- newAbdul El-Sayed: "We are being actively bullied by the dumbest people in the room"
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed shared a fairly uncomplicated theory about Donald Trump and the people surrounding him: "We are being actively bullied by the dumbest people in the room." Speaking with Hasan Minhaj, El-Sayed called Trump an "…
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- newStanley Kubrick's personal archives are coming to auction for the first time
Stanley Kubrick's personal archives are coming to auction for the first time. The auction will include props, scripts, equipment, and personal possessions from Kubrick's film archives. According to Bonhams, which is holding the auction, highlights fr…
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- newJudge rules McDonald's must face McRib lawsuit
McDonald's will have to explain the McRib, its occasional mystery meat sandwich, after failing to convince a federal judge to dismiss a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit contends that McDonald's "intentionally shapes" McRib patties, one of the fast-f…
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- newWatch hundreds of polar bears wait for Hudson Bay to freeze
Annie says, "The Polar Bear Cams are live from Churchill, where hundreds of polar bears are gathering on the shore of Hudson Bay, waiting for the ice to freeze. It's like Fat Bear Week, except these bears are still waiting for dinner." — Read the r…
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- newFlip through East Germany's 1975 mail-order catalog
Enjoy this scan of a 1975 copy of the Konsument catalog, which advertised the offerings of East Germany's state-run retail cooperative. The catalog shows the fashions, tools, housewares, consumer electronics, and other glorious goods made during the…
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- newIron gall ink lasts for centuries. Here's how to make it
What is iron gall ink? Only one of the "most important substances in the history of civilization," says Joel Klein, the curator of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences at the Huntington in San Marino, California. That's because the ink, which…
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- newHackers cooked supermarket freezers in seven European countries
Unknown hackers took over refrigeration controls in supermarkets in seven countries in Europe. This is the second attack. Last month, as many as 700 French supermarkets had to throw out frozen and refrigerated food after a cyberattack caused cooler t…
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- newTrump worries Alaska voters won't understand the word "incumbent"
Yet another word confuses Grandpa Pudding Brains, so he assumes everyone else is even more idiotic. Explaining his objection to two candidates with nearly the same name appearing on the Alaska ballot, Diaper Don claims "incumbent" is confusing. He s…
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- newThe weirdest thing about LA's ghost condos is that they run the HOA
Investigative vlogger Yoonj Kim first visited downtown Los Angeles' Metropolis towers, where her investigation found hundreds of condos that have been sitting empty for years. Naturally, she asked: why would the developer want to hold on to them? On…
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- newSedona residents spent Sunday waiting on their roofs for helicopters
Historic flooding has struck Sedona, Arizona, for the second time in two weeks. Residents unable to evacuate fast enough spent part of Sunday standing on their roofs waiting for helicopters. Some with their pets. Oak Creek moved through neighborhood…
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