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London Doesn’t Have to Be Lavish to Travel Well

Your smart, stylish, and affordable guide to visiting the UK capital.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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Opinel 130th Anniversary Edition No. 8 Knife

What's easily one of the coolest everyday carry knives around, the Opinel 130th Anniversary Edition No. 8 folder is a conversation starter, for sure. The French company celebrates its 1890 launch with this special blade. It retains its classic Virobloc safety ring design here but adds a black-anodized stainless steel…

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Soup Base Ramen Noodle Wrapper

Minimizing plastic waste is vital to the survival of our planet and the creatures housed within. Efforts like this edible ramen soup package prove that humans can innovate in some truly special (and delicious) ways. Product designer Holly Grounds has created a biofilm packaging that doubles as the soup base,…

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LEGO Original Nintendo + TV

Whether you're talking about Contra, Metal Gear, Super Mario Brothers, Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden, Metroid, Duck Hunt, Mega Man, Kid Icarus or Tetris, there's no denying that the OG Nintendo Entertainment System had some of the best video games the industry has ever produced. Nintendo has released some Classic Editions of…

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OffLimits Cereal

Whether you're eating cereal all day or cooking bacon and eggs for dinner, we love breakfast in all of its forms. Author / host / foodie Emily Miller is a woman after our own hearts that recently launched OffLimits Cereal, two flavors of all day treats for everyone that wants…

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Toadi AI-powered Autonomous Lawn Mower

Robotic lawn mowers are a great idea in principle, but not so much in execution since they require perimeter cables so you don't shred your neighbor's rose garden. But Toadi changes the game with artificial intelligence that eschews those stupid cables once and for all. Ignore the fact that "she"…

By Amos Kwon
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