Photos: Top ten fashion mistakes during a spring snowstorm

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Yesterday on our Show and Tell blog, Jenn Wohletz offered up her picks for the five things people shouldn't wear in Denver when it's snowing, and it couldn't have been timelier given our latest spring snowstorm, which followed a brief warm-up. Last year at this time, we came up with our own list of the top ten fashion mistakes when a cold snap follows a heat wave, and it applies to this morning, too. Did someone in your office make one of these errors? Count down our top ten below.

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Photos: Earth Day memes strike back!

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How do you commemorate Earth Day? By planting a tree? Cleaning up around a park? Biking to work instead of driving your car? Kissing the ground your beloved walks on?

Whatever your celebration of choice, we suggest you supplement it with a little laughter courtesy of the following Earth Day-centric memes, which prove that even environmentalism can be funny.

Check out the complete collection below -- and happy Earth Day!

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Videos: Peyton Manning's five favorite movies and why they're key to understanding him

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During an interview yesterday on KOA (click here to listen to it), Peyton Manning listed his five favorite movies -- all comedies from 1979 to 1985. He added that teammates need to watch the flicks, because otherwise when he quotes from them, the players won't have any idea what the hell he's talking about.

To assist future Broncos, we've assembled clips from the top five, in the order Manning listed them, with quotes from each (courtesy of IMDB) and situations when they might be used. Enjoy -- and you're welcome!

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Photos: Ten weirdest events in Denver history on History.orb

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As we all know, there are facts, and then there are Internet facts -- like a list of "Historical Events" that took place in Denver as assembled on History.orb. For the most part, the items, which appear to have been mined from various Wikipedia pages, aren't the kind of thing you're likely to have studied in school. But that's why they like them! After all, any opportunity to link the Mile High City to David Bowie, seen here, is fine by us -- especially if the connection is strange.

We've assembled and photo-illustrated our ten favorites. Count them down below.

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Photos: Tax Day memes offer laughs on one of year's least funny days

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Have you done your taxes yet? If not, we'll have to be the bearers of bad news to those who prefer to put off this horrible task until the last minute.

It's Tax Day, April 15. Which means the last minute is less than 24 hours away.

What to do, other than panic? Procrastinate a little bit more -- just long enough to peruse the following collection of Tax Day memes, which should put a smile on your face, at least until the requirement to do math wipes it off. Check them out below.

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Photos: Top ten Passive-Aggressive Notes from Colorado, 2013 edition

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Last year, we paid tribute to the ultra-funny Passive-Aggressive Notes website with a collection of our ten favorite Passive-Aggressive Notes from Colorado. But a year later, Coloradans have shared plenty more passive aggression, on subjects ranging from extreme Christmas light displays and restaurant service to dog crap and urinal use. We've collected our latest ten faves, including notes and photos. Check them out below, and click on the links to visit the original posts. Enjoy them passively or aggressively -- your choice.

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Photos: Fire Me! proves Twitter Nation hasn't learned Carly Crunk Bear lesson

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The story of teacher Carly "Crunk Bear" McKinney, who is "no longer employed" after a suspension for racy tweets, proved people can lose their jobs because of social-media posts. But that hasn't stopped Twitter users from playing with getting fired, as proven by Fire Me!, a site that sorts potentially career-ending tweets under four categories -- "Horrible Bosses," "Potential Killers," "Haters" and "Sexual Intercourse." See photo-illustrated examples from each, plus the tweets on the all-time leaderboard, and decide for yourself how long these people will be getting a paycheck.

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Photos: Denver's ten biggest March-April snowstorms

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Today's snowfall has certainly been a pain from a commuting standpoint. But it's nothing special in the history of Denver weather (so far), especially considering how often the city is clobbered by spring storms. According to data shared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ten of the twenty largest-ever Denver snowfall totals took place in March and April. Look below to count down the top ten, complete with vintage photos and excerpts from news accounts dating back as far as the 1800s.

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Photos: Top twelve least religious communities in America -- and where Boulder falls on the list

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Gallup has released a new poll that measures the most religious communities -- a list topped by the Provo-Orem, Utah area, where 77 percent of respondents described themselves as "very religious."

What about the least religious places? Gallup calculated that, too, with none other than Boulder finishing very, very close to the top -- or is that bottom? Look below to count down the twelve least religious metro areas in the U.S. by Gallup's measure, complete with a fun, Wikipedia-approved fact for each.

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Photos: April Fools' Day memes (almost) make the other 364 days of the year seem less foolish

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Do you love April Fools' Day? Or do you think it's the most annoying holiday ever -- an excuse for amateur comedians to play pranks proving once and for all they're not very funny?

We've gathered together a collection of April Fools' Day memes intended to appeal to both groups.

Check them out below. At the very least, they'll remind you to check the restroom door before you go in to make sure there's not a bucket filled with water propped on it....

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