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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
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This Rutgers Touchdown Might Be The Most Insane Play In College Football History

Barack Obama Drained A Three-Pointer At A Joe Biden Campaign Rally

Take A Tour Inside The Most Ridiculously Over-The-Top Mansion For Sale In Los Angeles

Why Has Nobody Ever Measured The Speed Of Light?

How Worried Should We Be About Post-Election Violence?

Honestly, To Hell With Self-Care Right Now

How 'It' Recreated The 1980s For Modern Audiences

How Giancarlo Esposito Became TV's Most In-Demand 'That Guy' Villain

Were The Polls All Wrong In 2016 And Can We Trust Them In 2020?

Here's Mike Myers's Legendary Tribute To Sean Connery At His AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony

Sean Connery, James Bond Actor, Dies Aged 90

Inside The Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That Has Followed Melania Trump For The Last Four Years

Masks Work. Really. We'll Show You How

There's Nothing This Pit Bull Loves To Do More Than Do Belly Flops Into This Pool

The Rise And Rise Of 'Voice Note Dating'

Election Distractor

A Room, A Bar And A Classroom: How The Coronavirus Is Spread Through The Air

News Anchor Loses It When Meteorologist Shows Off His 'Cheese Buns' Halloween Costume

What Happened To All Those 'Vote For Pedro' Shirts?

These Turkey Hats Are Concerning, But We're Definitely Wearing 'Em To Thanksgiving

Trump May Lose Votes In Places Hit Hard By COVID-19 Deaths

Apple Added A Secret Button To Your iPhone, And You May Not Have Even Noticed

The Luxury Nuclear Missile Silo Where Rich People Ride Out The Apocalypse

How Pork Became The Most Controversial Food In The World

As If The Platypus Couldn't Get Any Weirder

Kanye West Resurrected Kim Kardashian's Late Father As A Hologram For Her 40th Birthday

Are Long Voting Lines Evidence Of Voter Suppression? An Expert Explains

This Is What 'The Flight Of The Bumblebee' Would Sound Like On A Theremin

Watching Elephants Stomp On 1,200 Pounds Of Pumpkins Is Immensely Satisfying

A New Way To Plug A Human Brain Into A Computer: Via Veins

Kim Kardashian's Private Island Birthday Bash, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked

The Movies That Unintentionally Traumatized Us As Children

Sarah Cooper And Helen Mirren Lip-Sync The Infamous Donald Trump Access Hollywood Tape

This Family's 'It'-Inspired Halloween Decorations Is Simple Yet Amazingly Effective

Spacecraft's Tumbling Landing Reveals Some Of Comet's Surface Is Like Cappuccino Foam

On Chocolate And Its Unique Role In Food-System Education

Why Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs?

'Try Again Next Time': My Three Visa Rejections

Listen To 'Jingle Bells' Being Played With Only A Marker Pen

He Made A Minor Mistake Filling Out An Unemployment Form. Then The State Demanded $14,990 From Him

Scientists Find Reef Taller Than Empire State Building

The Mexican Chernobyl, The Biggest Nuclear Accident In The American Continent (2019)

The 50 Best Outkast Songs Of All Time, Ranked

Dog Is Told To Social Distance. Dog Is Not Happy At All

Famous Presidential Scenes From TV And Movies Get Fact Checked By Presidential Historian

Data Disappeared: This Is An Accounting Of The Damage

What Does It Take To Get Your Fish-Fry Batter Sold At Whole Foods?

Someone Built A Wonderfully Over-The-Top Sandwich-Making Machine

In Mississippi, Love In The Time Of Coronavirus

A Room, A Bar And A Classroom: How The Coronavirus Is Spread Through The Air

Athlete Performs Extraordinary Feat Of Strength Demonstrating The Human Flag

Three Dead As Woman Beheaded In France, Gunman Killed In Second Incident

Touch Is A Language We Cannot Afford To Forget

Dwight Schrute Was A Warning

Why This Ex-Wall Street Intern Walked Away From Porn Stardom

Fox Business Anchor Tells Rudy Giuliani To His Face She Was 'Grossed Out' By His 'Borat' Appearance

If 2020 Were A Movie, The Trailer Would Look Like This

The White Extremist Group Patriot Front Is Preparing For A World After Donald Trump

Why Does Every Country Song Have The Same Lyrics?

