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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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The 50 Funniest Movies We’ve Ever Seen

Everyone loves a comedy, so we thought it’d be easy enough to assemble a list like this. Just get everyone in the office to share the movies they laugh hardest at. But what we found was, the comedy genre is constantly bleeding and blending into other genres. Action, drama, political…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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History’s Most Dangerous Games

Sports today are tame by history’s standards. Ancient societies didn’t seem to think twice about spending blood and lives in the pursuit of great athletic entertainment. People have been hacked, poked, drowned, punched, cut, smashed, and skied to death, all in some of history’s greatest games. The good news, depending…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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8 Ridiculously Good Recipes That Only Take 15 Minutes

The last thing you want to do after a long day at the office is cook a meal. We get it. But cooking doesn't have to mean carving out hours every evening and doing your best Thomas Keller impression. A simple recipe is your friend, but too often that means…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Most Famous Onion Articles of All Time

In its 30-year history, The Onion has supplanted itself as the gold standard for modern satire. The website receives over 10 million unique visitors every month, its content gets shared like wildfire, and it has since branched out to several different domains and sub-publications. We’ve seen some real doozies from The…

By Maxwell Barna
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How to Take Better Notes

Note taking isn’t something that ever goes away. You might not be in school anymore, and you probably aren’t a journalist about to break the Watergate scandal wide open, but you still need to be able to copy down accurate information quickly. The skill comes in handy anytime you’re talking…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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