In case you've forgotten, Sunday is Mother's Day. And while you might be scrambling to buy your mom $2 flowers from a gas station or getting her yet another Hallmark card with kittens on it from the CVS down the street (again!), maybe you want to remember that you have only one mother.

And maybe you should be thankful it wasn't one of these mothers that the universe seemed fit to give you.

Here are six Florida moms who will make you thankful for your own mom (and maybe motivate you to actually do something nice for yours this Sunday):

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Miami, Florida and Hollywood, California are known for the best places to spot celebrities. Oohh there's Jon Hamm. Ooh look, George Clooney! Pfft. Whatever. We all know the sexiest place on the planet is Broward friggin County.

Know who else knows that?

The Rock. He lives there. Other celebrities sort of live there too. And, if you're lucky, not only will you spot one, you might even live next door to one.

Here are 8 "celebrities" that live in BroCo:

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The Vatican cardinals finally decided to agree on who the new pope is going to be and elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina to be the new pontiff.

He will be called Pope Francis I.

Francis is 76 years old and reportedly only has one lung.

Because, if the last pope taught us anything, it's that it's important to have a young guy with good health.

And, as it is with everything in our lives when historical moments unfold, we took to Twitter to find people's best, most honest reactions.

Here now are the ten best Twitter reactions to the new Holy Man himself:

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Today is International Women's Day! Yes, it's the one day of the year we allow the dames to come out of the kitchen or put the baby down so we can recognize them for all the lady things they do.

We love you, ladies. You're real swell.

But because it's enough already with asking to be paid the same salary as a man or be allowed to treat your body as you see fit, we present to you the top five Florida politicians who hate you:

Now get back in there and make me a steak!:

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The Florida Legislative sessions got kicked off this week, and since this is Florida, there's no lack of fodder to get super riled up about and make loud angry noises and be an anonymous tough guy in the comments sections of blogs and on Twitter.

Lawmakers will look at and vote on about 2,000 bills and resolutions, with only about 300 bills winning final passage. From medical marijuana to a ban on plastic bags, there are plenty o' issues that affect you, Florida.

Here now are the NINE MOST IMPORTANT BILLS that will be voted on in the coming months:

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While the GOPers are still clenching their buttholes over the fact that the First Lady of Socialist America appeared on the Oscars to announce the Best Picture winner, one of their champions was giving us his own special cultivated, erudite, distingue thoughts on the Academy Awards via The Twitter.

We are, of course, talking about Donald Trump, and his special ability to tweet his thoughts exactly like a 13-year-old girl.

Here now are The Donald's Eight Best Oscar Tweets of the night:

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Everyone knows Miami is the place Hollywood goes calling when it wants sexy done right. Various films, from The Godfather, Part II to Scarface to Pain & Gain, have been shot in the Magic City.

But what many don't know is that a lot of films were also shot in Fort Lauderdale. And we're not just talking about Porky's II or Bart Gets a Room.

See also: As A-Rod Battles His Neighbor, Miami Beach's Film Renaissance Hangs in the Balance

We're talking classic, memorable films. Some that you probably have among your all-time favorites and didn't even know were shot in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County.

Here now are our Top Ten Films Shot in Fort Lauderdale:

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The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show runs through this weekend. And while the show exhibits all kinds of boats and water crafts, the main attraction are going to be the yachts.

Fort Lauderdale is the Yacht Capital of the World, so it's only appropriate that the show carries not only yachts, but SUPER yachts. What are super yachts, exactly? Are they yachts injected with gamma rays? Yachts that get their power from the yellow sun? Yachts that fight crime?

Not really. They're merely yachts. Only bigger. And pricey-er. And more awesome.

Here now are the six largest super yachts you'll be able to gawk at during the boat show this weekend. And, if you have the means, maybe you'll buy yourself a couple:

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11. You know this guy as "that eccentric dude in Publix."

Move down here for work, love, or sunshine and after a while, you start to melt into the place. You adopt the weird habits and mannerisms of the natives, who once were just like you: people running from something up north. After a while, the weather, people, and wildlife don't seem so strange anymore. Since all writers love to make generalizations based on their own experiences, here's a list of common symptoms. 
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Anyone with a passing interest in sports is about to be inundated with talk of King James versus Prince Durant, Oklahoma City versus Miami, a wholesome young crop of basketball players versus the most hated/worshiped trio in the NBA. Sports rivalries are fun, especially the kind that are gratuitously hyped to increase Nielsen ratings.

So while it's still early, before the Miami Heat face the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first game of the NBA finals tomorrow, we've compiled a highly unscientific list of reasons Miami is clearly superior in every way.*

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