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Monopoly is a better game with real money and crime

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Some Guy Taught Himself 3D Animation During Quarantine And The Result Is This Hilariously Bizarre Blob Cartoon Called Bimpson

Why Air Sinai's Flight From Cairo To Tel Aviv Is One Of The Most Secretive In The World

Facebook Just Labeled The Boogaloos A 'Dangerous Organization' And Banned 500 Groups And Pages

Manchester: History Of The Present

This Twitter Thread About Carl Reiner, His Biggest Fan And Beef Stroganoff Is The Most Heartwarming Thing You'll Read Today

For Black Americans, Wearing A Mask Comes With Complicated Anxieties

Mickey Mouse Proves You Can't Erase The Racism Of Blackface

Coronavirus Testing In The United States Could Fail Again

Florida Is 'Not Going Back' On Reopening, Governor Ron DeSantis Says

How Dollar Stores Became Magnets For Crime And Killing

Our Ability To Process Information Is Reaching A Critical Limit

Carl Reiner, Comedy Legend And 'Dick Van Dyke Show' Creator, Dies At 98

How QAnon Conspiracies Thrive On Facebook

Parents Are Using 'Social Distancing Contracts' To Emotionally Control Their Ex-Partners

How North Carolina Transformed Itself Into The Worst State To Be Unemployed

Watching This Driver Fail To Fill The Gas Tank For Three Minutes Straight Is Both Painful And Funny

Our Ghost-Kitchen Future

Here's How The Brain Of Every Procrastinator Works

China Enacts Security Law, Asserting Control Over Hong Kong

What A Family That Lost Five To The Virus Wants You To Know

Here's A Modern Interpretation Of The 1500s Recipe For Buttered Beere That You Can Make At Home

Democrats Can't Quit Their Addiction To Big-Money Donors

What's Really Orwellian About Our Global Black Lives Matter Moment

The Enduring Legacy Of Tony Soprano's Unimpeachable Big-Guy Style

Need A Lot Of Cooler Real Estate? This 100-Quart Model Is What You Want

Trump's 'White Power' Retweet Set Off 'Five-Alarm Fire' In White House

The Woman Who Warned Of WeWork's Downfall

How To Know You're Not Insane (And How A Cards Against Humanity Staff Writer Was Fired)

Woman Meets Coyote While Out Walking Dog, Reacts Scarier Than The Coyote

The Tour de France Goes Virtual

Mexico Is Reopening Because It Has To. Should You Go?

Could A Whale Be Poisoned To Death If It Swallowed A Pufferfish?

The Bittersweet Experience Of Watching 'Almost Famous'

An Oral History Of The Onion's 9/11 Issue

Trump Mistakes Cowboy Sculpture In His Office As Teddy Roosevelt In Interview About Knowing The History Of Statues

Why Water Continues To Baffle Scientists

Apocalypse Porn Shows Why People Are Horny For The End Of The World

St. Louis Couple Point Guns At Peaceful Crowd Of Protesters Calling For Mayor To Resign

The Long, Unhappy History Of Working From Home

Solving The Medical Mystery Of A Brain That Sees Numbers As Spaghetti

Rescued Dancing Sloth Bears Are Enjoying Themselves Free From The Circus Trade

Should I File A False Police Report To Get My Stepson Arrested, And Other Advice Column Questions

Shiba Inu Puppy Valiantly Attempts To Play With A Roomba

Six Lessons Learned To Get Ready For The Next Wave Of COVID

How To Develop Photos With Fresh Brewed Coffee

What 'Dixie' Really Means

The Lasting Lesbian Power Of 'But I'm A Cheerleader'

The Inside Story Of How Arkansas Exploited COVID To Stop Abortions

All The Big Games Coming Out In Summer 2020

This Super Mario Stop Motion Film, Made Using Fridge Magnets, Is The Coolest Thing You're Going To See Today

How The US' Massive Failure To Close Digital Divide Got Exposed By Coronavirus

Can Domestic Abusers Keep Themselves Accountable When No One Is Watching?

The Lifelong Consequences Of Being Convicted Of A Crime

Mississippi Furls State Flag With Confederate Emblem After 126 Years

Symphonic Orchestra Takes The 'Super Mario Bros.' Suite To New Heights

What Law Did We Break?

