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Featured article: April 1, 2009 The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) is a world-renowned institution dedicated to showcasing the finest art acquired from Boston-area refuse. The museum started in a pile of trash in 1994, in a serendipitous moment when an antiques dealer came across a painting of astonishing power and compositional incompetence that had been tragically discarded. Its magnetic pull was immediate; it has since inspired a collection of 500 masterful pieces of art so awful they prompt viewers to appeal loudly for divine intervention. Located next to two Massachusetts bathrooms, the museum's collection aspires to be a monument to creative ecstasy that has resulted in glorious failure. Only the most arresting paintings and sculptures are accepted by MOBA, but priority goes to those that prominently feature a monkey or a poodle. Public reaction has been overwhelming, freeing the art-loving community to point and laugh at art everywhere. Two of their pieces have been stolen, so alarming the museum that they promptly offered a reward in the amount of $6.50 for their return. Some of their more notable pieces show a footless John Ashcroft wearing a diaper, and a hula skirt-wearing wiener dog juggling bones. Such enigmatic images invoke so many mysteries that they are often unable to be explained by artists themselves. (more...) Recently featured: Main sequence – Red River Trails – Barthélemy Boganda

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Featured sound The sentence uttered by Neil Armstrong upon being the first human to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 21, 1969 (file info)

Featured picture: February 17, 2009 Mark Harmon is an American actor who has been starring in U.S. television programs and films since the 1970s. Currently with a lead role in the series NCIS, Harmon also played notable roles in St. Elsewhere and Chicago Hope. His family is also involved in show business: he is married to actress Pam Dawber, was the brother-in-law of the late singer Ricky Nelson, and is uncle to singers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson of the pop duo Nelson and actress Tracy Nelson. The photo was taken by the well known celebrity and fashion photographer Jerry Avenaim. Photo credit: Jerry Avenaim Recently featured: Vernon and Irene Castle – Battle of Harpers Ferry map – Leucanthemum paludosum

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Triple H, shown here in his sixth reign, is a record 8-time WWE Champion. The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world championship contested for in and owned by the American promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The WWE Championship was the first world championship introduced into WWE in 1963, which was known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) at the time. Overall, there have been 39 different champions, with Triple H having the most reigns at eight. Reigns # Wrestler Reigns Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref. 001 !1 Buddy Rogers 01 !1 01963-04-29April 29, 1963 18 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil N/A Rogers was awarded the title with the explanation that he defeated Antonino Rocca in the finals of a tournament in March 1963 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to become the first WWWF World Heavyweight Champion. 002 !2 Bruno Sammartino 001 !1 01963-05-17May 17, 1963 2803 New York, NY Live event Held title for eight years, a record for professional wrestling world champions. 003 !3 Ivan Koloff 001 !1 01971-01-18January 18, 1971 21 New York, NY Live event 004 !4 Pedro Morales 001 !1 01971-02-08February 8, 1971 1027 New York, NY Live event The championship was referred to as the WWWF Heavyweight Championship when WWWF rejoined the NWA in 1971. 005 !5 Stan Stasiak 001 !1 01973-12-01December 1, 1973 9 Philadelphia, PA Live event 006 !6 Bruno Sammartino 002 !2 01973-12-10December 10, 1973 1237 New York, NY Live event 007 !7 Billy Graham 001 !1 01977-04-30April 30, 1977 296 Baltimore, MD Live event 008 !8 Bob Backlund 001 !1 01978-02-20February 20, 1978 648 New York, NY Live event The title was renamed the WWF Heavyweight Championship when the World Wide Wrestling Federation became the World Wrestling Federation in March 1979. 008.1 !- Antonio Inoki 01 !1† 01979-11-30November 30, 1979 6 Tokushima, Japan Live event 008.2 !- Vacated† - 01979-12-06December 6, 1979 0 Tokyo, Japan Live event Vacated when Backlund pins Inoki, but WWF president Hisashi Shinma declares the match a no contest due to interference by Tiger Jeet Singh. Inoki refused the championship following Shinma's decision, and the title was declared vacant. See full list...

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