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Jesse Lane of Oakland, CA, founded the Biker Dogs Motorcycle Club International in 2000. It is the world’s first motorcycle club for dogs who ride motorcycles. Canines are “Biker Dog” members and humans are either “Guardian” members or “defender” members. Every year, the club sponsors an Annual “Biker Dog Run” with an itinerary fixed in advance.
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Space Services Inc. offers something unique to those who want to honor the memory of their loved ones in a very different way: they will send their ashes into space.
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Netflix is the world's largest online DVD movie rental service, offering more than 4 million members access to more than 60,000 titles.
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For decades, Barbie has been the reigning queen of fashion dolls, but all has changed when the Bratz dolls hit the market in 2001. Their edgy, stylish and “cool” look immediately seduced the pre-teen girls between 8 and 12 years old who saw in them what they want to become.
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The Fertility Institutes uses Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) technology in conjunction with in-vitro fertilization to help couples to choose the sex of their future baby with a 99% success rate.
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Cheeta, famed for his appearances in the 1930's and 1940's Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan, turned 74 years old on April 9, 2006, and remains the world's oldest living primate. He lives happily at the C.H.E.E.T.A Primate Foundation in Palm Springs, California, a home for primates who have retired from the movie industry and the show business.
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Craig Newmark started craigslist.org in 1995 as a way to post local information for his friends. Since then, it has grown into one of the world's largest sources of online classified ads, reaching million of people around the world.
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Blind Designer Eric Brun-Sanglard sees what other people can’t even imagine. This inspired him to launch a successful career in home design after becoming blind more than 10 years ago. Among his numerous clients are movie stars such as Virginia Madsen.
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Wine.com is the world’s largest online wine retailer with sales of more than two million bottles of wine per year and a catalogue of more than 14,000 labels.
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Based in rural Indiana, Goliath Casket specializes in the manufacturing of oversized burial caskets ranging from 29 inch width to 52 inch width (74 to 132 cms), accommodating big human corpses from 300 lbs to over 1000 lbs (136 to over 453 kgs).
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Rabbi Nachum Shifren - a.k.a. “The Surfing Rabbi”- combines his Hasidic Jewish faith with his love of the surf by teaching both. His goal is to teach youth the lessons of life through surfing.
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At 75, Pax Beale is still pumping iron some two hours a day and has a body that a lot of younger bodybuilders would envy.
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When people think of skateboarding, they envision adolescents doing tricks on brightly painted boards but a few are aware of a new trend on the rise: The Skateboarding Moms.
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VIP Fibers is the first U.S. enterprise to spin pet fiber or fur into yarn that can be transformed into clothing and other keepsakes.
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