YouTuber Cuts Blades Of Grass With Different Weed Eater Shapes To See Which One Works Best

How To Teach Kids The Difference Between Facts And Opinions

What It Means To Understand Bruce Lee

Hilariously Curious Dog Tries On Dentures And Gives A Toothy Grin

A Franken-Forest Of Fruit Trees Is Growing On Governors Island

Sacha Baron Cohen Pulls Epic Prank On Far-Right Militia Event

The FBI Agents Who Return Stolen Cultural Artifacts

Hear Melodies From Japanese Railways Stations Played On Calculators

Trump Shares Video Where Supporter Yells 'White Power'

Bob Dylan Sounds Like He Could Go On Forever

Searching For Bee Swarms In The Heart Of New York City

Are Universities Going The Way Of CDs And Cable TV?

Beekeeper Makes Heart-Wrenching Decision To Euthanize A Dangerous Hive

The Worrisome Link Between Deforestation And Disease

Artists Helped Lift America Out Of The Great Depression. Could That Happen Again?

Reflections On Being A Female Founder

A Reckoning Over Objectivity, Led By Black Journalists

This Golden Retriever Puppy Is The Best Workout Partner, Does Push-Up With Its Owner

The Promise And The Peril Of Virtual Health Care

Trump Campaign Removed Thousands of Social Distancing Stickers Before Tulsa Rally

Want A Coronavirus Test In Texas? You May Have To Wait For Hours In A Car

Why Did Chuck E. Cheese Go Bankrupt?

Outrage Mounts Over Report Russia Offered Bounties To Afghanistan Militants For Killing US Soldiers

American Airlines Will Book Flights To Full Capacity

You Want A Confederate Monument? My Body Is A Confederate Monument

Here's A Seriously Cool Tiny House That's A Plant-Lover's Paradise

Coronavirus Infections In The United States Break Record, Hit Nearly 46K In Single Day

This Guy Who Always Brings A Ramp Is A Hero To Skateboarders Everywhere

Florida Man Exclaims He Will 'Not Be Muzzled Like A Mad Dog' Over Mask Requirement In St. Lucie County

How SpaceX Nearly Went Bankrupt

How The World Missed COVID-19's Silent Spread

How Trump And The Black Lives Matter Movement Changed White Voters' Minds

How Yello Came Up With The 'Day Bow Bow' Song From 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'

Doomscrolling Is Slowly Eroding Your Mental Health

This Stunning Footage Of Iceland In 4K Will Make You Appreciate Planet Earth In All Its Grandeur

The Inside Story Of How Arkansas Exploited COVID To Stop Abortions

This Chart Shows The Link Between Restaurant Spending And New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Black Officer Who Detained George Floyd Had Pledged to Fix The Police

This Might Be The Best Impression Of Star Wars Characters We've Ever Heard

Chris Hayes Calls On Donald Trump To Resign Over His Handling Of COVID-19: It's 'An Urgent Matter Of Public Health'

Your Cookout Will Sound Incredible With This Portable Wireless Speaker

The Best Memes Of 2020 So Far

The New COVID-19 Surge May Be Harder To Contain

No, Your Face Mask Does Not Limit Oxygen Intake

Robotic Spy Turtle Sneaks Itself Into A Massive Sea Turtle Migration

How The Billionaire Behind The Movie 'Contagion' Is Working To Stop This Pandemic

Florida Smirked at New York's Virus Crisis. Now It Has Its Own

The Week's Best Memes, Ranked

How Arizona 'Lost Control Of The Epidemic'

Someone Built A Robot Modeled On The Behavior Of Sloths That Will Help Endangered Species

The US Sees A Record Number Of New Coronavirus Cases In A Single Day

Why Do American Police Departments Look Like They're Going Off To War?

