Category Archives: culture

Peg Leg Bates

February 12, 2013 – 8:44 am

Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates lost a leg at the age of 12 in a cotton gin accident and learned how to tap dance thanks to getting a peg leg provided by his uncle. The other day someone in the diamond exchange mentioned having seen the famed tap dancer in the Borscht Belt. “Everyone went to […]

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Morte A Coca Cola

August 2, 2012 – 10:24 pm

Coca-Cola is the world’s most famous brand. Its sodas are sold in more than 200 countries and the corporation is a big sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics, but this week Bolivia announced that Coa-Cola will not be available after the end of the Mayan calendar. “December 21 of 2012 will be the end of […]

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Yellow Bus Bullies

June 22, 2012 – 1:54 am

School’s out for summer, but the promise of a long vacation didn’t prevent several middle-school boys for berating an elderly bus monitor with the intent to hurt her to the core. The video was seen by millions and kind-heated people donated almost a quarter of a million dollars to sent 68 year-old Karen Klein on […]

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