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No. 281

Pepsi-Cola was originally called “Brad’s Drink.”

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  1. 50 Common Misquotations

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  2. 20 Hidden Jokes in Arrested Development

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  3. 38 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent

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10 Historical Titans With Surprising Tattoos

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Where are you, Kevin Trudeau?

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Visualizing the Blog "Echo Chamber"

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On Music: Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet

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5 Questions: His Name Is Jonas

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A Winter Dose of Toys

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The Power of Lava

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Greg Veis, YouTube Hunter: Tyra Banks, Not Sane

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How To Love Like a Genius

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Spamusement: Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines!

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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.)