12-Sided Calendar Fits the Whole Year Onto a Simple Desk Ornament
12-Sided Calendar Fits the Whole Year Onto a Simple Desk Ornament
Newsletter Item for (62991): This 1960s High School Gym Class Would Ruin You
This 1960s High School Gym Class Would Ruin You
This 1960s high school gym class would have ruined you.
Newsletter Item for (86685): A Graveyard Smash: Bobby Pickett, The Man Behind the ‘Monster Mash’
A Graveyard Smash: Bobby Pickett, The Man Behind the ‘Monster Mash’
Bobby Pickett, the brains behind “Monster Mash,” spent his entire music career at odds with the popular Halloween tune. We speak with Pickett’s late manager to understand the performer’s unusual trajectory and the secret to “Monster Mash’s” longevity.
Newsletter Item for (86131): Who Wrote History’s First Blurb?
Who Wrote History’s First Blurb?
Who wrote history’s first blurb? And how, exactly, did it get that name?
Newsletter Item for (85616): 7 Surprising Things That Affect Your Credit Score
7 Surprising Things That Affect Your Credit Score
It’s probably not news to you that missing a credit card payment will affect your credit score—but did you know that not paying a library fine or using a debit card to rent a car can factor into this number, too?
Newsletter Item for (87958): Guided by Voices: 6 Books Supposedly Written by Ghosts
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries—the golden age of Spiritualism—many authors claimed they communicated with the departed while drafting their books. Here are six of these haunted works, which remain widely accessible today.
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It took Leo Tolstoy one year to write the opening scene in War and Peace.
Scientists Discover Hundreds of Deep-Sea Methane Vents off West Coast
Scientists Discover Hundreds of Deep-Sea Methane Vents off West Coast
Singapore to Launch a Giant Island of Floating Solar Panels
Singapore to Launch a Giant Island of Floating Solar Panels
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