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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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Jacob Witzling Handcrafts the Most Unique Cabins

Jacob Witzling is a 2nd grade teacher with a very unique side hustle—he hand-builds off-the-grid cabins inspired by worlds of fantasy and fueled by childlike imagination. Each of the five cabins that Witzling has built so far—including one that's built onto the back of a truck—is made with scraps of…

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8 Scientific Studies That Prove Whiskey is Good for You

Mark Twain, the man lauded as the father of American literature, is remembered for many things, but perhaps his most widely used commentary is on a topic we hold near and dear—whiskey. Twain famously uttered the timeless words, “Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is…

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The King of Meat Made a Portable Grill That Reaches 1,500ºF

Pat LaFrieda—aka The King of Meat—is the butcher responsible for most of the first-class meat that ends up in high-end joints all over. If you're looking for a way to get the same kind of food experience with his mail order meats like you'd get in a restaurant, you need…

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‘Creed II’ Official Trailer

Rocky IV is the best Rocky. Don't @ us. That's precisely why we're so excited for the second installment in the Adonis Creed saga. In Creed II, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) tangles with the son of Ivan Drago. Viktor Drago (Florian Munteanu) and Adonis Creed will slug it out in the…

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‘Restricted Areas’ Chronicles a Technological Future That Never Happened

Danila Tkachenko is a Russian visual artist and photographer who focuses on the unconventional. His project "Restricted Areas" zeroes in on abandoned Soviet buildings and installations. As he told Fast Company, "One day I went to visit my grandmother who lives in a closed and previously secret city near Chelybinsk,…

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