The Chinese practice of footbinding

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The Chinese practice of footbinding, popular since medieval times, was banned only in 1911. Young girls’ feet were wrapped in bandages to prevent them from growing longer than 4 inches. By age 3, four toes on each foot would break, often leading to infection, paralysis and atrophy. Some elderly Chinese women today still show disabilities.

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Cult of the Benben Stone

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The earliest known cult in Pre-Pyramid age Egypt was that of the Cult of the Benu Bird. The Benu bird was the early representation for the Phoenix, and it represented the petrified semen of the Benu bird, and the Pharaoh Osiris.

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The Preposterous Reality: 25 Hedge Fund Managers Are Worth 680,000 Teachers

In 2009, the worst economic year for working people since the Great Depression, the top 25 hedge fund managers walked off with an average of $1 billion each. With the money those 25 people “earned,” we could have hired 658,000 entry level teachers. (They make about $38,000 a year, including benefits.) Those educators could have brought along over 13 million young people, assuming a class size of 20. That’s some value.

Ride Out 2012 In Style With Vivos Apocalypse Shelters

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Looking to be pampered during armageddon? Sign up for a Vivos underground shelter. If Vivos’ site is to be believed, you’ll be sitting pretty and cavorting with models while the rest of civilization burns to ashy smears.

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Evacuating 70,000 Sports Fans in Less Than an Hour? Rehearse It With 70,000 Avatars

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What sports fan hasn’t grumbled while waiting in a long, snaking lines to get into the stadium for the big game? It’s enough to discourage even a diehard fan. But if you think it’s a hassle getting into a sold-out game, imagine trying to get out after a bomb explodes — or even to get out under a bomb threat, for that matter.

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