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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.

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The Iceland Most People Don’t See
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Jim Beam’s Small-Batch Booker’s Bourbon Is A Must-Buy in 2026
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Not All Agave Spirits Are Tequila or Mezcal

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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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Not All Agave Spirits Are Tequila or Mezcal

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

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Space Invaders Board Game

The notion of taking a classic video game and turning into a physical board game sounds like turning a laser pistol into a rubber band gun. But the new Space Invaders board game is more of a nostalgic homage that brings the whole family together (your kids will wonder what…

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Holiday CBD Gummies Are a Vacation in a Bottle

Everyone needs a vacation. We get it. The team at Holiday agrees because they believe vacation is a state of mind. You should be able to go on holiday whenever you want, and that's where their premium CBD Gummies come in. 100% THC-free and non-psychoactive, their gummies give you all…

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Play Date Is a New Handheld Gaming System Unlike All the Others

When it comes to video games, we're all for modern shooters and crazy expansive adventures that feel like you're controlling a Hollywood blockbuster, but there's something to be said for the old school classics and portables. Play Date is an upcoming handheld gaming system that's completely modern while also feeling…

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Giant 1885 Circus Poster Discovered Behind a Wisconsin Bar Wall

If you happen to swing by the small town of Durand, Wisconsin, pay a visit to Corral Bar & Riverside Grill along the Chippewa River because inside it lives a 134-year old hand-printed circus poster that’s 9 feet high and 55 feet long, unearthed by the owner, Ron Berger while…

By Amos Kwon
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It Took Almost Four Decades to Make This Scale Model of Ancient Rome

For most of us, time travel is limited to works of fiction and the Wayback Machine. Italian architect Italo Gismondi is making it more of a reality with what we presume to be his life's work, Plastico di Roma Imperiale. Plastico di Roma Imperiale--aka Model of Imperial Rome--is a 1:250…

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