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Why Sweet and Spicy Cocktails Are Trending and How to Make Them

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in March 2026

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Heinz Canada Made New Bottles That Display the Proper Pouring Angle

Everyone knows that you need to tilt your bottle of Heinz ketchup to right around 45-degrees and hit it on the 57 to ensure the proper dollop dispensation for your fries, burgers, curds, fried pickles, sweet potato fries and everything else that's been deliciously fried--but definitely not your hot dogs…

By Cooper Fleishman
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This Racing Drone Pilot Chased a Rollercoaster in Sweden

There's nothing quite like the sensation you get when you're sitting in the first or last car of a roller coaster as it cruises through a brilliantly engineered tracked filled with twists, turns, loop-de-loops, verticals and pulls--except, maybe, if you can experience the entire thing on the screen in front…

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“Mad Dreams and Monsters” – Phil Tippett Documentary Trailer

If, for whatever reason, you're not familiar with the work of Phil Tippett, he's a renowned director and Oscar and Emmy award-winning visual effects, stop-motion animation maestro and character creator. Whether he's been working with other studio or through his own Tippett Sudio, he's been in involved with plenty of…

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Nokia 800 Tough Phone

In a world of fancy smartphones, sometimes you just need something that can take a licking. Nokia's 800 Tough Phone doesn't care much about great photos, movie streaming, or a ginormous screen. What it does care about is IP68 certified water and dust resistance, as well as clumsy fumbles on…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Volkswagen Is Resurrecting the Beetle with the New E-Beetle Electric Concept

Earlier this year, Volkswagen officially stopped production of the VW Beetle, one of the most iconic and influential cars to ever roll off an assembly line. The modern versions had strayed pretty far from the vintage Type 1 styling that we all grew to know and love, which is probably…

By Cooper Fleishman
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