Protesting Piracy in China with...Blow-Up Dolls

Late last week at Peking University in Beijing, China, men wearing skimpy underwear and carrying inflatable friends streaked the university's north campus and tried to jump into Weiming Lake. Then, university security showed up. That's when all hell broke loose.

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The Truth about Japan's Amazing "Book Towers"

Jenga, this ain't. Hundreds of books carefully stacked, creating what's known as a "tower pile" (tawaa tsumi or タワー積み) in Japanese. Store employees spend thirty minutes—or more—to create these book sculptures that delight some and upset others.

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