Gas Stoves Are The Scariest Thing In The Kitchen For The Climate

US Senators Can't Be Bothered To Pronounce The Google CEO's Last Name Correctly

This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused?

The Blood House At Fountain Drive

Why Does This Underwater View Of Baby Ducks Swimming In A Shower Look Hitchcockian?

Are We Losing Our Ability To Remember?

What The US Presidents Have Watched For Fun In The White House

Sarah Cooper's Humor Is Not What You Thought

This Clever Skit Shows It's Not Always Pleasant Meeting A Friend You Haven't Seen In Years

How A Tiny Bit Of Lacquer Grounded New Falcon 9 Rockets For A Month

I Hit A Cyclist With My Car

Jared Kushner Bragged In April That Trump Was Taking The Country 'Back From The Doctors'

Hundreds Of Trump Supporters Stuck In The Cold For Hours, Several Taken To Hospital, When Buses Can't Reach Omaha Rally

When Your Parrot Barks Like A Dog

On The Brink Of Being Homeless In A 'Sanctuary City'

Noam Chomsky On The President, The Pandemic And The Upcoming Election

Study Shows Which Messengers Leak Your Data, Drain Your Battery And More

Guy Creates A Hot Tub For Birds, And Now His Backyard Looks Like A Zoo

We Really Want Our Living Room To Smell Like Jersey

Here's An Old Clip Of Donald Trump Walking Out Of A CNN Interview From 1990

A Ranking Of Netflix's 2020 Holiday Content Based On Premise Alone

The Earth Is Pulsating Every 26 Seconds, And Seismologists Don't Agree Why

Notes From The Underground On 'Parasite'

Some COVID Survivors Have Antibodies That Attack The Body, Not Virus

How An Algorithm Blocked Kidney Transplants To Black Patients

Coronavirus Cases Are Now Rising In Almost Every State In The US

Borat Answered Questions In A Reddit AMA About Rudy Giuliani, His Wife, OnlyFans And His 'Chram'

When Your Grandmother Plays One Hell Of A Cruel Bible Prank On You

The Twisted Transatlantic Tale Of American Jack-O'-Lanterns

Trump Campaign Website Briefly Defaced In Cyber Attack

A President Looks Back On His Toughest Fight

Cardi B's 'WAP' Proves Music's Dirty Secret: Censorship Is Good Business

Watch A Paraglider Play Soccer Mid-Air

Ballrooms, Candles And Luxury Cottages: During Trump's Term, Millions Of Taxpayer And GOP Dollars Have Flowed To His Properties

Jon Stewart Returns With Current Affairs Series For Apple

What Happens If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned?

Why It's Getting Harder To Mine Gold

Why Tesla Has A Battery Supply Issue

PS5 VS Xbox Series X: The Next-Gen Consoles In Photos

Does 'The Mandalorian' Have Enough Room To Grow?

Joni Mitchell: 'I'm A Fool For Love. I Make The Same Mistake Over And Over'

Can Podcasts Save Local News?

Elmo Accidentally Gets Robin Williams's Name Wrong In This Precious 1991 'Sesame Street' Blooper

We Need Blobs Now More Than Ever

How Indiana Jones, Rambo And Others Ended Up In 1980s Czechoslovak Text-Adventures

Online Proctoring Platforms Claim To Prevent Cheating. But At What Cost?

Hundreds Of Thousands Lose Power As Northern California Braces For More Wildfires

The Felling Of Best Made: How The Enigmatic Axe Company Was Sold Off For Parts

Facebook's Independent Oversight Board Is Now Accepting Cases

One Of Our Favorite Party Games Is Perfect For Halloween

What Was 'Fun'?

