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Why doesnt the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over?

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Dig into the 800 year history and architecture of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and find out what gives the tower its infamous tilt. In 1990, the Italian government enlisted top engineers to stabilize Pisa’s famous Leaning Tower. There’d been many attempts during its 800 year history, but computer models revealed the urgency of their situation. The tower would topple if it reached an angle of 5.44 degrees— and it was currently leaning at 5. Read More...

Alaqua Cox on That Final Kingpin Face-Off

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[This story contains spoilers for Echo.] No one has a story quite like Echo star Alaqua Cox. Despite no prior acting experience, Cox, at the encouragement of friends, auditioned on a lark for a coded project that was looking for somebody exactly like her: “an Indigenous deaf woman in their 20s.” Cox then went through a three-month audition process for what would become the supporting role of Maya Lopez on Marvel Studios’ Hawkeye. Read More...

Bella Hadid Styles 1999 Vintage Gucci Pants Once Worn by Gisele Bndchen

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Bella Hadid is proving the 90s are officially back, one vintage pair of Gucci pants at a time. On Friday, July 12, the model was spotted in Greenwich Village in New York City wearing iconic throwback Gucci green leather pants from the brand's 1999 fall/winter collection, which were embellished by Tom Ford. As one savvy fashionista posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, fellow model Gisele Bündchen famously wore the same pair of Gucci runway pants in a previous editorial from the Tom Ford era. Read More...