Body modification covers anything from ear piercings to circumcisions, but there's a niche that involves the most extreme manipulation of the human body.

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The human body has been featured in paintings since the dawn of time, but never has it been used so effectively as a canvas as in Emma Hack's body paintings.

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Have you ever wished you could build a Lego house big enough to walk into? UK TV presenter James May and a team of volunteers and builders are doing just that.

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From the day we are born to the day we die, for every waking hour, we are bombarded with advertisements.

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