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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Eh.

Posted by Patrick at 23:34

Vincent van Gogh didn't have a dominant blue period so much as maybe more a blue fling with green undertones.

Brett Kebold is a data analyst who enjoys finding representations of life all amongst us, and decided to utilize his skill at data analy...
1964 Malcolm X letter up for sale for $1.25 million.

Sometimes what you go looking for isn't what you end up leaving with. Found in a storage locker, a six-page handwritten letter from M...
The Weird History of College Mascots, No. 1: Tufts University, P.T. Barnum, and Jumbo the Elephant

Some colleges have perfectly boring mascots with no history outside a public relations-approved cartoon character. Other colleges have hist...
Famous Writers Shirtless: J.K. Rowling

A fleeting internet meme happened of writers in underpants--but it passed too quickly to be truly appreciated. So, occasionally we'...
Know Your Obscure Halloween Candy: York Peppermint Pattie

With Halloween coming soon, that means only one thing really: candy. Anyone who trick-or-treated as a child knows that there's al...
Fashionable Words: Codger

[Sometimes words die out of fashion. But sometimes those words are good words, words with a certain appeal that can't be denied f...
The Incredible Hulk as Winnie the Pooh.

That's like saying "Martha Stewart as Kanye West." Takes a second to wrap your head around it, but if you try hard enough you...

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