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Award-Winning Whiskers: The 7 Wackiest Facial Hair Styles in the World Beard and Moustache Championships

It’s the Olympics for the unshaven. And they spend just as much time preparing as your average athlete. NewsFeed proudly presents the world champions. 

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Raw Video: Craze for Pointy Boots in Mexico

A new fashion has swept northeastern Mexico where men are hitting dance floors wearing sequined cowboy boots with pointy toes so long they curl up toward the knees. (May 18)

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Ridiculously Pointy-Toed Boots: So Hot in Mexico Right Now

It started with one man walking into a cobbler’s shop in northeastern Mexico (as so many stories do). He asked for custom-made boots with curled toes so long that the most flamboyant genie would have writhed with envy. Then he wore them out and danced like no one was watching. And all of a sudden

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Green Wars: Two ‘Living Buildings’ Battle for Sustainable Supremacy

Your office building doesn’t have solar panels lining the roof, composting in the basement, or mechanically controlled venetian blinds on the outside of the building to direct sun in or out depending on the time of day? It doesn’t even generate and recycle all—yes, all—water used on site? Then your building isn’t living. In the

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Growth Chemical Leads to Exploding Watermelons in China

Safety goggles may become required for eating watermelons. It seems the wrong chemicals in the hands of the wrong farmers can lead to some pretty fascinating results, such as exploding watermelons. Yup, exploding watermelons. And this isn’t some science experiment gone wrong—or right, depending on how fun your science teacher was—this is farming in China.

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Princess Beatrice’s Royal Wedding Hat Going for More Than $29,000 on eBay

Who wouldn’t want the hat that will live on in viral memes for ever more?  While most people that NewsFeed associates with found Princess Beatrice’s royal wedding hat particularly hideous, you might be the type that goes for that sort of look. You also might be the type that has a spare thirty grand lying

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Chuck E. Cheese: A Gambling Gateway Restaurant?

They say Chuck E. Cheese is where a kid can be a kid. But if you’re Debbie Keller, it’s a place where a kid might develop a gambling problem. Keller, a mother of a three-year-old and a five-year-old, is suing the popular arcade-style restaurant for promoting gambling addictions in children. She believes that many of

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Craigslist Opportunist Sees the Positive of the World Ending on May 21

You have to hand it to this Craigslister–this is certainly the silver-lining of people believing in the end of the world. (More on TIME.com: How was May 21, 2011 deemed to be the end of the world?) One gutsy Craigslist user has gotten creative and put a positive spin on the whole “May 21st could

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Skeletons and Smiley Faces: 6 Innovative Ways to Deter Speeding

New York City’s Department of Transportation announced that it would be using new digital displays of skeletons to warn speeding drivers to slow down. Here are a few more creative ways that cities have tried to make roads safer.

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Well Done, Houston: The Top 10 U.S. Cities for Burgers

How does your town rank on their list of America’s ultimate comfort food? (PHOTOS: Obama and Biden Go Out for Burgers) Burgers are an emotional business for Americans. One California native when burger chain In-N-Out opened its first Texas branch last week, and on Travel + Leisure’s website, readers continue to duke it out over

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