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Monopoly is a better game with real money and crime

Monopoly is a better game with real money and crime What if the classic board game had better rules for simulating capitalism? March 3, 2018 at 03:22PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2I2anym

It's Amazing How People Are Touching Space Shuttle Tiles That Were Crazy Hot Just Seconds Ago

Black and Hispanic families are making more money, but they still lag far behind whites

Can Sobriety Make You A Better Bartender?

Apple Is Really Bad At Design

Picture of the day for October 1, 2017

songcraft: Word of the day for October 1, 2017

The Florida Migrant Town That FEMA Forgot

New York City Is Using Sheriffs And Obscure Building Code Violations To Crack Down On Airbnb

These Are The Faces Of Venezuelan Hunger

What It Was Like Trying To Get President Obama To Tell a Dick Joke

This Man Trucking Through Mud To Save A Deer Is A Real Hero

This Man Trucking Through Mud To Save A Deer Is A Real Hero

In an Era of Ubiquitous Free Porn, Some Men Are Paying for $40 Polaroid Nudes on Etsy

Black Musicians on Being Boxed in by R&B and Rap Expectations: “We Fit in So Many Things”

Black Musicians on Being Boxed in by R&B and Rap Expectations: “We Fit in So Many Things”

F16s Taking Off In Ice Fog At -40 Degrees Make A Really Nifty Effect

Apple Is Really Bad At Design

Temperature Is Not What You Think It Is

The Insidious Racism of Drugstore Beauty

Watching The Brazil Presidential Guard Play Darth Vader's Theme Is Both Goofy And Ominous

There's Now Science-Backed Advice on How to Avoid Bringing Home Bed Bugs

The Preview For 'Blue Planet II' Is So Epic That It Takes Your Breath Away

This Cover Of A-ha's 'Take On Me' Slaps

The Halloween Copyright Wars Are Going Bananas

The Halloween Copyright Wars Are Going Bananas

Company Accidentally Posts Hilariously Honest Job Description

The World's Soaring CO~2~ Levels Visualized as Skyscrapers

Picture of the day for September 30, 2017

bombast: Word of the day for September 30, 2017

It's Amazing How People Are Touching Space Shuttle Tiles That Were Crazy Hot Just Seconds Ago

Head Of Air Force Academy Delivers Stirring Speech To Cadets After Racial Slurs Left In Dorms 

The Complicated Quest To Redesign Braille

Why Are Frasier Memes Taking Over The Internet?

The Making (and Unmaking) Of A 23-Hour 'Times' Best Seller

This Unreal Engine Generated Face Almost Escapes The Uncanny Valley And It's Freaking Us Out

A Year Is A Drastically Different Thing For A Human Than, Say, A Clam

A Year Is A Drastically Different Thing For A Human Than, Say, A Clam

From Her Dad's Killing During The Crack Epidemic To A Supreme Court Clerkship

From Her Dad's Killing During The Crack Epidemic To A Supreme Court Clerkship

From Her Dad's Killing During The Crack Epidemic To A Supreme Court Clerkship

A Saudi Woman's 'Mixed Feelings' About Winning The Right To Drive

A Saudi Woman's 'Mixed Feelings' About Winning The Right To Drive

Scientists gave kids real guns for an experiment. Now ethicists are weighing in.

Head Of Air Force Academy Delivers Stirring Speech To Cadets After Racial Slurs Left In Dorms 

The Best Photography Of The Week

The Crucial Role The Lend-Lease Act Played Before The US Joined World War II

Who Broke This Dog?

The Trauma Of Being A Black Activist In 2017

This Unreal Engine Generated Face Almost Escapes The Uncanny Valley And It's Freaking Us Out

How Hans Zimmer And Radiohead Transformed An Experimental Rock Song Into A Soundtrack Of The Ocean

The Ken Burns Vietnam War Documentary Glosses Over Devastating Civilian Toll

The Incredible Speed With Which A Leopard Can Take Down An Animal