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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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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 Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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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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The JIU Cast Iron Pan Has a Detachable Wooden Handle

Don't even pretend that you haven't cooked yourself a meal and eaten it right out of the pan at least once in your life. It might have been a pot of mac n' cheese back in the college days, but it happened. the JIU pan is a lot like that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Amazon Scout Robot Is Now Delivering Packages in Washington

Everyone knows that Amazon is not-so-slowly taking over the world. While we've seen plenty of improvements to their core business of package delivery over the years, we never thought we'd see functional delivery robots so soon. Amazon Prime Air flying drone delivery is an interesting idea in concept, but the practicality…

By Cooper Fleishman
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You Can Finally Own an Authentic 1940s Lakester

The Lakester, with it's modified aircraft drop tank and exposed wheels construction, is an iconic vehicle that's fast as hell and also a testament to what's possible with enough ingenuity and spare parts. We've seen all the pictures and videos of these unique, downright terrifying vehicles in their natural habitats…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Hammerfest Hiking Cabins

The brilliance of nature’s designs inspires architecture like Calatrava’s bird-themed World Trade Center Oculus and the blooming floral Lotus temple in New Dehli. And now something as humble as a hikers’ shelter in northern Norway is taking the angular tortoise-shell approach to keeping the elements out. The Hammerfest Hiking Cabins…

By Amos Kwon
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Nixon Dork Too Watch

Doing style throwback is dangerous. There’s a fine line between stylish retro and beating on a dead horse that should never be revived. The Nixon Dork Too ‘90s retro watch with the analog answering machine look embraces its own kitschiness with proper passion and ups its own original voice watch…

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