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An uncommon afterlife
Henrietta Lacks was the first person to achieve eternal life. To be more specific, her cells—cancer cells, the sample taken without her permission just days before her death in 1951—never died.
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IT infidelity
Are you looking for erotic chat? What excites you? Do you want a short-term sexual fling or a long-term affair? These are some of the questions that the 8.5 million people had to answer in order to register at AshleyMadison.com.
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The modern Renaissance poet
If Albert Einstein and Emily Dickinson had a child, I imagine he would turn out something like Bill Hamlett, perhaps with frizzier hair. Admittedly it’s nine o’clock in the evening and Bill has been working on a new poem for hours, but he seems giddy, almost mad scientist-like.
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Cupcake craze
You can indulge in red velvet splendor, feast your eyes on miniature works of art and eat your way into a sugar-induced coma all for $3.25. Although cupcakes were once considered a simple treat your mom would make for your birthday party guests, the trend is still sweeping the nation and seems to be consuming even more of our lives; welcome to the world of gourmet cupcakes.