This Is Why Handwoven Persian Rugs Cost Thousands Of Dollars

The Quibi That Could Have Been

The Most Dangerous Film In The World

Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed As Supreme Court Justice In Partisan Vote

Drone Captures Swimmers Having Close Call With Shark

Modern Celebrity Is What Happens When No One Says 'No'

How 'The West Wing' Foreshadowed The Obama Era

America Has A New No. 1 Song, And For Once The Reason Isn't TikTok

Borat Talks To Desus And Mero About His New Moviefilm And Melania Trump In Hilarious Interview

Chilling Find Shows How Henry VIII Planned Every Detail Of Boleyn Beheading

Watch Inertia Carry Falcons Running Back Across Goal Line In Dramatic, Accidental Game-Losing Touchdown

How To Make A Chatbot That Isn't Racist Or Sexist

Farewell To The $60 Video Game

Watch Donald Trump And Lesley Stahl's Thorny '60 Minutes' Exchange Before Trump Walked Out Of The Interview

John Oliver Breaks Down How Horrific The Asylum System Has Been Under Trump's Administration

Should I Tell My Teen Daughter Her New Boyfriend Is Her Half-Brother, And Other Advice Column Questions

The New Adaptation Of Roald Dahl's 'The Witches' Is Incredibly Strange And Almost Offensively Bad

Meet The Man Who's Been Running Every Day For 45 Years

Here's The New Technology That Might Replace Green Screens In The Future

On The Event That Brought Me Back To Writing After 30 Years

Find Yourself A Last-Minute Halloween Costume

The Price Of Choice: The Fight Over Abortion In Poland

David Byrne's Gray Suits, From 'Stop Making Sense' To 'American Utopia'

Don Mclean On The Tragedy Behind 'American Pie'

How Dams Have Reshaped Our Planet

The Surprising Power Of Color To Ease Quarantine Anxiety

How This $300 Billion Innovation Changed The Way We Ate Food Forever

Scientists Discover 24-Million-Year-Old Megashark Hunting Ground In South Carolina

Is Washing Rice Really Necessary? Here's A Comprehensive Explainer On Why You Probably Should

The Challenge Of Reclaiming The Commons From Capitalism

How Many Snow Leopards Can You Spot In This Video From The Himalayas

The Hit Instagram Account 'Accidentally Wes Anderson' Is Now A Book

Finding Unity In The Great Bear Rainforest

White House Chief Of Staff Says 'We're Not Going To Control The Pandemic' On CNN

Trump Gets A Cease And Desist Order On 'Weekend Update'

A 'Sexy' Halloween Costume For Each State, Visualized

Met At Dunkin', Married At Dunkin'

How Hedges Became The Unofficial Emblem Of Great Britain

What Happened To Francis Ford Coppola After The 1970s?

An Island For Weary Despots (1992)

Adele Is Facing Backlash For Fetishizing Black Men In A 'SNL' Skit About African Tourism

The Annoying Thing That Happens Inside A NYC Apartment When Winter Comes

Scientists 3D-Printed A Human Immune System To Battle COVID-19

The Myth Of The Male Bumbler (2017)

'SNL' Takes On Final Presidential Debate In Cold Open

As Cases Of COVID-19 Surged, Facebook Sent Its Content Moderators In India Back To Work

'SNL' Weekend Update Tackles The Toobin Zoom Incident And Mitch McConnell's Hands

How The Nazi Concentration Camps Worked (2015)

Standing Up Against Sexual Abuse At Celtic Boys Club

Guy Tries To Get Stolen Banksy Appraised On 'Antiques Roadshow,' Gets Some Instant Karma

Washington Crews Destroy First US Murder Hornets Nest

Americans Should Brace For 100,000 New COVID Cases A Day, Experts Say

Kanye West Vehemently Defends The Star Wars Prequels In Interview With Joe Rogan

This Doberman Befriended A Butterfly And It Might Be The Most Adorable Thing You'll Watch Today

WATCH: NYC Early Voting Lines Are Stretching Blocks And Blocks And Blocks

Were The Polls All Wrong In 2016 And Can We Trust Them In 2020?

