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You don't need to be an eccentric billionaire or rugged survivalist to take up residence in a cave. All around the globe, living in an rocky recess is just a fact of life and can be way more homey than any manmade structure. Here are some real estate destinations to investigate should you attempt to cultivate that post-modern caveman chic.

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I spotted this on the CDTCrew's YouTube channel while watching some dog disco. It's definitely not from Badi ("The Turkish E.T.") or that absolutely ungodly German E.T.. porn. The soundtrack is almost certainly dubbed in. But where is it from? More »
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Delilah Dirk is a globetrotting adventuress with Indiana Jones' upbringing, Batman's martial training, and a flying sailboat. And she's on a mission to steal a pirate's gold, much to the horror of her new companion, a sharp-tongued Turkish lieutenant. More »
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You may be familiar with Turkish Star Wars a.k.a. Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam a.k.a. The Man Who Saved The World a.k.a. that movie that cribbed scenes from Star Wars and the theme of Indiana Jones. More »
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In 1974, the Cypriot capital of Nicosia was divided in two by a U.N. Buffer Zone designed to quell violence between the island's Greek and Turkish populations. Those living in the Zone quickly evacuated the area, creating an urban time capsule that's been devoid of residents for nearly 40 years. More »
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Back in the day, every science fiction movie or show had to have a scene where the Earthman teaches the aliens/future people how to have sex. Captain Kirk did it. So did Woody Allen. (Warning: This clip is definitely NSFW!) More »
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Çatalhöyük is one of the world's most ancient settlements, founded in what is now Turkey around 7,500 BCE. New analysis of the village's dead reveals something strange about this ancient village: nobody cared very much about family ties. More »
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This is the Transylvanian naked neck chicken, popularly known as the "churkey" because it appears to have the body of a chicken and the head of a turkey. And this mysterious mutation could actually help feed the world. More »
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In honor of Turkey Day, here's seven of the best Turkish rip-off movies presented in their entirety. Copyright and production values are nonexistent, but the thrills are (sort of) non-stop. Here's Turkish Star Wars, Star Trek, and other trashterpieces.

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In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Improbable Research asks the very question you all were wondering. More »
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Filled with the sound of morning birdsong, this video of a UFO over Turkey taken last week is as much a slice of Turkish city life as it is a record of possible alien incursion. More »
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Food is a hoot to eat, but it's significantly less fun when it's exploding or drowning you or turning you into a psychedelic werewolf. Here are seven kinds of real-life food disasters that will make you lose your appetite...forever. More »
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These incandescent pictures and postcards from the turn of the 19th century aren't true color photography — they were colored using a process known as photochrom that gave the landscapes they depict a fuzzy warm veneer. More »
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This is what I'm talking about: The zombie craze is going global, and we're getting some awesome undeath from places other than Euro-America and Asia. I can't wait for ADA: Zombilerin Düğünü (Translation: Island: Wedding of the Zombies). More »
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Forget about paisley dresses and giant platform heels, even though they kinda made a comeback in 2007. British/Turkish Cypriot designer Hussein Chalayan understands that in the future, clothes will no longer be static. They will disappear, shrink, stretch, and light up while you wear them so that people don't get bored of looking at you all night. Elegance will be redefined by metamorphosis, not chiffon. And it really doesn't matter if nobody can see your pretty face, as long as your dress lights up the room with its LEDs. More »
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