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Duh-Nuh. Duh-Nuh.
How John Williams made us more afraid of sharks than we maybe should be
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H-E-Double Hockey Sticks
Hellfire and hot goalies highlight this week’s Fact Check Footnotes
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‘The plexus becomes inflamed’
The jittery life and trailblazing death of Honoré de Balzac
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The MTV girl who became an environmental activist
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This Post Blows
A loud, shrill history of the referee whistle
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Capped by Crustaceans
Pugnacious prawn headlines a veritable shrimp buffet
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Q: Are we not soundtrack artists?
A: We are Devo!
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Welcome to the Kinky Shrek Epoch
A trivia fact-checker shows, tells, and overshares his findings.
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Thinking of the children
‘Parental Advisory’ movement is older than J-Kwon (who is so old you’ve probably forgotten him)
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Frequent Filcher
Carmen Sandiego flew far enough to go 69% of the way to the dang moon
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Mothman the scariest thing in West Virginia
… and that’s saying something.
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Hip, hip
Say goodbye to summer with a look at some famous (and less-famous) ‘islands’
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Hail, and well met
Write My Round takes an anachronistic trip to Ren Faire land
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Elementary, my dear Squatson
By the time the 1800s were inching towards their final years, it was pretty good to be Eugen Sandow. The Prussian-born wrestler, bodybuilder and all-around strongman had been a breakout…
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Tonight, we dine on bananas!
Ancient Greece’s “first marathon” was more impressive than you’ve heard
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‘The writer was so brave’
(Sorry, this post is mostly about the poison-dart umbrella)
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Nothing Compares
Sinéad O’Connor’s historic refusal
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GO NADS!
A nice hard look at a deeply goofy tradition
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A Duel to the Death
Weekly round-writing challenge kicks off with a sticky subject.
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Hack in the USSR
The Canadian hockey star who took the Cold War to the ice
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Labor Day means no more wearing seersucker
Wait, what the hell is seersucker?
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Back to the Bottom
Sportsballers are hereby advised to stay away from Aubrey D. Graham
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The King of Bonkers Comedy
Eric Andre has been torturing celebs for more than a decade
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Remembering a tremendous machine
Fifty years on, Secretariat is still a draw
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Empathy in the U.K.
Johnny Rotten moots an Alzheimer’s ballad for Eurovision, and that’s officially the weirdest sentence ever
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More like Dr. De-mentor
The weird life and weird times of a weird radio legend
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Brainy and the Tramp
Einstein and Chaplin were basically besties, and not just in our extensive fanfic series.
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Pop and Click
Or, how Andy Warhol learned to stop worrying and love the personal computer.
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Maybe don’t-gong
That time Christopher Columbus thought manatees were mermaids
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Goo Goo Muck It Up
‘Wednesday’ capped a big year for ’80s alt-rock
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‘My name is Edson’
The birth of a famous four-letter word
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Beef Soup
Your average story about Vincent van Gogh, Andy Warhol, and Lil Nas X.
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A Beautiful Noise
No, not the Neil Diamond thing. The Mexican Pizza thing.
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Laid Over
The long, stationary life of Sir Alfred Nasseri
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Canopics or it didn’t happen
If Thomas Pettigrew invites you to a party, it’s okay to pass.
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I like head butts, and I cannot lie
Statue of Zidane’s famous battering-ram impersonation may turn up at the World Cup
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Peachless
Headline writer can’t think of anything snarky to say about egalitarian crayons
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Silent shade
Why Marcel Marceau is the only mime you’ve heard of (if not from)
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Kneadful Things
How Play-Doh narrowly avoided going the way of the chimney sweep
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Fight Night at the Ballet
The man in the back didn’t even say “Everyone attack”
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So long, and thanks for all the chips
‘Hitchhiker’s Guide’ creator was the O.G. Apple power user
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Leica Boss
Gerda Taro gave her life capturing indelible images of war.
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Ground Control to Davie/Tom
David Bowie took the long way to David Bowie
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Thank u, necks
When April the giraffe was the internet’s main character
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Near Miss, Far Miss
The almost-tragedy of Big Bird’s demise.
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Deeply Felt
Jim Henson’s banjo love still resonates
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Attila the Huh?
The turducken of coffins is an enduring mystery.
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Getting frisky
Maybe just pay your taxes, guys
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More like Ad-dington Bear, Amirite?
Paddington stans unite against Marmite
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The Queen of Frozen Pizza
… or at least the crispy rectangle.
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A Tangled Web
How Peppa Pig got banned Down Under
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Shine a Light
How Billie Jean King’s friendship with Elton John gave us a bangin’ tennis anthem