Save $10 When You Pre-Order 'Watch Dogs Legion'

Stan Lee's Last Days: A Shocking Tale Of Love And Abuse

A Day-By-Day Guide To What Could Happen If This Election Goes Bad

Inequality In The United States Is Making It A Powder Keg

Here's A Reddit Thread Of Things People Would Download If They Knew The Internet Would Go Down Forever

How The Epoch Times Created A Giant Influence Machine

The Best Classic Universal Monster Movies, Ranked

Here's What's Replacing Green Screen Technology In Hollywood

The Peter Pans Of The Pandemic

Foley Artist Demonstrates How Random Household Objects Can Make Realistic Sound Effects For Movies

The Unspectacular Excellence Of Joe Biden's Slow And Steady Campaign

Bongo Cat, A Virtual Musical Feline, Might Be The Best Website You Visit Today

This Kid Dressed Up As A 'Coffin Dance Guy' And Won The Hearts Of The Internet

These Capybaras Chowing Down On A Jack-O-Lantern Is A Wonderfully Relaxing Thing To Hear

Why Jim Carrey's Joe Biden Has Been Such A Disaster

How Chris Pratt Became The Internet's Least Favorite Chris

Daily COVID-19 Cases In America Will Hit Six Digits Soon, Expert Warns, As US Reports A One-Day High Of More Than 83,000 Infections

This F1 Race Broadcast Of A Mario Kart Race Takes A Literal Turn

A Powerful Argument For Wearing A Mask, In A Chart

These Maps Show Every Country's Most Famous Mythical Creature

A 19-Year-Old With A Van Full Of Guns And Explosives Plotted To Assassinate Biden

Here's What 2020 Looked Like To The Sci-Fi Writers Of 1974

This App Lets You Copy And Paste Items From Different Screens And Mediums Using Augmented Reality

A Brief History Of The TV Dinner

A Deepfake Porn Bot Is Being Used To Abuse Thousands Of Women

'Borat 2' Is Out Today — But Is It Any Good? Here's What The Reviews Say

The Guerrilla Girls: 'We Upend The Art World's Notion Of What's Good And What's Right'

The Sustained Power Of 'The Night Of The Hunter'

Home, Bittersweet Home

Jeffrey Toobin's Zoom Dick Incident, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked

A Death At Sea On The 'Row Of Life'

The Final Presidential Debate Recapped In Under Three Minutes

The Nightmare Inside Mission Chinese Food

Light Up The Toilet To See Where You Pee

This Is What 'Gladiator' Would Sound Like If It Were Voiced By Surfer Dudes

I Watched All Of Quibi's 'Quick Bites' So You Never Have To

Comedian Explains Why Dating Is Like Finding A Job

Comedian Explains Why Dating Is Like Finding A Job

Here's The Cringeworthy Rudy Giuliani Scene From 'Borat 2' That Everyone's Been Talking About

What Went Down During The Final Presidential Debate Of 2020

How Immigrant Voters See The 2020 Election

Watch The Final Presidential Debate Between Joe Biden And Donald Trump (This Time With Mute Buttons)

Here's How Donald Trump Has Handled Climate Change Over The Past Four Years In Eight Minutes

Some Guy Went Off The Grid By Building A Tiny House Cube On Stilts In The Middle Of A Forest

The Hummer Is Back As A 350-Mile Range 'Electric Supertruck' That Can Drive Diagonally

'Not Married But Willing To Be!' — Men In Love From The 1850s

What I Learned At Man Camp, Where Men Get In Touch With Their Emotions

What John Steinbeck Got Right — And Wrong — About America 50 Years Ago

If Recycling Plastics Isn't Making Sense, Remake The Plastics

The Small, Midwestern Town Taken Over By Fake Communists

The Tree That Could Help Stop The Pandemic

'Zoom Towns' Are Exploding In The West

Here Are The Most Overused Piano Songs That We're All Likely Sick Of

Why People Have A Distorted View Of People Voting On The Other Side

CAREN Act: San Francisco Supervisors Approve Ban On Racist Calls To 911

One Chip Challenge: Can You Handle This Single Absurdly Spicy Chip?