The Long, Winding, Technological Road To GPS In Every Car

Your Cookout Will Sound Incredible With This Portable Wireless Speaker

Treasury Sent More Than 1 Million Coronavirus Stimulus Payments To Dead People, Congressional Watchdog Finds

Police Are The First To Respond To Mental Health Crises. They Shouldn't Be

Nearly Half Of All US States Are Reporting A Rise In New Coronavirus Cases

A Woman With Tourette Syndrome Making Pavlova With Her Family Is The Most Wholesome Thing You'll See Today

Here's A Satisfying Timelapse Of An Artist Building A Sculpture Of Thanos And Then Turning It Into Dust

Sarah Cooper Doesn't Mimic Trump. She Exposes Him

Facebook's War Against One Of The Internet's Worst Conspiracy Sites

Can A Neighborhood Become A Network?

Scientists Taught Mice To Smell An Odor That Doesn't Exist

In 'Cancer Alley,' Pandemic Reveals Correlation Between Zip Codes And Life Expectancy

As The Country Reopens, Friendships Are Tested Over What It Actually Means To Return To Normal

The Uneasy Noirs Of Stephen King

Japanese Candy Rules, And It's Never Been Easier To Find

Vince Carter 'Officially Done' After 22 Years In NBA

Chuck E. Cheese Parent Files For Bankruptcy, Another Casualty Of Pandemic

Russian Mechanics Make A Car Walk With Steel Legs

Inside The Coronavirus

He Removed Labels That Said 'Medical Use Prohibited,' Then Tried To Sell Thousands Of Masks To Officials Who Distribute To Hospitals

Jon Stewart Reveals To Stephen Colbert How He Came Around To Liking Joe Biden

The Secret Lives Of Police Wives — And The Abuse They Suffer In Silence

10 Weddings A Day: What It's Like To Run A Wedding Chapel In Las Vegas

Who Makes The Famously Secretive Trader Joe's Branded Products?

Inside The Plan To Track COVID-19 By Analysing Everyone's Poop

Why There Are No Nazi Statues In Germany (2017)

86 Angelic Troublemakers To Reset America

How Do Drop Towers — The Amusement Park Rides That Plunge You Hundreds Of Feet — Work Safely?

41 Cities, Many Sources: How False Antifa Rumors Spread Locally

Japanese Candy Rules, And It's Never Been Easier To Find

Stuck At Home, Scientists Discover Nine New Insect Species

Why Did The Washington Post Get This Woman Fired?

The Republican Choice

Revealed: Millions Of Americans Can't Afford Water As Bills Rise 80% In A Decade

Dozens Of Secret Service Officers And Agents Told To Self-Quarantine After Trump's Tulsa Rally

This Supercut Of Residents Protesting A Mandatory Mask Rule In Palm Beach County Is Like A Scene From 'Parks And Recreation'

Democrats Will Scale Back In-Person Convention In Milwaukee

Devin Nunes Can't Sue Twitter Over Statements By Fake Cow, Judge Rules

'Girls Gone Wild' Commercials Threw A Million Millennials Into Puberty

What It's Like To Be The Namesake Of A Deep-Sea Worm

Rhode Island Moves To Change State's Official Name Due To Slavery Connotations

Robin Williams, An Acid Trip And Moral Panic: The Story Of 'Blame Canada' At The Oscars

Stephen Colbert Asks John Bolton How He Could Be So 'Naive' For Trusting Trump In Fiery Interview

This 1927 Movie Has One Of The Most Technically Impressive Shots We've Ever Seen For Its Time

Blockbuster Video Store Locations In The United States From 1986 To 2019, Visualized

The Worst Cars I Ever Tested: A Veteran Auto Journo's List of Most Disappointing Rides

What The Hell Happened To Will Ferrell?

Trump Broke The Department Of Justice And Scared A Top Prosecutor Senseless, Whistleblower Says

The Decline Of The American World

Wrongfully Accused By An Algorithm

Confederate Monument Enthusiasts Targeted My Store — And It Comically Backfired

Musical Genius Recreates 'Old Town Road' In The Style Of Bon Iver

Top Takeaways From Tuesday's Primaries: The Left, The Right, The Wait

A Quarantine Diary Of My Terrible Roommates

Will Starlite Protect Your Hand If You Blow Torch It?

Videos Of Alleged Police Misconduct Went Viral. Then What Happened?

