally uplifting headlines summarise but a few of the major historic events that have occurred since newspapers became popular and accessible to people worldwide. Extraordinary headlines such as these are incredibly powerful, thanks in large part to their brevity: in just a few...
Posted by rappin in Culture on 06 22nd, 2009 | 24 Comments
The 20 Greatest Historical Myths
It is said that those who don’t know history are condemned to repeat it – and as any history buff can tell you, much of history is something you would NOT want to repeat. However, many well-known historical “facts” are myths, with no basis in fact. Here (and in the next few segments)...
Death Drinks of Rock Stars
ANYBODY ELSE get the eerie sense, when watching a show like MTV’s Cribs, that every time the camera focuses on a rock star’s swimming pool we are seeing the site of a future drowning? It might be, oh, let’s say Tricky’s swimming pool instead of Brian Jones’s, but it doesn’t matter. Within...
Posted by rappin in Culture on 04 21st, 2009 | 3 Comments
11 Most Mysterious People
This is for people about whom there is (or was for a long period) a mystery as to their identity,immediate origins, or life.
The Dancing Man
The Dancing Man is the name given to the man who was filmed dancing on the street in Sydney, Australia, after the end of World War II. On August 15, 1945, a reporter...
25 Amazing Pre-Prohibition Absinthe Posters
After having been banned for over a century in most countries, Absinthe is re-establishing itself as a (legal) cult favorite, and the drink of choice for people looking to become inebriated as quickly as possible. Suffice to say, many of the older absinthes producing companies are no longer in business....
The world’s priciest foods
Jamón ibérico de bellota, newly legal for import (at $180 per pound), barely cracks the top five on the pricey foods scale. We checked in with gourmet retailers for the rundown on the world’s most expensive culinary indulgences.
1.Edible gold leaf
Estimated price per pound: $15,000
Like calcium...
Posted by rappin in Culture on 03 16th, 2009 | 35 Comments
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World’s Best Street Food
Street cooks are magicians: With little more than a cart and a griddle, mortar, or deep-fryer, they conjure up not just a delicious snack or meal but the very essence of a place. Bite into a banh mi—the classic Vietnamese sandwich of grilled pork and pickled vegetables encased in a French baguette—and...
