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For one day in 1998, Topeka, Kansas, renamed itself “ToPikachu” to mark Pokemon’s U.S. debut.

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38 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent

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10 Other Mother’s Days from Around the World

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50 Things Turning 50 This Year

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The Klout Score of 1903: A Statistical Study of Eminent Men

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A Mother's Love

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Guess The Theme 100

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8 Drivers Who Blindly Followed their GPS into Disaster

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New Study Shows Humans Feel Empathy for Robots

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The Historical Horror of Childbirth

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Where to get a Bluth's Frozen Banana

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Tycho Brahe: The Astronomer With A Drunken Moose

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Why Pandas Are Terrible Investments

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6 People Who Tried to Steal Famous Documents

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Counting Crows

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10 Badass Moms Who Deserve Their Own Holidays

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Why Do Students Dissect Frogs?

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Buying Internet Popularity

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5 Questions: Boxers or Briefs?

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7 Videos of People Rescuing Animals

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They Had A Moment

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes. He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)