“Do you have any gluten-free options?” has become a bit of a charged question in the past years. Granted, there is a small subset of the people asking it who have subscribed to a fad diet and can be kind of obnoxious about it. Despite that, there are people for whom eating gluten could cause …
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Christmas Eve is one busy day for Santa. He has to zoom all around the world, spreading holiday cheer and bringing presents to everybody on his Nice List, wherever they may be. But it’s big world out there, and a sleigh pulled by reindeer won’t cut it everywhere you go. Sometimes, Mr. Claus has to …
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This 2011 story about Humphrey, a “domesticated” hippo, has started making rounds on the internet again. It has the broad structure of a parable, about trying to tame wild animals and not having enough personal respect for the massive power of nature. There’s something specific to hippos that makes some people construct bizarre relationships with …
In a story that I kind of can’t believe hasn’t happened before, Santa got tangled up in power lines this week. Maybe St. Nick was trying to get a head start on his drop-offs for the year. Or, it was a guy with a powered parachute trying to bring some holiday cheer to grade-school kids …
If you like video games, you know that these days you need a powerful machine to get the most out of them. You’ll also know that an extended gaming session requires snacks to sustain a hardcore gamer. But what if instead of the usual Doritos and Mountain Dew, you’d like something more substantial? Something like …
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Imagine you were going to move to Mars. What would the main issue be? Aside from no oxygen, extreme temperatures, constant risk of explosive decompression, or the secret alien base that’s totally there. We’re talking about food. You would have whatever you brought with you and… Well, that’s pretty much it. Mars isn’t exactly an …
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Beauty standards come and go as societal trends and norms change. In this day and age, having a voluptuous chest is considered one of the more desirable traits in a woman. If that’s not what floats your boat, you’re naturally welcome to disagree. But as far as averages go, people seem to think bigger is …
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Natural wine is the latest fad in the boujee food + beverage world. It’s wine made without chemical interference from the winery. Unlike mainstream labels that taste predictable year after year, natural wine showcases various environmental changes in each vintage. Results are unpredictable and fawned over by connoisseurs and plebs alike. So Allen Maurice Stiefel, …
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Dinosaurs were a bunch of fascinating and often strange creatures, and there are a lot of mysteries that still surround them. For example, paleontologists just recently made the first educated guesses of how they had sex, thanks to a fossilized butthole. But now they’ve found an even stranger animal that lived when dinosaurs still walked …
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I wrote about this guy who sued his parents back in April because they destroyed his porn collection. His collection was worth almost $30,000. To see the original story, click on this title link to read Parents Destroy $29,000 Porn Collection and Son Sues Them. The Michigan guy sued his parents for throwing away his …
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