Paul McCartney’s scribbled notes for a studio recording of “Hey Jude” was sold for $910,000 at an auction by Julien’s Auctions. The auction was to mark the 50th anniversary of the band’s breakup. There were other items sold in the online auction, totaling 250 items, as Reuters detailed: 

A vintage bass drumhead with The Beatles’ logo that was used during the English band’s first North American tour in 1964 was another top item, selling for $200,000.

A drawing by John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono called Bagism, a term they coined to satirize stereotyping, sold for $93,750, while an ashtray used by the Fab Four’s drummer Ringo Starr at the Abbey Road recording studios in London fetched $32,500.

The wooden stage of the small Liverpool venue where the band performed before they rocketed to fame went for $25,600.

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LASVIT (a glass making company) installed a sculpture featuring two flying dragons in a casino resort in Saipan. This project aimed to create ‘the largest piece of jewellery ever made’. The sculpture is huge, spanning 200 feet and weighing 40 metric tons! More than 2.5 million swarovski crystals were used to decorate the dragons’ scales. 

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The Instagram account Brand Name Films is just what it says on the tin. These are posters for movies that don’t exist, but are based on familiar brands of everyday products. The mashup of product with poster is well-done, but what really grabs my attention are the casting decisions. Yeah, I could believe the Rock as Mr. Clean.

I can also believe Tom Hanks as Orville Redenbacher, because Tom Hanks can play anyone. See the rest of the posters at Instagram. -via Geeks Are Sexy

Mexican designer Valentina Gonzalez Wohlers felt inspired by her own native land and the furniture styles of the Louis XV era to create a pair of pink prickly pear chairs. There are male and female versions available, as well as an ottoman.

These chairs are not quite as dangerous or painful to sit in as the Iron Throne, but are prettier.

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While we get used to washing our hands and using hand sanitizer all the time, we learn that Turks have been doing that for hundreds of years with kolonya.   

Meaning “cologne”, kolonya has been a treasured symbol of Turkish hospitality and health since the Ottoman Empire, and it’s often described as Turkey’s national scent. Traditionally, this sweet-scented aroma made with fig blossoms, jasmine, rose or citrus ingredients is sprinkled on guests’ hands as they enter homes, hotels and hospitals; when they finish meals at restaurants; or as they gather for religious services. But unlike other natural scents, this ethanol-based concoction’s high alcohol content can kill more than 80% of germs and act as an effective hand disinfectant.

But kolonya is more than a disinfectant.It’s part of Turkish culture, as a greeting, an aromatic, and the smell of nostalgia for those who grew up with it. Read about kolonya, including how it’s made, at BBC Travel. -via Damn Interesting

It’s such an old joke that Carnegie Hall has a page on its website dedicated to it. When you pose the question to real New Yorkers, how they answer depends heavily on how old they are. -via Weird Universe

Ever had a favorite stuffed toy as a kid? For some, stuffed toys are like their sibling who plays with them and accompanies them at night. Just imagine how this 2-year-old felt when she found out that they left her toy in the hotel!

Thankfully, the hotel staff didn't disappoint. They documented the toy's adventures while it was away from Juniper, saying it was a big help around the hotel.

Image Credits: Allison Kuykendall

Evidently, the main reason we buy gadgets is to use them and not for display, but this artist shatters that idea with his Concrete Collectibles.

Denver artist Eric Sahs of Concrete Collectibles makes replicas of various objects by molding them, then casting them in concrete. He then finishes them with terra cotta glazes and masonry stains to give them added dimension and depth.

It turns out that the prices for the concrete sculptures range from about $63 up to $400! It's a bit high, but hey! It's art!

Which would you want to buy?

Image Credits: Eric Sahs

Dogs, like us, are really intelligent. But dogs, still just like us, also do dumb and silly stuff that make us scratch our heads in wonder.

BoredPanda compiles 82 of these funny dog stories over at their site. Check them out and give yourself a good laugh.

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We’ve all had our own share of exhausting days when we want to eat something really tasty. The problem though, is that this dish requires a lot of preparation, and we’re already too tired to make it. And so we settle for less.

But that doesn’t have to be the case. In times where we don’t feel too tired, we can put in some extra effort to make the dish we know we’ll surely crave when that tiring day comes, and store some inside the freezer.

But what are the dishes that are freezer-friendly? Vice gives us a list of 20 freezer friendly recipes. Check them out over at the site.

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Scrolling through social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram from sunup to sundown: this is the routine for many of us in this day and age where all of us are stuck at our own respective homes. But let's face it, this routine is pretty tiring.

So if you’re tired of just looking with your news feed, why not consider doing another activity, like playing mobile games?

Finding a fun mobile game to play by yourself or share with friends and family could be overwhelming, considering there are thousands to choose from. So we’ve [Vox] compiled a sampling of games we recommend checking out. All of them are well-suited for new and veteran players alike.

See the list that Vox made over at their site.

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Almost 8 years after its initial release on May 30, 2012, Samsung has announced that their very own voice assistant, S Voice will now be bidding farewell on June 1 this year.

Despite this, most Samsung phones will probably not be affected by this news, as the tech giant has already included Bixby, their newer voice assistant which was released in 2017, on newer phones.

… Nonetheless, Samsung wearable users might notice a difference, as the smartwatches Gear S3 and Gear Sport do currently run S Voice.

These smartwatches, however, will receive a software update that will replace S Voice with Bixby once support for S Voice ends.

More details about this news over at Gizmodo.

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Meeting in person has always been the best way to establish good business relationships with each other, be it with your colleague or your client. But because of the current circumstances, that practice has been put to a halt temporarily. And so we go and do the next best thing, which is phone calls.

Calls are far better ways for you to connect on an interpersonal level. That’s the good news.

The bad news is that we often meander in these sorts of conversations. Chitchatting your way through a call may be the right touch when talking to a friend or family member, but it can lead to a dead end when making a business call.

So, how do we do a business phone call the right way? Judith Humphrey provides us with a four-part template that we can use to make sure we don’t treat our business calls like casual ones.

See the template over at Fast Company.

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Did you know that the CIA tried to use cats to spy on foreign leaders during the Cold War? The CIA was looking for a way to conduct surveillance on a foreign heads of state, and they were inspired to use cats. The feline creatures were allowed to do as they pleased during a specific foreign leader’s strategy meetings. Watch the video to find out if the CIA was successful in using their spy cats! 

An arcade in England decided to put sanitary products in their claw machines instead of the usual toys. Rob Braddick, the owner, swapped out the toys with toilet paper and sanitizers after seeing how fast these products fly off their local store’s shelves. Oddee has the details: 

“We also have a large machine that used to have a Spider-Man doll, but now there is a large Curex soap in there and that’s the Rolls-Royce of hand sanitizer,” Braddick said according to Fox News . “We test it, it’s possible to win them but it is hard. We’ve had people coming in to have a go but I don’t think anyone has won yet. It’s been a bit quiet so far but I think people will start coming in to have a look. There are still some toilet rolls on the shelves around here so I guess people aren’t that desperate yet.”

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