The Story of "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65
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Toen Eiffel 65 ‘Blue (Da Ba Dee)’ uitbracht was het in eerste instantie een totale flop. De groep verkocht 200 platen, nam hun verlies en vergaten het. Maar nadat het nummer ineens door een klein radiostation werd opgepikt, groeide het alsnog uit tot een van de grootste hits van de jaren negentig, en werden ze wereldberoemd.
The First Openly Married Couple to Work at a Legal Brothel
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Violet Vause and Kayden Blake are like every other married couple. They're in love, they own several cats, and are planning to start a family sometime in the future.
However, every two weeks Vause and Kayden drive an hour from their home Las Vegas to Sheri's Ranch to work as sex workers.
I Broke Dumb Laws In Front Of Police
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In het Verenigd Koninkrijk is het officieel verboden om een zalm “op een verdachte manier vast te houden”, of in een harnas het parlement binnen te lopen.
Om erachter te komen of er überhaupt nog mensen zijn die dit soort wetten serieus nemen, overtreedt Oobah Butler er zoveel als hij kan – recht voor de neus van de politie.
I Smuggled Cocaine Into the US to Pay Off My Student Loans
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Like many millennials across the country, Luke graduated college owing thousands of dollars in student loan debt - $130,000, to be exact.
With no job and no money in the bank, Luke devised a desperate plan: he would smuggle cocaine from Panama to the United States to pay off his student loans.
A Doctor Explains What Happens When Smuggling Cocaine Goes Wrong
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Luke smuggled cocaine into the U.S. to pay off his student loans. He got caught when a cocaine pellet he swallowed broke in his stomach. We spoke to a doctor with experience in what happens when a cocaine pellet ruptures internally.
Inside the The Drug Flats of Barcelona
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Since 2016, criminal gangs have occupied more than a hundred flats in central Barcelona to sell and use drugs, turning them into so-called narcopisos. Neighbors living in what were previously peaceful areas complain of fights, stabbings, and sometimes being terrorized out of their own homes.
What to Pack for War in Syria | Diary of a Combat Medic Fighting ISIS (Part 1/3)
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Watch part 2: https://youtu.be/_xO5dsGEL_E
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took the last ISIS stronghold on the 23rd of March, 2019, marking an end to the 5-year Caliphate. Many different armed groups were involved in its fall; among them was the Kurdish anti-jihadist militia People's Defense Unit (YPG).
The Watchdogs Surveilling Border Patrol and ICE
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Along the Texas-Mexico border a group of citizens, with the help of grassroot organizations, WITNESS, and the ACLU, are given the tools and empowerment to film interactions and arrests by Border Patrol and ICE upon the residents of their community.