Louis C.K.'s Toilet Art

Back in the '90s, a red-headed comic named Louis C.K. presented his bathroom gallery of toilet art to MTV viewers across the land.

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Scottish humorist Iain Banks lost his battle with cancer only days away from the release of his 27th novel.

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Principal filming on Star Wars: Episode VII will begin next year in London.

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BuzzFeed put their investigative reporting to task and unearthed an impressive number of crossover cameos in Disney's motion picture repertoire. 

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Elevator World, Pizza Today, Convenience Store News, and 17 more awesomely titled trade magazines.

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Pro-tip: Do not guzzle soy sauce. It could kill you.

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Five pieces of wisdom for when you visit a friend in the hospital. 

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Long before the Internet became an infinite vortex for feline enthusiasts, Milkhail Bulgakov and nine other authors wrote classic works of literature that used cats as main characters. 

Deep in the Heart of Our Galaxy, Einstein is Proved Right Again. His theory of general relativity holds true even at the black hole near the center of our galaxy.

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"Total Eclipse of the Heart" Was Almost a Meat Loaf Song. It was written for him, but then detoured to Bonnie Tyler.

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The Atomic Bomb That Was Too Big To Use. The largest nuclear bomb ever made, Tsar Bomba, was actually a scaled-down version of the original design.

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6 Weirdly Specific Ideas Movies Have About Normal Bathrooms. You'll be surprised by the many times the same weird thing happens in a bathroom across different fictional worlds.

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What It’s Like to Apartment Hunt With a Boyfriend Who Has No Credit Score. He's a responsible guy, but couldn't prove it on paper.

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The 33 Most Romantic Moments In TV History. Get your hankies out.

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27 Hilariously Nasty Sounding Mushroom Species Names. They would be hurt by them if they had feelings.

The Mind-Bending Science of Awe. Encountering something that overwhelms your previous experience can be terrifying or enlightening.

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Dominoes and Fire. See a chain reaction of dominoes—powered by candles, hot air, and burning sparklers.

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Alan Hale Jr. "The Skipper." Meet the man behind the Gilligan's Island character.

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The 9 Most Nightmarish Movies About Nuclear Attacks. None of them are as scary as growing up during the Cold War arms race.

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5 Tips from NASA for Photographing the Total Solar Eclipse on August 21. The secret is preparing ahead of time.

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The Bloody San Antonio Origins of Chili Con Carne. One of the possible origin stories goes back as far as an uprising in 1813.

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The United States of Movies. The most iconic film set in each state, plotted on a colorful map.

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7 Spacecraft NASA Has Landed on Mars. Some future civilization may discover it and call it a robot planet.