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Face value: Portraits on money

Seth Dickerman’s portraits of presidents that appear on our currency, magnified up to 10,000%, make the stoic profiles that are so familiar look strangely new Source

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Sail away! New technology in cruise ship design

Martha Teichner checks out how continuous innovations in ship design have made cruises a booming industry, and steps aboard Celebrity Cruises’ latest ship, the $1 billion Celebrity Edge, which redefines travel on the high seas. Source

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What happens to the stuff you return to stores?

Typically about 8% of items purchased at a store will be returned; for ecommerce sites, that can be as much as 25% to 40%. And all the stuff that stores cannot easily resell will wind up in the secondary market, where one company’s trash can become other people’s treasure. Rita Braver visits liquidators who process and resell goods that are just as good as new, or even newer. Source

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Want $10K? Move your home office to Tulsa, Oklahoma

With countless people working out of their homes, does it really matter WHERE they live? According to Tulsa, Oklahoma, no! The city of 400,000 that has plenty of hip coffee shops, bustling bars, and a thriving arts district also wants more telecommuters, and is willing to pay you $10,000 to relocate there. Conor Knighton talks with people who have picked up and moved to the Sooner State after signing up for the Tulsa Remote program. Source

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Keeping up with Kris Jenner

The woman who literally gave birth to the most influential family of celebrities on the planet says she doesn’t mind sacrificing privacy Source

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