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In 1909, William Taft replaced Theodore Roosevelt as president of the US, women couldn't yet vote in the US, and Elizabeth Francis, now the oldest living American, was born. She claimed the title from Edie Ceccarelli, who died at the age of 116 years and 17 days on Thursday of an unknown cause. Francis, 114 years and 217 days old at the time of writing, was born in Louisiana but moved to Texas in 1920. She has lived with her 94-year-old daughter, Dorothy Williams, since 1999, though caregivers visit daily, Today reported last summer. She started using a wheelchair in 2017, at the age of 108, The Washington Post reported, and was bedbound when the outlet interviewed her in...

In 2018, my friend sent me a listing for Cerro Gordo, an abandoned mining town in California. "This might be your next project," he joked. The idea of a remote town in the American West was very alluring to me. It reminded me of the old TV westerns my grandfather watched every day. I was running a pretty popular bed and breakfast in Austin, but it felt like I was just searching for something to shake me up from the routine monotony. Buying this ghost town has done that. It cost $1.4 million — more than half was a loan from a hard money lender. The rest was mostly split between my friend and me, but a few other friends also chipped in. On the surface, you understand it's going to...

Sylvester Stallone is "permanently" leaving California and is being welcomed with open arms in Florida.The "Rocky" icon made the announcement on the season two premiere of the reality show, "The Family Stallone." "After long, hard consideration, your mother and I have decided, time to move on and leave the state of California permanently, and we’re going to go to Florida," Sylvester told his three daughters: Scarlet, 21, Sistine, 25, and Sophia, 27 – referring to his wife of 26 years, Jennifer Flavin. He added, "We're gonna sell this house. We already have the place."   (Sylvester Stallone is "permanently" leaving California for Florida.)   Florida Gov. Ron...

Inside world’s first floating theme park with THREE hotels, 11 restaurants and rollercoaster – on an old Saudi oil rig THE world's first floating theme park with three luxury hotels, a whopping 11 restaurants and huge rollercoasters is being built in Saudi Arabia. Designed to welcome millions through its doors each year The Rig is the latest absurd and over the top idea coming out of the country.   (The Rig sits 40km from the nearest piece of land in the Arabian Gulf. Credit: Public Investment Fund)   (The Rig has three luxury hotels, a whopping 11 restaurants, a huge rollercoaster and over 70 activities.Credit: The Mega Agency)   (There are over 70...

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It didn’t take long for Oscar-winning actress Emma Stone to unload her 1920s Los Angeles home—and for more than the asking price. The Spanish-style spread, in the city’s Westwood, hit the market in mid-January for $3.995 million. It sold Tuesday for $4.3 million, according to Sotheby’s International Realty, which handled the listing. The house was so well received by potential buyers that more than 100 attended an open house the first weekend it was on the market and it received multiple offers, according to The Wall Street Journal, which reported when the home entered contract last month.   (Ryan Lahiff for Sotheby’s International...

People are flooding to social media in awe of a mega-pyramid being constructed in Dubai. Well, the city in the United Arab Emirates is planning to create a pyramid which dwarfs the Great Pyramid of Giza. In 2008, plans were unveiled for a mega-pyramid - called Ziggurat - with the hopes of construction starting in 2021 and it being completed by 2028. Its design was inspired by the pyramids of the Egyptians and Mayans, however, blown up on an even bigger scale. Ziggurat Pyramid is set to stand taller than the Burj Khalifa and the Downtown Circle, and is planned to be a whopping 1,200 meters tall. It's reported as being designed to measure a hefty 2.3 square kilometers across and hold a...

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A MILLIONAIRE has traded her life of luxury by selling her business and massive mansion to live the van life. The 36-year-old entrepreneur from Florida has shared that she feels like ditching the lavish life and trading her eight-story mansion for a van was the "best decision" she's ever made. (She purchased a Mercedes Sprinter for $88,000.Credit: instagram/thecaitawakening)   (Within the first year of building her successful proofreading business, Pyle made $100,000.Credit: instagram/thecaitawakening)   Caitlin Pyle told Daily Mail that she's now "leading the life she always wanted." The woman actually used to brag about the grand eight-story home complete with 18...

CHINA built it's own rip off "Paris of the East" - complete with a knock-off Eiffel Tower and French architecture. Tianducheng even boasts Parisian walkways, cafes, parks and signage.   (China built a rip off Paris called Tianducheng - boasting its own Eiffel Tower and Parisian architecture.Credit: Reuters)   (The luxury real estate development opened in 2007 following a massive £1 billion construction project.Credit: Reuters)   (The real Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.Credit: Getty)   But for years the gaudy mimic was all but a ghost town, with just 2,000 residents calling it their maison.The luxury real estate development opened in 2007 following a...