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Gandalf’s fireworks were far better of course.

How to Properly Celebrate a Hobbit Birthday

Today is J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday, and in his honor here's how to throw the best Hobbit Birthday ever

Hungover? There’s a Cure for That No Matter Where You Live

There are some things that are universal—trade, money, shelter, hangovers

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We’ve Been Celebrating With Booze for 10,000 Years

This ancient social lubricant has been a staple of cultic feasts and gatherings since the dawn of time, archaeological evidence suggests, meaning every time we sip a cold stout or toast with a glass of bubbly, we're taking part in a millennia-old tradition

Hankie Coated in Beheaded Louis XVI’s Blood Found in Dried Squash

Two centuries after King Louis XVI's execution, researchers think they've found a revolutionary souvenir from that fateful day

Lichens Do Not Age

One Harvard scientist hopes to find clues to immortality by studying lichens, the frilly, crusty green growths that appear on tombstones and old trees

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The Science of Keeping New Year’s Resolutions

Want to bolster your chances of actually staying true to your New Year's resolution, whatever it may be?

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Introducing the First Search Engine for Math And Science Equations

Symbolab allows users to search for equations using both numbers and symbols as well as text

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Some People Can Tickle Themselves

Just as schizophrenics may hear voices in their heads, they may also experience self-induced phantom tickling

Love Chicken Nuggets? Thank Cornell Poultry Professor Robert C. Baker

In 1963, this professor of poultry science came up with the first chicken nuggets

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You Know You Want To Snoop Around Marilyn Monroe’s Secret FBI File

Freshly un-redacted FBI files paint Monroe as a bit of a communist

How to Avoid Getting Scammed on New Year’s Eve Champagne

Tonight, when you pop the bubbly, are you popping champagne or sparkling wine? How should you pour it? How do you drink it?

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What Did Dinosaur Taste Like?

And which would be the most delicious?

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Why Do Rich People Wear Monocles?

Monocles have been the chosen eyewear of our cartoon rich people for a long time now

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Online Dating Sites Boom As Singles Make New Year’s Resolutions

Late December through January is the heaviest time of year for online dating websites

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This Is What the End of All Time Looks Like

Feel like having your tiny human mind blown? Check out predictions for the next 10^10^10^76.66 years

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The Last Working Copyist in Mali Is Trying To Save Timbuktu’s Manuscripts

180,000 medieval manuscripts are housed in Timbuktu, and only 23,000 of those ancient writings have ever been catalogued

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The Amazing Things You Can Build With a $25 Computer

Computer-powered everything is coming from the creative endeavors of computer and electronics hobbyists—the ones who tinker just to see if it can be done

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This Christmas Tune Was Written By An Astronaut And Recorded in Space

Listen to the first song written specifically to be performed in space

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Some of the Geekiest Practical Jokes Ever

There is little more powerful than a nerd on a mission

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Think Apple Maps Are Bad? These Cartographics Blunders Were Way Worse

If you think Apple messed up big time, think again. The history of map making is full of far worse blunders

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