Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer brings you a melody summing up 30-years of “chap-hop”, which seems to just be regular hip-hop sung by fancy English white dudes.

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For President's Day: a classic American history lesson. The British better beware…

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Link: http://historicaltweets.com/

It's a common misconception that Twitter was created in 2006. According to Historical Tweets, “like the sun, moon, and starts, Twitter has always been” — and they prove it with tweets from the best of times and the worst of times.

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A guy on The Price is Right guessed the exact dollar value of his Showcase ($23,743), meaning that he wins both Showcases per the show's rules. This hasn't happened since 1972 (or '73, Drew Carey doesn't know or care)!

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1. Thank you, Videogum
2. Best Day of My Life - Featured on BuzzFeed

Link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12261...

The Wall Street Journal reports on the “groundswell” of people planning to go to DC to see Obama sworn in on January 20. Hotels are booking three times faster than they did for the last inauguration, churches are chartering buses, and Craigslist is full of temporary housing offers. You can get a free ticket to the ceremony by calling your representative or senator, but you will not have been the first person to try.

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1. How to get inauguration tickets
2. Want inauguration tickets? Get in line
3. Inauguration 2009
4. Walk to Capital/Inaguration in 10 minutes
5. Capitol Hill Townhome Walking Distance for Inaugural Events
6. Stay in the Heart of DC for President Obama’s Inauguration!
7. Inauguration Hosuing in the BEST POSSIBLE PLACE!

Who is the “falling man” in this historic picture from 9-11? And should we try to answer this question or avert our eyes? Click the image for a classic Esquire piece republished on the web for the anniversary of 9-11. When should we “bear witness” and when should we respect the privacy of victims? Very interesting read.

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1. A Disturbing Photo Followed by a Thoughtful, Interesting Article

Barack Obama, the son of a a black man from Kenya and a white man from Kansas, really is a moment for the history books. Nobody does a slip-up with such conviction like ABC’s Terry Moran.

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1. ABC’s Terry Moran Flub About Obama’s Parents on Nightline
2. Breaking Down All Kinds of Barriers
3. Funniest Goof Ever!
4. Indeed, Mr. Moran
5. Another Layer of Controversy
6. You Learn Something Every Day
7. Best Damn Blooper on TV
8. Barack Obama has Two Dads

CULTURE BUZZ: Good Magazine maps out historical routes from Christopher Columbus to Amelia Earhart. This would have come in so handy in middle school, when we stupidly relied on Janet Jackson for our geography lessons.

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1. Trace the Most Famous Trips in History!
2. “This Map Has Some Bad Brown Lines Going Around the ‘Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test’ Route”
3. Good Magazine (…No, Really, It Is)
4. Janet Jackson - “Runaway”

SPORTS BUZZ: Each logo has a short description giving some needed context. Personal faves include 1908 London, 1964 Tokyo, and 1968 Mexico City, which totally blows my mind makes my eyes hurt at the same time.

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1. Design and Branding Trends: Olympic Games
2. The Best and the Worst Olympic Mascots
3. The Top 10 Coolest Olympic Mascots
4. Rebranding The Olympics
5. Interactive Olympic Medal map

In the third installment of one of the funniest series online, Jen Kirkman tells us about George Washington’s favorite slave, Oney. If only this was how we were taught history in high school, maybe we would have stayed in that AP class after all.

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