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Why Running in Mud Is a Really Bad Idea

The New York Marathon might be canceled due to the water that Sandy has dumped all over New York City. Which is probably a good thing, because running in mud and water is actually a really bad idea

Don’t you want to be like this guy?

Let ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic Teach You How to Make a Good Parody

Sit back and relax while the master teaches you how to do what he does best: parody.

Invasive nutria in the Southern U.S.

Guilt-Free Meat-Eating Strategy: Hunt Invasive Species

A new book describes how invasive species may provide vegetarians a welcome meat-eating freebie

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Scaredy Cats Unite—Not Everyone Loves Being Afraid

A big part of Halloween is getting scared, intentionally. Why in the world would anyone want that?

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The Best Video Game Players Are Also the Jerkiest

How do people who are really good at these games make moral choices?

After the sea lice feast

Here’s What Happened to Jack Because Rose Didn’t Save Him

After Jack's cold body sank down to the bottom of the North Atlantic in Titanic, here's probably what it looked like

Incredible Halloween Costumes Inspired by Famous Works of Art

Culture-hounds take heart: Halloween doesn't have to be all Honey Boo Boos and internet memes

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This Guy Learned Linear Algebra in Ten Days, And You Can Too

At MIT you can take a ton of science classes online. And, in true MIT fashion, someone just did them all at an extraordinary speed

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Not Even the Greeks Thought the World Was Flat, But These People Do

There are some people today who claim to still believe that the Earth is flat

This man is ghost riding. Wikipedia says so.

In Honor of Wikipedia’s Near-Completion, Here Are Its Most Awesomely Weird Entries

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What If You Replaced All of New York City’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions with Big Blue Bouncy Balls?

Watch New York City get buried under its own carbon emissions

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How To Film a Cheetah Sprinting at 61 Miles Per Hour

National Geographic shows how a team filmed Sarah, the fastest cheetah in the world, sprinting at top speed

Could a Modern Human Beat a Neanderthal in a Fight?

It's hypothetical conflict, but who would emerge the victor?

How To Scrape at a Picasso Without Getting Arrested

The New York Times has an interactive feature showing Picasso's "Woman Ironing" that you can scratch away at to uncover the original pairing - one of a man

A New Tate Online Exhibit Showcases Lost, Stolen and Destroyed Art

The exhibit includes newspaper clippings, photographs and the last known images of each of the featured works

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Want to Eat a Triceratops? Try Ripping its Head Off

Recent research has uncovered how the Tyrannosaurus probably ate the Triceratops: head first

Napoleon’s Army May Have Suffered From the Greatest Wardrobe Malfunction in History

Historians still puzzle over Napoleon's catastrophic Russian defeat, but materials scientists think the army's buttons may be to blame

This is exactly the type of comedic gold that Unpolitic.me could protect you from.

How to Completely Avoid Politics in Social Media

A new chrome extension automatically filters political posts from your social media feeds

Cracking the Code of the World’s Oldest Undeciphered Language

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The Best Songs That Help Us Learn

Songs have a long history of helping us learn things

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