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We Could All Use Some Courage (The Cowardly Dog): 12 Famous Paintings in the World That Appear on The Show

Animal actors have been in Hollywood for decades now. From eating ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ (1961), or solving the mysterious clues after ‘Hangover’ (2009 – 2013), animals have always brought us happiness. Millennials might remember ‘Hachi: A Dog’s Tale’ or ‘101 Dalmatians’. But one TV dog that has always brought us (as a child) happiness, laughter, […]

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From Rising Soccer Star to Art Thief Extraordinaire: The Man Who Stole The Scream’s Tale of Crime and Redemption

In 1985, at just 18 years old, Pal Enger marked his debut in Norway’s Eliteserien, the country’s premier football league, playing for Valerenga. Little did the world know that his love for crime and a twisted sense of history would lead him down a path of audacious heists and eventual redemption. A Childhood Obsessed with

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Scream! One of history\’s most infamous art heists was pulled off today

February 12, On This Day The immensely popular composition dubbed The Scream, created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, is one of the most iconic images of art, seen as “symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition”. Munch created four versions of the painting and a lithograph stone, from which several prints survive. Here’s a

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