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Maricopa County Jail in Arizona is the 4th largest jail system in the world. In 1993 it exceeded the maximum number of inmates allowed in its facilities. It was estimated that construction of a new facility would cost approximately $70,000,000. Sheriff Arpaio ordered that a Tent Jail be constructed utilizing inmate labor. It consisted of Korean War era tents donated by the United States armed forces, and a 50 ft (15.4 m) observation tower with a vacancy sign mounted on the front...

Aryan Hopkins broke one Guinness world record for piercings but fell short of another Saturday at Roseville's Abstract Ink Tattoo, which he co-owns with his wife, Ashleigh. With 1,093 piercings, Hopkins broke the record for piercings in one session done with an 18-gauge needle, 900. But he fell short of the overall record for one session, 1,200, after he started shaking and losing feeling in his hands and arms...

The Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G-20, Group of Twenty) is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries plus the european single currency. Their heads of government or heads of state have also periodically conferred at summits since their initial meeting in 2008...

Pedro Vidotto is a brazilian art director + designer, based in brasilia, brazil and currently working at Mr. Brain Comunicação. He loves new ideas and is interested in all aspects surrounding design and technology. With Exergia minimalistic movie posters being so sucessful, everyone's taking a stab at it...

Pizza in a cone. It's 2010 and the tyranny of the slice has at last come to an end in Manhattan, where K! Pizzacone opened in midtown today! Pizzacones, which reportedly taste more like a calzone, start at $4.90 each, but isn't it worth paying a little more not to look like a passé Poindexter with oil drizzling down your shirt.....

A POTD is an acronym for "Photo of the Day", "Picture of the Day", "Post of the Day" or "Poll of the Day". It is a term most commonly used by online digital photography communities as an honor to outstanding photos that are selected daily from among that community's membership. They can either be tagged as POTD or displayed in a special page on that site...