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9 Hemp Products that Don’t Make You Look Like a Stoner

We’re long past when it was time to abolish hemp’s dirty reputation. It’s true that it’s closely related to marijuana, but when people talk about hemp, what they generally mean is the plant that produces miniscule amounts of THC and has hundreds to tens of thousands of uses (depending on…

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7 Video Games with Crazy Cult Followings

By every measurable standard, video games and the way we play them have advanced with technology over the last few years. They are more detailed, more complex, and more immersive than ever before. But newer isn’t always better. Some games are, quite frankly, timeless. Even with their less robust graphics…

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Coffee Lids: Peel, Pinch, Pucker, Puncture

Somewhere between r/mildyinteresting and an episode of 99% Invisible is where you'll find the collective works of Louise Harpman and Scott Specht, the two people most likely to be considered experts on coffee lids. Using the world's largest collection of coffee lids—more precisely, "unique, patented, drink-through, disposable hot-beverage lids"—the two set…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Svart Is an Energy-Positive Hotel in the Arctic Circle

Snøhetta is a name you're familiar with if you frequent this site, as we've featured a couple of the firm's otherworldly structures. It should come as no surprise, then, that the latest is once again incredibly unique and absolutely stunning. Svart is a new hotel in the Arctic Circle that's…

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This Corvette Stingray Sits on a Chevy Blazer Chassis

The Corvette Stingrays of the late 1970s were stunning beasts that were feared at stoplights the country over. They were not feared, however, off pavement... until now. Some mad scientist took a 1967 Stingray and mated it to a 1987 Chevy Blazer chassis to create the ludicrous vehicle you see…

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