Jessica Bloustein Marshall

Jessica Bloustein Marshall

Jessica Bloustein Marshall is a writer, editor and multimedia producer. Her work can be found on MTV News, Newsweek, Guideposts and NPR. In her spare time, she likes to figure skate, eat ice cream and look at photos of baby animals.

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Today is National High Five Day, a 24-hour period for giving familiars and strangers alike as many high fives as humanly possible. Here's a look at the evolution of the celebratory hand gesture.

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Have you been watching the figure skating competition at the Olympics and wondering what the heck is going on? Why isn't anyone getting 6.0 scores any more? And why did the guy who fell on a quadruple salchow still win over guys that didn't fall at all?

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Show your crush you care on Ṥmigus-Dyngus Day. Splash them with water and spank them with pussy willow reeds.

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One of America's most intriguing cold cases heated up this week when a tip from a retired mobster sent FBI and Michigan law enforcement officials wielding shovels and bulldozers to a suburban Detroit field in search of the decades-old remains of former Te

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Oklahoma City holds the dubious distinction of being the unofficial Tornado Capital of the United States. The U.S. city and its suburbs have endured more tornados than any other city—100 since 1890, as far back as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ

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We know you’re just itching to know all about some of history’s nastiest viruses and the horrifying diseases they cause in humans.

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