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VIPs’ RIPs: Discover where the rich or infamous are getting their eternal zzzs at Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com)
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: Test your knowledge of opening lines of novels--famous and not--at First Lines (https://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/jad22/index.html)
How Do You Rate? Search for the best deal on yet another credit card, then get tips on repairing your rating at Bank Rate Monitor (https://www.bankrate.com/brm)
Sticks and Stones: Stick figures are people too. Watch them die. Stick Figure Death Theatre (https://www.sfdt.com)
Pass the Cake: Who shares your birthday? Mine’s the same as Alexander the Great, Dr. Joyce Brothers and the Nelsons. I won’t be back here. Any Day in History (https://www.scopesys.com/anyday)
Watch and Weep: Type in what your pay was in 1994 and find out what it would be now if you got raises like the average CEO. Put the gun down. AFL-CIO Executive Pay Watch (https://www.aflcio.org/paywatch/ceou_compare.htm)
When Ads Go Bad: See why advertising people need to get out more at the Ad Graveyard (https://www.zeldman.com/ad.html)
Now Playing: Just in time for all you surfer-model-actor types who really want to direct. Everything about everyone Hollywood. Internet Movie Database (https://www.imdb.com)
Bearing All: Live video from the world’s largest gathering spot for brown bears at National Geographic’s bear cam (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/bearcam)
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