Caffeine is a major part of every human life. Over 90% of adults consume it in some way. Even those people who don’t drink coffee or tea consume it in some form. Energy drinks, pills, and even daytime cold medicines all include stimulants to keep people awake and alert. But can too much caffeine kill …
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Yesterday, iconic Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner died of natural causes at age 91 at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills surrounded by family. Over the years, Hefner, a proponent of free speech and a champion of civil rights, published articles by heavy literary hitters including Jack Kerouac, Roald Dahl, Kurt Vonnegut, and Norman Mailer, …
If you’ve seen any Victorian photography with children, chances are you’ve seen them without really seeing them—shrouded figures lurking, but hidden, in plain sight. To the modern eye, they look sinister, but in the 19th-century they were nothing more than utilitarian. Meet the “hidden mothers” of early photography. If you ever tried to shoot photos …
Juror No 59: “Your Honor, totally he is guilty and in no way can I let him slide out of anything because…” The court: “OK. Is that your attitude toward anyone charged with a crime who has not been proven guilty?” Juror No 59: “It’s my attitude toward his entire demeanor, what he has done …
As autumn approaches, millions of people will put away the signs of summer and replace the front yard kitsch of lawn ornaments and gnomes gripping surfboards with harbingers of celebrations to come. It is a safe bet Halloweens decorations will soon be littering the lawns of suburbia. One of the most popular representations of the …
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