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Ferrari’s Most Underrated Racing Event Is Happening in Austin This Weekend
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Laphroaig’s New Whisky Comes With No Tasting Notes And a Chance to Hang with Willem Dafoe

The brand's second Dafoe collaboration is a 14-year single malt with no official tasting notes. Write the best one, and you could end up on set with the legend himself.

By Andy Vasoyan
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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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The Gentlemen’s Trip: A Field Guide

Everything you need to turn a guys trip into something better.

By Lanny Fuller
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The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees

Rob Penn is an adventuring author, journalist and TV presenter who's ridden a bicycle most days of his adult life to the tune of over fifty countries on five continents. Penn's latest book, The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees, tells the story of one man's relationship with the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel

After years of Drugwars on the older graphing calculators (remember those?) you might think that you're an expert on the drug trade, but Tom Wainwright's Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel has all kinds of information you probably never thought about. Rather than investigating the entire thing from the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything

Aaron James Draplin is a logo legend. The graphic designer has worked with everyone from Esquire to the president of the United States. Basically, there's little chance you haven't seen some of Draplin's work, even if you didn't realize it. Now the master designer is putting all his work, tips, inspirations, stories, and more…

By Mike Newman
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Kurt Cobain’s Personal Items

Geoff Moore is an LA-based photographer and director that's worked with everyone from GQ and Coach to MTV and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 2007, he was commissioned by the Estate of Kurt Cobain to document the treasures of one of the most famous members of the 27 Club.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Honest 2016 Oscar Nominee Movie Posters

There are plenty of good, great, and completely ridiculous movies that are nominated for one Oscar or another, but the race as a whole for all the major categories is still widely undecided. The Shiznit took this opportunity to create a collection of posters based on if "2016's Oscar-nominated movie…

By Cooper Fleishman
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