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- “Barbie Man” Spends $30,000 a Year Collecting Barbie Dolls and Memorabillia
- Extreme Athlete Attempts Mary Poppins-Inspired Umbrella Skydive
- Share Breakfast with the Long Necks at Giraffe Manor
| “Barbie Man” Spends $30,000 a Year Collecting Barbie Dolls and Memorabillia Posted: 08 Mar 2013 03:31 AM PST 41-year-old Stanley Colorite, who calls himself “the Barbie Man” has been collecting Barbie dolls for the last two decades, and has turned his home into a virtual museum to the popular Mattel toy. A house-cleaning business owner from Florida, Stanley Colorite bought his first Barbie doll in 1997. Now he has over 2,000 of them, [...]  |
| Extreme Athlete Attempts Mary Poppins-Inspired Umbrella Skydive Posted: 08 Mar 2013 02:13 AM PST Remember Mary Poppins, that lovable nanny played by Julie Andrews in the 1964 movie adaptation of P.L. Travers’ children books? Growing up I always asked myself if floating around with an umbrella was possible in real life. Now, thanks to the stunt of extreme athlete Erik Roner, I finally have an answer. I remember wanting to climb on to the [...]  |
| Share Breakfast with the Long Necks at Giraffe Manor Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:06 AM PST How do you talk to a Giraffe face-to-face? By peeking out of the top-floor window of a very high house, of course. That's exactly what the owners of Giraffe Manor, in Kenya, do. And you could too, if you went to spend a few nights in one of the 6 rooms of the old manor [...]  |
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