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The Real Santa – Oil Tycoon Gives $100,000 Christmas Bonus to Each of His 1,400 Employees

Posted: 14 Dec 2015 03:04 AM PST

Hilcorp, a private oil and natural gas exploration and production company based in Texas, is in the news for its unprecedented generosity towards employees. To celebrate an excellent year, CEO Jeff Hildebrand gave the entire company staff huge bonuses – $100,000 to each of the 1,381 workers! It seems Santa is real after all.

Chinese Barber Uses Leftover Hair to Create Insanely Realistic Portraits

Posted: 14 Dec 2015 02:48 AM PST

Li Hailing, a barber from Lingbao, in central China's Henan province, uses leftovers from his day job to fuel his real passion – art. He collects the hair that he cuts at his salon and, in his spare time, arranges the thousands of strands to create stunningly-realistic celebrity portraits.

Entrepreneurs Inspired by Tinfoil Hats Create Stylish Headgear That Protects Against Harmful Signals

Posted: 14 Dec 2015 02:36 AM PST

If you're genuinely concerned that wi-fi or other electromagnetic signals might slowly but steadily be hurting you, then you will be glad to learn that tinfoil hats are no longer your only option. A couple of Slovakian entrepreneurs have created the "world's first signal proof headwear" designed to protect your brain by reflecting electromagnetic waves.

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