Charlie Chaplin started appearing in his first films in 1914---40 films, to be precise---and, by 1915, the United States had a major case of 'Chaplinitis.' Chaplin mustaches were suddenly popping up everywhere--as were Chaplin imitators and Chaplin look-alike…

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The Manobo indigenous community in the Agusan Marshlands of the Philippines live in floating homes able to withstand floods, rising water levels and typhoons.

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