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Top 10 Death Row Requests

Top 10 Death Row Requests

We’ve all asked or at least thought about the situation whereby we could only eat one more food for the rest of our lives, or perhaps what we would request if we could have anything in the world as our last meal…period. Macabre a thought as it may, be there are hundreds of people the [...]

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Top 10 Unusual International Birthday Gestures

Top 10 Unusual Birthday Gestures

It is of course only human nature to believed that our culture and heritage hit the nails right on the head when it comes to special occasions and birthday rituals, but for those willing to look a little further afield, there is a whole world of interesting and amusing practices going on that hold just [...]

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Top 10 Nations with Soft Power

Top 10 Nations with Soft Power

Just over two decades ago, soft power was born. Well, the word at least. Joseph Nye published Bound to Lead in 1990, describing how America exercises hegemonic control over other nations by means of a power that is not directly violent (military, threatening, etc.). This bizarre means of control needs monitoring. Monocle magazine has been [...]

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