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  2. List of Saturday Night Live commercial parodies - Wikipedia

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    Levitra's slogan "strong and lasting" is replaced by "thick and sturdy". [210] Dr. Uncle Jimmy's Smokehouse and Outpatient Surgical Facility – A shady clinic that offers semi-professional surgery and mediocre barbecue cuisine. [211] The Drew Barrymore Show — The daytime talk show gets parodied in this Season 46 promo.

  3. Superstition in Russia - Wikipedia

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    The coffin, sometimes referred to as the “new living room,” is very comfortable, made like a bed with a pillow stuffed with birch bark or wood shavings. Mourners place objects in the coffin that the body might need after death such as money, food, favorite belongings, and reflections of status or occupation.

  4. Truman Capote - Wikipedia

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    Truman Garcia Capote[1] (/ kəˈpoʊti / kə-POH-tee; [2] born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true ...

  5. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Wikipedia

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    Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (/ ˈ j æ ŋ k ə v ɪ k / ⓘ YANG-kə-vik; [2] born October 23, 1959) is an American comedy musician, writer, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing comedy songs that often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians.

  6. Four penny coffin - Wikipedia

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    The four penny coffin or coffin house was one of the first homeless shelters created for the people of central London. It was operated by the Salvation Army during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to provide comfort and aid to its destitute clients. For four pennies, a homeless client could stay at a coffin house.

  7. List of Internet phenomena - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Internet An Opte Project visualization of routing paths through a portion of the Internet General Access Activism Censorship Data activism Democracy Digital divide Digital rights Freedom Freedom of information Internet phenomena Net ...

  8. 2000s in fashion - Wikipedia

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    The fashion of the 2000s is often described as a global mash up, [ 1 ] where trends saw the fusion of vintage styles, global and ethnic clothing (e.g. boho), as well as the fashions of numerous music-based subcultures. Hip-hop fashion generally was the most popular among young people of both sexes, followed by the retro-inspired indie look ...

  9. Japanese funeral - Wikipedia

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    All funeral guests wear black: men wear black suits with white shirts and black ties, and women wear either black dresses or black kimono. If the deceased was an adherent to Buddhism, a set of prayer beads called juzu (数珠) may be carried by the guests.