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Green Day: Green Day's Own Comedy Film About Chasing a New Year's Show Is Hitting Theaters This August

August 4, 2026

A band called Analogue Dogs gets a personal callback from Tre Cool and an invitation

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Animal Planet: Inside the Most Creative Treehouses Ever Built, From a Norwegian Lake Cabin to a Texas Man Cave in the Trees

August 4, 2026

From a Norwegian lake cabin built with 200-year-old cabinet panels to a Texas treehouse with

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Animal Planet: Pete Nelson Built Shaquille O'Neal a Treehouse Speakeasy and Shaq Called It Better Than His $2 Million House

August 4, 2026

Pete Nelson built Shaquille O'Neal a mahogany-doored speakeasy treehouse complete with stamped tin ceilings and

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Maria Kallevik: Maria Kallevik Spent 7 Years Learning VFX to Remake One Shot at Loch Ness

August 4, 2026

Maria Kallevik spent seven years learning VFX to remake a single shot she made as

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MOLLY DIXON: What Actually Happens in the Dead Centre of Australia (Gorges, Campfires, and Zero Crowds)

August 4, 2026

Molly Dixon drove 150 km west of Alice Springs into a landscape most Australians never

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MOLLY DIXON: Molly Dixon Spent 150 Days Alone in Tasmania and Says Even That Was Not Enough

August 4, 2026

Molly Dixon loaded her vehicle onto the Spirit of Tasmania, paid around $2,000 return for

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MOLLY DIXON: Molly Dixon Drove 25 Hours Alone Through the Australian Outback to Answer One Question

August 4, 2026

Molly Dixon spent 3.5 years living alone in her vehicle across Australia, driving more than

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Sandtastic Travels: Inside the Thunderbird Suite at Quinault Beach Resort, the Only Room in Ocean Shores with a Private Pacific Balcony

August 4, 2026

The Thunderbird Suite at Quinault Beach Resort and Casino in Ocean Shores, Washington is one

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Disney: Walt Disney Built Disneyland in One Year on Borrowed Money and Sheer Belief

August 3, 2026

Walt Disney broke ground on Disneyland in 1954 with barely ten percent of the drawings

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Alex the Historian: How Walt Disney Built Disneyland With $40, a Brother's Faith, and 366 Impossible Days

August 3, 2026

Walt Disney arrived in Los Angeles in 1923 with $40 in his wallet and half

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Island Hopper TV: Greece's Best Islands and Landmarks Ranked by Someone Who Actually Rented the Car

August 3, 2026

Greece has roughly 6,000 islands, 227 of them inhabited, and Island Hopper TV drove, ferried,

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Violin Phonix: A 9-Year-Old Violinist Stopped an Entire Airport With 'Over the Rainbow'

August 3, 2026

A nine-year-old violinist was approached in an airport terminal by a stranger who asked for

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