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The world's largest religious gathering is a $150 billion business

Millions of pilgrims both from within the country and around the world visit the festival to t…

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A new $100 keto breathalyzer could finally make the low-carb diet easier to manage

Weiss is confident that paired with the company's new app, his breath test will have the edge over …

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10 photos from India’s latest ‘Pushkar Mela,’ an annual camel trade fair also famous for the longest moustache contest

India’s traditional camel trade festival, also known as the ‘Pushkar Fair,’ held annually in the st…

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Diwali isn’t just a ‘Hindu’ festival — Here are 5 lesser known reasons behind the celebration of India’s festival of lights

The Indian festival of lights, Diwali, is considered to be an ‘Hindu’ festival, where people practi…

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Diwali, one of India’s biggest festivals, isn’t just one day of celebration - it’s five

Whether you call it Diwali or Deepavali, at the end of day it’s ‘the festival of lights’. And, l…

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The most surprising things about America, according to a Silicon Valley engineer who moved from India 7 years ago

In a Quora post, Chaturvedi explained what he considered the most surprising things about the Unite…

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Here's the incredible amount of work that goes into making an award-winning movie trailer

Making a great movie trailer can be crucial to a film's success, and there's a lot more involved in…

Chris Snyder   


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Miz Cracker from 'RuPaul's Drag Race' shows her drag queen makeup routine

Now it is time for me to make myself into a Shiksa by carving this Jew nose down. This is the most …

Chris Snyder   


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How insects are trained for TV and movies

Movies will often use live bugs on camera instead of CGI to make their story feel more real and to …

Chris Snyder   


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How one trilogy ruined action movies forever

All these small details and tricks make the action of Bourne more coherent and more intense than an…

Nathaniel Lee   


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9 science-backed ways to lose weight without going on a diet

Even people who are able to diet successfully often fight a tough battle against the body's evoluti…

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What it takes to digitise artwork that is almost 4 centuries old

The white walls of Indira Gandhi National Centre of Arts’ Twin Art Gallery were bare except for reg…

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Actress Christie Brinkley says Trump once tried to get her to ride his private jet while he was married to Ivana and 'out chasing skirts'

"I'm done being discreet. I've had dinner with him. I've always found him smarmy, as in, 'Watch out…

John Lynch   


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Federal prosecutors want to seize the Wu-Tang Clan album that Martin Shkreli paid $2 million for

To collect the $7.4 million, the government has reportedly suggested it will keep the $5 million Sh…

John Lynch   


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Uber's new CEO says he's ditching a practice that turned employees into 'a--holes'

That's not entirely true, of course. A corporate culture isn't invented from the bottom up. Employe…

Julie Bort   


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Here's why this wine costs $16,000 per bottle

The Manhattan location does $8 million a year in wine sales alone, wine director Crystl Horton told…

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The top 5 richest hip-hop artists in the world - in one chart

As Forbes notes, Jay-Z's fortune grew 30% since last year, following a $200 million investment in T…

John Lynch,Anaele Pelisson   


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Justin Bieber says he's 'willing to stand up' for the Black Lives Matters movement

"But what I do know is I am willing to stand up and use my voice to shine light on racism, because …

John Lynch   


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After Trump's shocking win, advertisers faced 'confusion, anguish, and maybe even a few tears' - now they want to reach his voters

Turns out the blue-collar folks who shop at RaceTrac do summer differently. While summer may be a t…

Tanya Dua   


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How to properly shake hands in 14 different countries

In Brazil and the United States, a firm handshake is expected. This would be off putting in the UK,…

Skye Gould   


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21 common grammar mistakes and how to avoid them

"The whole point of grammar and punctuation is clarity," he told Business Insider. If you write tha…

Shana Lebowitz