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The Cool Mother’s Day Gift Guide (New Products Added 4/21)
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The Cool Mother’s Day Gift Guide (New Products Added 4/21)
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The Most Unhinged Frankenstein Movies You’ve Never Seen

A new indie horror standout (and a not-so-great studio effort) sent us down the rabbit hole of Frankenstein films that get truly, gloriously strange.

By Andy Crump
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What It’s Like to Mush Your Own Dog Team Through Alaska

Experiencing Alaska by dog was truly magical.

By Brandon Withrow
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Jim Beam’s Small-Batch Booker’s Bourbon Is A Must-Buy in 2026

The first Booker’s release of the year is inspired by none other than the Big Easy, one of Booker Noe’s favorite cities

By Beau Hayhoe
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YouTube Channels We Love but Don’t Know Why

Twelve years after its founding, YouTube is still one of the most trafficked and widely used websites on the entire Internet—second only to Google, the company that owns it. It boasts more than 30 million unique visitors every day, and every minute, 300 hours of content gets posted to over…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Best Chef’s Knives to Invest In

If you’re serious about a home cooked meal, one of the best investments you can make is in a chef's great knife. It’s the tool most of us use the most, so why not spend a little more money on it? It’ll improve prep times, keep you safer, and stay…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The 14 Video Games We Can’t Wait to Play in 2019

Even casual gamers have plenty to be excited for this coming year, with releases from big developers and indie outfits that’ll keep you entertained for hours. Where we could, we’ve included specific dates or seasons, but as anyone who spends any time following gaming can tell you, release dates in…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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8 Apps That Will Help You Disconnect from Your Phone

If you want to be your most productive, most complete or most studious self, you need to disconnect from the digital and interface with the physical. That doesn't mean you should stop reading this immediately—we have bills and advertisers to pay, after all—but you should consider installing at least one…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The 7 Best Cookbooks of 2018

We’re food nerds. We love everything about food—the accomplished feeling of preparing something different, the joy of watching others enjoy what we’ve made, and the excitement of learning something new. Of course, we couldn’t do any of that without cookbooks. They help open new doors to otherwise unexplored corners of…

By Maxwell Barna
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