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Whether it's the type of bathing suit you wear, the way you jump off the diving board, or how much hair you have on your head, swimmers do a lot to make sure they get across the pool as fast as possible.

But you've likely never seen anyone wear two swim caps on their head at once.

SB Nation noticed that when gold medal-winning Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu took off her swim cap, she revealed that she had another one on beneath it:

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The Bomb

Cold War history is rife with close calls that nearly led to nuclear holocaust.

In September 1983, for example, sunlight reflecting off a patch of clouds fooled a Soviet missile-warning system into detecting the launch of five US intercontinental ballistic missiles that never were. A wary colonel in a bunker ignored the alarm on a 50/50 hunch.

Two months later, US forces staged "Able Archer 83" — a massive nuclear-strike drill on the doorstep of the USSR. Soviet commanders... Читать дальше...

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With a premium look and feel, Audi’s A1 is a great choice in the supermini class. It will cost you a bit more to buy, but it will also hold its value well.

The new features should make it much easier to catch 'em all.

Reading a book for half an hour a day could add years to your life, according to epidemiologists. A U.S. health study on 3,635 people over 50 suggests that time spent reading a book will only add more time to your life. Irish Times reports: The scientists divided the sample into three groups: those who read no books, those who read books for up to three-and-a-half hours a week, and those who read books for more than three-and-a-half hours. The study, in the US journal Social Science & Medicine... Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY — The police officer knew something was wrong after he took three sips of the lemonade he ordered from a drive-thru sandwich shop in northern Utah. He struggled to find the brake pedal of his patrol car at a red light. When he arrived at the police station in the city of

A Los Angeles County judge reportedly issued an arrest warrant for Tyga on Tuesday morning (Aug. 9) after the rapper was a no-show for a...

The Chicagoan appeared via video from Colorado, where he has been in prison since receiving 14 years in 2011 for crimes including trying to sell the Senate seat vacated by Obama after his election.

A judge on Tuesday upheld Rod Blagojevich's 2011 sentencing for extortion and bribery, although the ex-Illinois governor acknowledged making mistakes. ......

Despite recent complaints about TSA security wait times, the organization is there for our protection. We got an inside look at an IED range demonstration, which is a required course taken by trainees at the TSA Academy located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia.

The course is designed to teach the trainees how to recognize improvised explosive devices, and to grasp the destructive power they have. 

Baltimore police say they've recovered the gun that was used in the fatal shooting of a popular rapper. Department spokesman T.J. Smith says...

Tyga could find himself behind bars soon. The “Rack City” rapper has a warrant out for his arrest after he failed to show up to court Tuesday for his ongoing issues with a former landlord. Tyga was supposed to appear in court so that his ex landlord’s attorneys could ask him questions about his finances, but the rapper was a no-show. TMZ reported that Tyga skipping the court date only added more drama on top of his problems with the landlord because a judge issued a bench warrant for him.

The menace of nuclear weapons has been largely left out of the public discourse of late, with the notable exception of Hillary Clinton upbraiding Donald Trump: “A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.” Helen Caldicott, the founding president of Physicians for Social Responsibility and the author of many books — among them “Crisis Without End” and “Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer” — will speak at the San Francisco Public Library at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13.

The greenest thumbs of all live on a block of Flatbush, Brooklyn.

The woman, in her 20s, died at the scene.

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France's Denis Gargaud Chanut wins Olympic gold in the men's canoe slalom as Great Britain's David Florence finishes 10th in Rio.

Like other members of the animal kingdom, performing musicians vary in their inclination to join herds. String players are naturally gregarious, forming quartets and quintets at a moment’s notice. Founder and Artistic Director Jeffrey LaDeur has assembled some of his fellow alumni from the Eastman School of Music to showcase the range of 21st century pianism.

Piloten van KLM stappen naar de rechter als de luchtvaartmaatschappij het plan voor de versobering van de pensioenen van vliegers niet uiterlijk vrijdag van tafel haalt. Dat ultimatum heeft de Vereniging Nederlandse Verkeersvliegers (VNV) neergelegd, bevestigde KLM vanavond na berichtgeving door De Telegraaf.

Amber Heard‘s deposition did not go smoothly – TMZ Lindsay Lohan is still wearing her wedding ring – Radar Sadie Robertson has a new boyfriend – Just Jared Jr Who made The Rock mad? - DListed Bella Thorne cheers on country at the Olympics – Hollywood Tuna Transgender athlete stars in a Nike commercial – [...]

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ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Texas Rangers designated hitter Prince Fielder is expected to announce his retirement Wednesday.

LOSSER - De boeren Bennie Verbecke en Gerard Elferink hoeven voor hun verbrande weilanden niet op schadevergoeding te rekenen van het Waterschap Vechtstromen. Verbecke wendt zich nu tot de gemeente Losser. „Als de vervuiling van de weilanden niet voor rekening komt van het Waterschap, dan moet ik maar aankloppen bij de gemeente."

In an effort to drive sales, Chipotle is adding half-price and 2-for-1 alcoholic drink specials at several of its locations through September.