The Beer Can House in Houston in 2011. It's estimated that more than 50,000 beer cans were used to cover the entire house. Bill Rand/Flickr hide caption
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Mild-mannered teacher by day, masked superhero by night, the Burka Avenger fights corruption and oppression, and aims to empower the girls of Pakistan. Unicorn Black Studios hide caption
Actors Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul speak onstage during the Breaking Bad panel on July 26. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption
President Obama greets people after making a speech about the economy and jobs Tuesday at an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images hide caption
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British rockers Led Zeppelin pose in front of their private plane, dubbed "The Starship," in 1973. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
It was at the Catskills' Avon Lodge in 1942 that comic and actor Sid Caesar would meet Florence Levy, a kids' counselor, niece of the owner and later Caesar's much-adored wife of nearly seven decades. "I thought he would be just a nice boyfriend for the summer," she told a California newspaper not long before her death in 2010. International Film Circuit hide caption
Human sexuality researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson Masters, shown in San Francisco in 1972. AP hide caption
Dean Norris, still under that dome. And there for a while. Kharen Hill/CBS hide caption
Parliament member Stella Creasy (second from right) and activist Caroline Criado-Perez (right) pose with a mock-up of the new 10-pound banknote featuring Jane Austen. Getty Images hide caption