Your Cookout Will Sound Incredible With This Portable Wireless Speaker

Bear Chases After Man, Turns Out All It Wanted Was Some Ice Cream

'My Little Pony' Fans Are Ready To Admit They Have A Nazi Problem

Why Is 'Mayday' The International Distress Call?

The Future Of Hollywood Doesn't Have To Be So White. Here's How

Watch This Bizarre, Expletive-Filled Gyro Commercial With Ja Rule

Why We Can't Stop Waving At The End Of Video Calls

How Uber Turned A Promising Bikeshare Company Into Literal Garbage

'Futurama' Freakishly Predicted The First Half Of 2020

Here's What Happened When I Spent A Day Doing Everything According To WikiHow

Someone Transformed 'Goodfellas' Into A '90s Sitcom

Americans Are Actually Drinking Less During the Pandemic

Squirrel Becomes Best Friends With Woman, Shows Her Its Secret Peanut Stash

Trump Impersonator Puts A Brilliant Spin On Trump's 'We've Never Had An Empty Seat' Speech

Someone Deepfaked 'The Office' With Arnold Schwarzenegger And It Disturbingly Fits

Is This The End Of 'Daddy' Culture?

'A Chain Of Stupidity': The Decline Of Russia's Spy Agencies

What Will Life Look Like Inside the NBA Bubble?

Imagining One Last Lunch With My Father, John Cheever

Florida's Reopening Party Season Is Already A COVID-19 Fiasco

Trump Expands Immigration Restrictions, Targeting Foreign Workers Of All Types

Retail Sales Are A Good Way To Gauge The Health Of The Economy

Trump Team Weighs A CDC Scrubbing To Deflect Mounting Criticism

The Second Great Depression

This Is What Happens When You Really, Really Want To Drink Wine But You Can't Find A Corkscrew

Traveling The World, One Webcam At A Time

Top Democrats Are Refusing To 'Defund The Police.' Activists Fear The Police Killings Won't Stop

Enjoy Amazon's Big Style Sale, And Get A Whole New Summer Wardrobe

Why I Named My Son After Hardcore Punk Legend Henry Rollins

The Fascinating Difference In How People Perceive Time

How Do You Know What You See Is 'Real'?

How Paris Hilton Revolutionized The Boyfriend Accessory

Study Shows Women Don't Want To Date Men With Cats

Here's How The NBA's Coronavirus-Fighting Ring Might Help

Guys Make The Questionable Decision To Save A Sinking Boat With A Jeep And A Pickup Truck. Things Go As Well As You'd Imagine

The Best Weddings in Movie History

Josh Radnor Sets Trump's Tulsa Rally Speech To Indie Folk Music, Turns It Into A Ridiculous Masterpiece

Vast Neolithic Circle Of Deep Shafts Found Near Stonehenge

Guy Tests Out A Helicopter He Built From Scratch To See If It Can Fly. It Does — Gloriously

Man Tries To Find His Father's Missing Best Friend, Ends Up Stumbling Upon A Mystery More Profound Than He Expected

What A Negative COVID-19 Test Really Means

TV Personality Puts Jimmy Kimmel On Blast For Taking A Break, Makes An Embarrassing Mistake On Air

How The World's Most Venomous Fish Convinced Me To Stop Working Myself To Death

NASCAR Says Noose Found In Bubba Wallace's Garage At Talladega

Why NASA Designed A New $23 Million Space Toilet

Looking Back At 50 Years Of Range Rover With The World's Most Obsessive Collection

The Fight To 'Defund' The NYPD, Explained

Can My Company Take Away All Our Vacation Days Because We Had To Work From Home During The Pandemic, And Other Advice Column Questions

What Will Become Of The Cruise Ship Smorgasbord?

How One Man Created The Biggest Virtual Pub Quiz In The World

My Mother's Dreams For Her Son And All Black Children

This Is How Trump Plans To Beat Biden

Trump Campaign Manager: Trolls Claiming Rally Ticket Hack 'Don't Know What They're Talking About'

TikTok Teens And K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally

The Long, Strange Journey Of 'Da 5 Bloods'

Has Pandemic Snacking Lured Us Back To Big Food And Bad Habits?

Can White Portland's Fragility Handle A Megaquake?

