Dictators and tyrants are often known for their strange habits. Their fears and petty hatreds are fascinating, too. But it is often just as interesting and surprising to find out what some of the cruelest and most tyrannical rulers in the world enjoyed and loved. Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un both made headlines […]
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Recognizing the inherent potential of the dynamic social media platform Twitter, Hot Air founder Michelle Malkin launched Twitchy.com in the spring of  2012 to serve as a human-aggregated, real-time “newswire of the 21st century.”
Years later, Twitter itself seems to have caught on and has introduced Moments. “Every day, people share hundreds of millions of Tweets,” writes product manager Madhu Muthukumar…

In the past, we’ve told you about some pretty stunning locations like the cube houses of Rotterdam and the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park. But today, we’re visiting a few fascinating spots courtesy of some incredibly talented filmmakers. From the world’s greatest video store to the most satanic town in Mexico, these videos provide an […]
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War. Famine. Teenagers on Xbox Live. The world is full of strange and awful things nearly everyone agrees are terrible. But not every bad thing wrecking our global civilization is always 100-percent horrible. Just occasionally, even the worst or most upsetting things can come with an incredible silver lining. 10Language Extinction Could Improve Millions Of […]
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Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders probably felt like a pretty generous guy when he called for 12 weeks of paid family leave. The Washington, D.C. City Council, though, is determined to make him look downright cheap by adding on an extra four weeks, for a total of four months of paid family leave for all employees in the District of Columbia, full- and part-time.
So who pays for these months of time off? The Sanders plan would have workers pay into a fund with every paycheck, “at the price of roughly one cup of coffee per week…

Type 2 diabetes can be reversed in some people, at least temporarily, but it may take extreme measures.

Whether eaten in foods or taken as supplements, calcium also has little effect on the risk of fractures in people over 50.

Oh, that Hillary! She’s so spontaneously funny and clever!
Clinton she sent “Hard Choices” to all GOP cands so they can read about her accomplishments. “They could have a book club.” #trollsohard
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) October 6, 2015Clinton: R’s say oh, they don’t know what I did as Secretary of State. So I sent each a copy of “Hard Choices.” They can have a book club
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) October 6, 2015

Clinton has sent every Republican candidate a signed copy of “Hard Choices…

There may be a link between later bedtimes and weight gain, new research suggests.

Mrs. Clinton appears to be more willing to confront insurers and drug makers over high prices, going beyond such measures in the Affordable Care Act.