“The massive stadium complex, which once hosted the Detroit Lions, the Detroit Pistons, and the Michigan Panthers, cost more than $55 million to build in 1975. Its selling price in 2009? $583,000.”
—Detroit stadium or New York studio? The Silverdome sells for $583,000 — DailyFinance
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“I was very interested in how it was discarded unceremoniously as medical waste, why it’s discarded and how we could bring it back…” said Green, who thought placentas deserved a symbolic treatment whether they’re saved or not. “It was really about provoking a debate about placentas and how we treat them.”
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Placenta Teddy Bear Repulses Many
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“Subcategories of the Justin Halpern Myth: Girls Who Turned Their Moms’ Embarrassing E-mails Into a Book Deal, A Guy and Girl Who Turned Their Gross Sandwiches Into a Book Deal, Lady Whose Facebook Update About Her Dog Became a Movie, and Guy Who Got $50K to Copy and Paste Tweets Into a Coffee Table Book.”
—CBS Picks Up ‘Shit My Dad Says’ Twitter Sitcom - twitter - Gawker
“One afternoon in March 2007, Jack Daws stepped up to a newsstand in Los Angeles International Airport with a handful of change, including a counterfeit penny made of 18-karat gold that Mr. Daws, a Seattle artist, had fashioned. He carefully put the counterfeit penny, dated 1970, down on the counter, counted out enough change to pay $11.90 for a Hustler magazine and left.”
—Brooklyn Woman Finds Counterfeit Penny Made of Gold - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
