The story behind, and within, the world’s thinnest house

Architectural rendering from Centrala. Click any image to go to a slideshow.The exterior of the narrow building in Warsaw, Poland, on Oct. 19, 2012. Click any image to go to a slideshow. …Israeli writer Etgar Keret. Click any image to go to a slideshow.News outlets have been calling this the world's skinniest house, and we'd be hard-pressed to argue (unless you count the square-meter house).

Squeezed into a 5-foot Warsaw alley that actually narrows further to 3 feet, the home itself is just about 50 inches wide in front and scarcely more than 2 feet wide toward the back.

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Madonna’s Daughter Takes A Summer Job…Folding Underwear!

Lourdes at work. (Photo: Material Girl Collection)

Think that all children of rich and famous individuals are spoiled brats? Then here's some news you're sure to find refreshing. Madonna's teenage daughter Lourdes spent her school vacation just like a lot of other high schoolers out there: She was busy toiling away at a summer job. Take that, Rich Kids of Instagram!

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Tip of the Year

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  Don't ever create a spreadsheet to keep track of your online dates!

  Hey fellas, we know the internet dating scene can be complicated and confusing, so if we can offer you one piece of advice, it's this: Don't ever create a spreadsheet to keep track of your online dates! Apparently David Merkur did not get the memo. The 28-year-old New York City investment banker created a very tidy Excel spreadsheet to monitor his many online dates, and then moronically emailed it to one of the women he was seeing.

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New York man Justin Jedlica transforms himself into a living Ken doll

We've heard of women who submit themselves to multiple procedures in order to resemble a plastic, anatomically incorrect doll named Barbie.

More specifically, we've seen these women and the glances they attract tend to be rooted more in spectacle than anything else.

But there haven't been as many instances of males following a similar surgical trajectory.

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Couple Halloween Costume Ideas

Some couples love to dress alike every Halloween – and they need a wide variety of choices. Some prefer trendy costumes, while others like to stick to the classic ideas. Let’s look at some of the popular classic ideas for couple costumes:

Pirate couple costumes –very popular (as usual) and especially for this Halloween – my favorite. Pirates

Adult Captain Cutthroat Pirate Costu…

and sexy swashbucklers

California Costumes Sexy Swashbuckle…

make a good idea for couples costumes. There’s such a wide spectrum of possibilities. You can go basic or accessorize to the hilt, depending on what look you want to reflect.

 

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Couple Halloween Costume Ideas

Some couples love to dress alike every Halloween – and they need a wide variety of choices. Some prefer trendy costumes, while others like to stick to the classic ideas. Let’s look at some of the popular classic ideas for couple costumes:

Pirate couple costumes –very popular (as usual) and especially for this Halloween – my favorite. Pirates

Adult Captain Cutthroat Pirate Costu…

and sexy swashbucklers

California Costumes Sexy Swashbuckle…

make a good idea for couples costumes. There’s such a wide spectrum of possibilities. You can go basic or accessorize to the hilt, depending on what look you want to reflect.

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Justin Bieber meets Crystal Amber Montgomery, Alberta teen with cancer

Justin Bieber visits Crystal Amber Montgomery. (Justin Bieber/Instagram)

Surprise! Justin Bieber planned to visit Crystal Amber Montgomery all along.

In the wake of a Facebook campaign that went viral over the weekend, the "Beauty and the Beat" singer turned up at an Edmonton hospital yesterday where he visited the 18-year-old patient with cancer.

Early Monday afternoon, Bieber tweeted a photo of himself with Montgomery at the Cross Cancer Institute, along with the hashtag #bieberforcrystal, which began trending earlier in the day with the help of Edmonton radio station Hot 107.

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