Tim Burton
Believe it or not, Tim Burton was initially rejected by Disney. Kindly, I might note, and encouragingly, and he went on to later work with them.
Read more here: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/02/giant-zlig.html
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100 Billion Pennies
Or, roughly 1 Billion dollars in lost pennies throughout the USA. Of course, the 1 billion dollars is face value only, rarer pennies will be more valuable, and so probably that figure is closer to a couple of billion dollars.
Source: The MegaPenny Project
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Abuses of Authority
Fodder for more than a few lawsuits. Naturally, the Police and Bell (a data provider) are at the heart of it.
Link: CBC - You should have stayed at home, >> which rather naturally leads to >> Ottawa Police report rise in use of Force
Comment: Notice how the police prevaricate, instigate and then abuse a (by now) rather naturally hostile general public.
Link: Bell Issuing Huge Unexplained Bills >> Note how long it took the couple highlighted to get the bill adjusted. Not their fault, but their abundant time and effort required to remedy the error.
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Yowayowa Camera Woman Diary
A Japanese woman who lives in Tokyo and takes pictures of herself levitating. Well, not exactly, but the intent is to capture that moment in the jump where she looks perfectly poised and as if she is truly levitating or flying. In some she's quite successful...Link: Yowayowa Camera Woman Diary
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