Alexa, Hit The Lights For Me

Watch Comedian Sarah Cooper Mime The Father's Day Interaction Between Donald Trump And His Son

How Black People Really Feel About The Police, Explained

New York City Hired 3,000 Workers for Contact Tracing. It's Not Going Well

Turnout At Trump's Tulsa Rally Was Just Under 6,200 - A Fraction Of The Venue's 19,200 Capacity

The Trayvon Generation

The Surprisingly Unique Way That N95 Masks Work In Filtering Particles

A Legion Of Bugs Puts Hundreds Of Millions Of IoT Devices At Risk

When Crime Photography Started To See Color

Brazil Is Becoming The New Epicenter Of The Pandemic

When People Held 'Plague Weddings' In Cemeteries To Try To Ward Off Disease

What Four Organizers Want To See From America's Protests

How The Coronavirus Will Reshape Architecture

Here Are Five Basic Vodka Cocktails You Can Make From Your Pantry At Home

Crocodiles' Ancient Ancestors May Have Walked On Two Legs

It's Been A Decade Since Tablets Went Mainstream, Now You Can Get One For Just $40

Trump Crowd Size Underwhelms, Campaign Blames Protesters

Arctic Records Its Hottest Temperature Ever

How To Build The Death Star Out Of Discarded Amazon Cardboard Boxes

Hungry, Hungry Husky Is A Champion At Playing 'Hungry, Hungry Hippos'

If The Virus Slows This Summer, It May Be Time To Worry

Viral Photo Highlights The Problem With Public Spaces

Florida Sets New Daily Record With 4,049 Coronavirus Cases As Death Toll Rises By 40

How Hawaii Became A Rare COVID-19 Success Story

Inside The United States Government's Plans To Blow Up The Moon

The Most Popular Social Media Platforms By Users From 2002 To 2019, Visualized

Laney College Professor Put On Leave After Demanding Student Named 'Phuc Bui' 'Anglicize' Her Name

These Homeowners Were Surprised To Find A Family Of Bears Having Fun In Their Backyard Playground

CNN's Sanjay Gupta Explains The Simple Math Of Why Trump's Tulsa Rally Will Probably Lead To An Outbreak

Here's Mike Pence Repeatedly Getting Asked Whether 'Black Lives Matter'

How Juicero — A Company That Made A $400 Juice Making Machine — Failed Spectacularly

How Trump Plans To Turn Around His Losing Campaign

Last-Minute Father's Day Gifts

The Nova Scotia Shooter Case Has Hallmarks Of An Undercover Operation

Roger Stone Told Trump In Advance WikiLeaks Would Release Documents Harmful To Clinton Campaign, Aides Claimed

How A West Baltimore Nursing Home Has Zero COVID-19 Infections

Department Of Justice Tries To Oust US Attorney Investigating Trump Allies

Beyoncé Drops A Surprise New Song 'Black Parade' For Juneteenth

These Social Distancing Gym Pods Are Reminding People of Joe From Netflix's 'You'

A Heart-Wrenching Short Documentary About A Man Coming To Terms With His Mother's Dementia

An Extremely Talented Star Trek Fan Performed Eminem's 'Without Me' Entirely In Klingon

Woman Hilariously Attempts To Rescue A Beached Baby Shark Without Getting Bit

We Grew Up With An Officer Involved In Rayshard Brooks' Murder. We're Not Surprised.

This Story About A Vengeful Ex-Boyfriend Has One Hell Of A Plot Twist

Ian Holm, Star Of 'Lord Of The Rings,' 'Alien' And 'Chariots Of Fire,' Dies Aged 88

Once A COVID-19 Role Model, Chile Now Among the World's Worst

What Ads For Online Universities Would Tell You If They Were Being Completely Honest

In Mongolia, A Mysterious Island Ruin Is Finally Giving Up Its Secrets

The Woman Who Helped Save Joe Biden

Mystery Of Antarctica's Record Drop In Sea Ice Has Been Solved

Slavery Existed In Illinois, But Schools Don't Always Teach That History

Tea, Biscuits And Empire: The Long Con Of Britishness

30 Years Ago, Romania Deprived Thousands Of Babies Of Human Contact