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TV

11 TV Theme Songs That Tell the Back Story

TV theme songs are an endangered species, growing shorter and less creative each year. Commercial breaks are longer than they used to be—about eight minutes per half hour of broadcast programming. To make the most of every second of airtime, TV producers sacrifice the appetizers of opening credits and theme songs and go right into the main course. But it wasn't always that way.... READ ON

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11 Unusually Shaped Coins

Sure, state quarters and presidential dollar coins may be fun. But for a truly unique coin, you need to think outside the box—or the circle, as it were—and come up with a truly original shape.... READ ON

Food

11 Patron Saints of Food, Drink, and Those Who Make Them

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11 Things That Make You a Bad Driver

You might have passed your driving test with flying colors and never text while driving, but it turns out there are a lot more bizarre things that can affect how dangerous you are on the road.... READ ON

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11 Discontinued Beverages from Your Youth

Drink up the nostalgia!... READ ON

Music

11 Songs That Brought People Out of Comas

The power of song!... READ ON

Food

11 of the Best-Loved Regional Candies

Some regional candies, like Almond Roca from the Pacific Northwest, become widely available all over the country. But some never break out of their region. Most of these candies are available beyond their state of origin, but you have to hunt to find them. What sweet treat is your home state known for?... READ ON

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11 Embarrassing Incidents Caused By Mascots

There is a long, bizarre history of costumed characters unwittingly humiliating the very teams they’re employed to uplift. Here are 11 examples—see if any of your favorite clubs made the list.... READ ON

Pretty Pictures

11 New York City Maps from Mapping Manhattan

In 2007, Becky Cooper became an accidental cartographer on a project that would lead to her book, "Mapping Manhattan: A Love (and Sometimes Hate) Story in Maps by 75 New Yorkers."... READ ON

Words

11 Names for Alphabetical Antics and Other Word Games

What do you call a word that spells another word backwards or a word that looks the same upside down? When terms for these orthographic puzzlers didn’t exist, logolologists were happy to invent some. Here are a few.... READ ON