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The Coolest Places to Watch the World Cup Around the Globe
By Lanny Fuller
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On Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, 20 Years Later

And how horror went from critically hated to the latest Cannes "it" genre.

By Andy Crump
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The Rise of Prediction Culture

From sports to pop culture, Polymarket is changing how we engage with what happens next.

By Cool Material
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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Nerf N-Strike Elite Titan CS-50 Minigun

When we think of a gun with multiple rotating barrels hurling munitions through the air at an almost inconceivable rate, we immediately go to one of two governors. It's either Arnold laying waste to police cars in Terminator 2, or the goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus that is Jesse Ventura in Predator.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Black 3.0 Is the Blackest Acrylic Paint in the World

In case you're not familiar with the whole artist feud surrounding Vantablack, here's a quick primer. Vantablack is one of the darkest substances known to man and absorbs up to 99.96% of visible light. Artist Anish Kapoor secured exclusive artistic rights to Vantablack, which pissed off, well, pretty much the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Evolution of the Alphabet Chart

When it comes to decorating the walls your space, there are so many great art and print shops out there that it can be hard to find exactly what you want. If you're anything like us, you want pieces that interesting, unique, thought-provoking and guaranteed to last a good, long…

By Cooper Fleishman
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L’Affiche Technique Patent Posters

There's no questioning the fact that new products, and the patents that protect them, define large parts of our lives. Whether you're talking the tech you're using to read this, the car that got you to work, the business that you conduct in the commode or the things you do…

By Cooper Fleishman
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8 Email Newsletters Every Guy Should Know

When people think about newsletters, their first instinct is to usually groan at the idea of some company whose email they regretfully signed up for years ago spamming them about discounts, or giving them unsolicited advice about something they don’t care about. It’s a thing. But not all newsletters are…

By Maxwell Barna
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