Which Politicians Are America's Largest Fast-Food Chains Donating To?

Stevie Nicks Is Still Dreaming

Americans Took Prevagen For Years — As The FDA Questioned Its Safety

What If Alexa Had Been Invented In 1988?

Untangling The Hairy World Of Historical Hair Collectors

Here's How The Cameras On The Apple iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, And iPhone 11 Pro Compare

The Fed-Up Chef

A Surreal New Bookstore Has Just Opened In China

How Different Languages Tell Time

How America Invented The White Woman Who Just Loves Fall

It's Time For The Eternal September To End

Here's A Time-Lapse Of A Spider Building A Web In Front Of A Security Camera

Why Everything From Furniture To Diet Soda Is So Hard To Buy Right Now

Watch A Good Samaritan Kindly Hydrate A Thirsty Armadillo

I Inherited My Eating Disorder, And Science Agrees

Here's Why Wes Anderson Films Have Such A Distinct Aesthetic Look

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Voters Do Everything Right — Then Get Their Ballots Discarded

Meet Citizen Pain, The Most Self-Destructive Man In America

Why Did Someone Claim Private Ownership Of This Tiny Plot Of Land In New York City?

This Honest Trailer Of 'Us' Reminds Us How The Movie Didn't Always Make Sense

My 8-Year Quest To Digitize 45 Videotapes

Wear A Mask At The Drive-Thru

Cornel West: 'George Floyd's Public Lynching Pulled The Cover Off Who We Really Are'

Can Placebos Work — Even When Patients Know They're Fake?

Help! I Just Found Out I Have A Six-Year-Old Daughter

Instagram Censored One Of These Photos But Not The Other. We Must Ask Why

Inside One Man's Quest To Taste Every Fruit On Earth

Pandemic Playgrounds

Mini Avalanche Starts The Minute Athlete Lands A 1260 Halfpipe Flip

Lawyers Say They Can't Find The Parents Of 545 Migrant Children Separated By Trump Administration

The Racist History Of The Painter's Palette

Dog Has Comically Understated Way Of Getting Owner's Attention

Why Do Virtual Meetings Feel So Weird?

Media Outlets Are Still Struggling To Understand What 'Viral' Means

David Attenborough, Why Did It Take You So Long?

An Oral History Of 'Requiem For A Dream'

An Apple Watch With Family Setup Is An Expensive Smart Watch For Your Kids

Skater Catches Mad Air While Jumping Over Stairs, Fans From Inside The Building Cheer Him On

The Everything Aaron Sorkin Ranking

Trump's Campaigning Stoops To New Lows As COVID Cases Spike

'You Can't Put Your Entire, 100-Percent Trust Into A 15-Year-old'

This Cover Of 'Rainbow Connection' Is Both Wonderful And Bizarre

Where The Wild Things Crow

The Forever Wars Outlive 'At War'

The Rise Of The Minimony And The Micro-Wedding

Can Science Fiction Map A Positive Future?

How A Fake Rent-A-Hitman Site Became An Accidental Murder-For-Hire Sting Operation

The Crooked Way Tinder Makes Money

Why New Zealand Rejected Populist Ideas Other Nations Have Embraced

Fear And Loathing In Flavortown

Woman Performs A Dramatic Monologue From 'Austin Powers' For Acting Class, And The Whole Thing Is Genius

This Boston Woman Voting At Fenway Park While Sipping Her 'Dunkies' Is So Boston It Hurts

Best New Up-And-Coming Comedians to Watch in 2020

My Boyfriend Has Asked For A 'Hall Pass' — But Only For Him

Debate Commission Adopts New Rules To Mute Mics During Parts Of Thursday's Presidential Debate

Supreme Court Rejects GOP Attempt To Require Mail-In Ballots Be Received By Election Day In Pennsylvania

Almost Every TV Show Gets Sexual Assault Wrong

The Spooky Economics Of Halloween Pop-Up Shops

Watch Bruce Willis Reenact An Iconic 'Die Hard' Scene In This Action-Packed Commerical About Car Batteries

The Hair-Raising, Record-Setting Race To 331 MPH