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The Island of Misfit Christmas Specials
Holiday TV specials creep into the viewing schedule earlier and earlier each year. My Dad swears that he saw a back-to-back presentation of Yankee Doodle Dandy and A Charlie Brown Christmas last July...
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4 Classic Battles Between Man (or Horse) and Machine
Nothing could prepare Jeopardy! champ, author and regular mental_floss magazine columnist Ken Jennings for the battle he’s about to face. In episodes that will air next month, Ken will take on fellow...
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Duncan Hines
You may have a box of Duncan Hines cake mix in your cupboard, but you may not have known that, unlike Betty Crocker, Hines was a real person. Here are five things about the patron saint of powdered...
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10 Parody Novels That Get the Last Laugh
Ask someone what his or her favorite parody movie is and you’ll hear Blazing Saddles, Airplane!, or some other classic of the genre. But ask what their favorite parody novel is and you’ll likely get a...
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Food Lessons From the U.S. Government
On July 4, award-winning chef Jose Andres opened a pop-up restaurant in Washington, DC. America Eats Tavern pays homage to the culinary history of the U.S., with proceeds supporting the Foundation for...
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Why Doesn’t Britain Make Things Anymore?
If you’re sad that the United States doesn’t make things anymore, read this and you’ll feel a bit better: at least we’re not Britain, where they really don’t make anything anymore. Aditya Chakrabortty...
View ArticleJim Henson’s Rediscovered 1963 Robot Film
“The machine is busy digesting vast oceans of information in a single, all-encompassing, gulp. INTERRUPTION! INTERRUPTION! INFORMATION ALERT!” -Computer H14, in a 1963 film made by Jim Henson for The...
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Threat Response
For its show entitled “Threat”, the American Design Club asked artists ““You’ve just heard something in the other room. What would you want to grab to defend yourself?” There were many funny...
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