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Asian-style interiors instantly evoke an image of serenity and tranquil calm. With most of us engrossed in a fast-paced urban lifestyle, it helps immensely when we can come back home to a peaceful abode that allows us to escape this never-ending rush.

Here are 30 overwhelmingly successful people who changed the world but who didn’t start receiving attention until they were over 30.

You know your writing heroes? Would you be shocked to learn that their writing is no better than yours?

Thanks to online platforms, it is now possible for anyone to transform their passion and hobby into a lucrative career.

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The 115-story building is currently in the final stages of construction and watching the two kids climb up the tower without any special gear, help, or security is truly impressive and at times hard to watch because of how dangerous it is.

You've got to use what you've got to get what you want. That's how the old saying goes, anyway. But how do you get the things you want when you have nothing? That's a trick question, because you've always got a voice, and sometimes, that's all you need. By doing nothing more than asking, the people on this list have raked in riches and rewards beyond your imagination. Things like ...

Better vision, stronger muscles—expectations can have surprising effects, research finds.

In the wake of the financial crisis, Dumbarton mum Kareen Buttle found her old line of work tougher and tougher. Then her daughter gave her a new idea...

With the excitement for Star Wars: Episode VII at an all-time high, here's a blast from the past: an audio recording of an audience watching the original film back when it debuted in 1977.

The story behind NASA's brief embrace of extraterrestrial sherry is a curious one.

A recently rediscovered shot of the 1964 sitcom's Addams Family set reveals that the black-and-white world we think TV's most morbid family inhabited was actually far more colorful than any of us expected.

We can find fewer finer or more recognizable examples of the stuff than Homer’s Iliad, and above you can hear a reading of a section of the Iliad (Book 23, Lines 62-107 )  in the original Ancient Greek language.

"The perception that wine is bad because it comes in a box just isn't true anymore," says Meg McNeill, the wine buyer at Brooklyn's Dandelion Wine.

A nine-year-old boy from Morden, Man. has taken up the lost art of letter writing — and he's not writing to just anyone, he's written to every world leader for whom he could find a mailing address.

Over the course of his lifetime, Charles F. Haanel wrote five known books and four known pamphlets or marketing pieces. There are also mentions of books that he wrote (either in marketing pieces or in the US Copyright Office) for which examples could not be found, so it is unknown if they were ever published or, if they were, if there are any copies surviving today.

Just imagine for a second you could make all your dreams come true, achieve anything you want and succeed in all your undertakings. Wouldn’t this be absolutely amazing?

If you’re frustrated with choking on the qāf in Arabic or disgracing the Chinese script with your poor penmanship, maybe it’s time to try one of these lesser-studied but relatively easy foreign languages for English speakers.

With that in mind, I’ve reached out to some experts to curate a list of 11 more offbeat life hacks that can help your bottom line. These are small adjustments and none will make you rich. But combined, they can save you a pretty penny.

“The best thing you can do from this day forward is to follow your intuition.  Take risks.  Don’t just make the safe and easy choices because you’re afraid of what could happen.  If you do, very little worth remembering will ever happen.”

What Goethe can teach us about cultivating a healthy relationship with our finances.

The NYPL has an incredible branch system around the boroughs, but it's only a part of New York City's literary resources. From private clubs, to nonprofit societies, to pop up places right out in the streets, here are some of our favorite secret libraries of the city.

“When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer… his unique opportunity lies in the way he bears his burden.”

The older generation may watch in wonder when pre-teens download apps, install wireless printers, and edit videos on iMovie with a few clicks of the mouse. But there are loads of skills our parents and grandparents had decades ago that the younger generations don't. We asked our Facebook fans about this, and received a massive response.

England, AD 1811 - Blake's interpretation of a popular scene from mythology.

If you're lucky, the closest you get to a courtroom is old Night Court episodes and the occasional traffic ticket dispute. But, who knows, some day you might wind up in front of a judge due to a hilarious misunderstanding, or because you had to murder some dudes. If so, there are several things that can tip the scales of justice in your favor that have nothing to do with the law or evidence.

Last month's spectacular diamond robbery in London's Hatton Garden was historic in more ways than one, and, while it's still unclear how much loot the thieves made off with, experts estimate the haul's value may exceed £200 million. No arrests have yet been made, but as police disclose more details of the crime, a sense of déjà vu seems inescapable.

“One strong cup of tea is better than twenty weak ones. All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes.”

That's a great question, and I'm sure you aren't alone on this. In fact, I've seen many patients who have come to me, who are tired all the time, no matter how much they sleep, and sometimes feel like they are even sleeping too much.

To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. In this multi-part series, "Tremendous" Tracey Jones will help you navigate the "Four Seasons of Leadership" and explore how you can guide your business through the seasons so it flowers and grows...

How many times have you seen the films in the Star Wars saga? If you’re like many fans, you’ve lost count because you’ve been watching the movies repeatedly since a young age. They get woven into the background of your life and are always present — they’re like a constant friend in that way. I’m not saying visiting the galaxy far, far away over and over again makes the line between reality and fiction blur, but the two can certainly bleed into each other. These are signs that you may have seen the Star Wars films too many times.

Feel free to stop reading this if your career is going great, you're thrilled with your life, and you're happy with your relationships. Enjoy the rest of your day, friend, this article is not for you. You're doing a great job, we're all proud of you. So you don't feel like you wasted your click, here's a picture of Lenny Kravitz wearing a gigantic scarf.

“The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.”

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Necessity isn't the only mother of invention. Though it wasn't always easy to get patents or the credit they deserved, women are responsible for many items we use today.

There is no shortcut to anywhere worth going.  There is no substitute for doing the work.  Meditate on this every day: “I will do the work.”  As Einstein once said, “Genius is 1% talent and 99% effort.”  You must run to be a runner.  You must write to be a writer.  You must actively attend to your relationships if you want them to flourish.

John Steinbeck won a Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath 75 years ago today. To mark the occasion, we've gathered a few surprising facts about Steinbeck's groundbreaking tale of the Joad family.

Did you know that Moby-Dick was originally rejected for publication because it had the word "dick" in the title? No? Well, that's because we just made that up. But it turns out that some of the most-read books in the world were in fact rejected for similarly preposterous reasons over the years. Take, for example ...

I’m sure that when you hear the phrase ‘suck your energy,’ something or someone immediately comes to mind. This is probably the tip of the iceberg when it comes to energy suckers in your life. There are many others that could be lurking around, quietly sucking out all your energy. Added together, these things can be a major cause of general fatigue. See which of the 3 common energy suckers might be lurking around you and learn a few tips on how to deal with them.

Our thoughts help us direct our lives: what we should do next, what to say to that person, whether we should change jobs or go on a diet, etc. But what if our thoughts are plainly… wrong? What if they are misguided and lead us to reach the wrong conclusions and make the wrong decisions?

You’ve probably already heard that fast food restaurants like to paint their interiors in shades of reds and yellows because they make people eat faster, or that retirement homes tend to paint their walls in calming blue shades to help residents relax. But there is a lot more to the psychology of color than these basic facts known to the general public, and this infographic can help you understand the subtleties of the art.