Rihanna knows how to celebrate. The pop star and business mogul was photographed stepping out last night to celebrate her mother's birthday at Pastis, a restaurant in New York City's Meatpacking District. Rihanna, of course, dressed up for the occasion, choosing to wear a luxe brown leather blazer by Saint Laurent paired with ultra-sheer mesh trousers that only she could pull off. Rih accessorized with matching studded gloves from Bottega Veneta, a graphic-printed shoulder bag by Fendi, bright-white pointed-toe pumps by The Attico, and a gold necklace courtesy of David Yurman.

A prolific rebounder with more heart than height, defensive virtuoso Dennis Rodman went after basketballs like they owed him money. Rodman wasn't just talented; he revolutionized the forward position, proving you didn't have to be a 7-footer to play like one. In fact, the 6-foot-8 Rodman out-hustled taller men night in and night out. He "terrorized teams," per Sports Illustrated, and even when opponents double-teamed him he still might grab 34 rebounds in a game.

Humanity has conjured a constellation of ways to conduct executions, and this may be one of the wildest methods of them all.Wikimedia Commons Capital punishment has always been cruel, but that cruelty has changed over time and varies in accordance with place-specific cultural mores and legal norms. Still, the prospect of meeting your end under the weighty foot of a compliant elephant seems too absurd to be real. However, the strange but true practice of death by elephant was a common method of public execution popular in Southeast Asia, predominantly India, from the Middle Ages until as recently as the late 19th century.

Even though One Direction has been on a band hiatus since 2015, the group’s influence on pop culture has remained apparent in the years following their break through their dedicated fan base and continued relevance in the music industry. The band’s five members, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, and Zayn Malik all worked together to become one of the most successful boy bands of all time. And there’s no way that would’ve happened without well-written tunes.

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