The Science of Smooching

Why We Kiss
I have often wondered why kissing is a thing we do. I guess maybe there's an evolutionary reason.
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Sam Hyde Gave A TED Talk
Sam Hyde is a comedian. And he doesn’t seem to like TED Talks. So he sneaked his way into the gig and then used it to speak incomprehensibly for 20 minutes.
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Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Out!
First there was Frank Drebin. Now this guy.
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Game Changer
The National Congress of American Indians recently unveiled a campaign showing what it would look like if a sports franchise were to depict other cultures in a cartoonish way, as Native Americans are depicted with the use of mascots like the Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo.
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That Was Funny?!
The things that make people laugh certainly shift over time. Need evidence? Read these jokes from a 1910 issue of Boys' Life magazine. Then again, maybe these were never funny.
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I Love These So Much I Might Marry Them
Let’s revisit these 11 artistic renderings of Pee-wee Herman.
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