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Sorry, 'Harry Potter' fans—the rumored eighth book is a hoax
Gotta get back to Hogwarts? Sorry, Harry Potter fans—you still have to wait for the movie. In the last year, J.K. Rowling has released two new novels (one under a clever pseudonym) and announced that...
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Jose Canseco's goat car is the most Jose Canseco thing ever
This is not a drill: Jose Canseco has been pulled over for driving while herding. For reasons that you probably don’t want context for, cops apparently stopped the former baseball pro yesterday as he...
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The day the Internet fell in love with moths
Moths! Are they nighttime butterflies or terrifying mini-bats that can produce ultrasound waves just by vibrating their penises? Given exclusive access to an expert on moths and their mating habits,...
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Modern-day Jane Eyre follows in footsteps of 'Lizzie Bennet Diaries'
What would a modern-day Jane Eyre be like? For one thing, she’d probably be a huge fan of Elizabeth Bennet. She’d be a Tumblr junkie—and, let’s face it, a bit of a hipster. And she’d almost certainly...
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'Doctor Who' fans discover a new obsession with Paul McGann
In the eternal divide between fans of the classic Doctor Who of the ‘60s and ‘70s and fans of today’s “New Who” lives the career of a single man, a man whose trip in the TARDIS lasted only a moment....
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The most jaw-dropping infographics of 2013
The science of information visualization just keeps getting more and more gorgeous. Thanks to advances in technology and graphic design, infographics, those swank charts and pictographs that...
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Penny Arcade's brutally honest job posting spurs Internet backlash
Let’s face it: even with long hours, low wages, and grueling work requirements that would make an unpaid internship for Donald Trump look appealing, most developers would still probably drop...
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Does Fansflock have what it takes to be fandom's Kickstarter?
Fansflock wants to be Kickstarter for your Doctor Who fanart. The site hopes to distinguish itself from other contemporary crowdfunding sites by appealing to the Tumblr crowd, focusing on projects that...
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Already tired of the family? Spend your Thanksgiving with 'Mystery Science...
Pumaman. The Mole People. Werewolf. Mitchell. If these titles fill you with glee rather than horror, then you’re in for a treat tomorrow when Mystery Science Theatre 3000 celebrates its 25th...
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How the DEA tracked this doctor from the Silk Road to her front door
Every road has a destination—even the formerly vast and anonymous Silk Road. It’s not often that a journey through the Dark Web ends in broad daylight, but its shady network of illicit and illegal...
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Everything you thought you knew about Thanksgiving is a lie
Happy Thanksgiving, Americans! Did you know that pilgrims never wore those little hats? Do you feel as betrayed as we do? Is everything you knew about Thanksgiving a lie? Pretty much, as Vlogbrother...
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Lady Gaga and Joseph Gordon-Levitt turn up the heat on a holiday classic
We have at least 8 reasons to love last night’s Lady Gaga & the Muppets’ Holiday Special, and none of them have to do with Muppets. No, the highlight of what was a pretty blatant cross-marketing...
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Russian bobsledder catches fire during Olympic torch relay
Bobsledder Pyotr Makarchuk became famous in Russia for excelling in numerous track-and-field events, including Fire and Rescue sports, a pastime developed in Russia in the ‘30s in which competitors...
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A debate about gendered pronouns on GitHub ignites the tech community
What’s in a name? Plenty, if she’s a GitHub user. It’s no secret that the tech community struggles with sexism, and that many barriers exist for women at every age and level of entry into science- and...
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Why 'Frozen' and 'Catching Fire' won't do much for women in Hollywood
It’s time we developed a name for that thing Hollywood keeps doing. From here on out, I’m calling it the Exclusion Myth. The Exclusion Myth is a longstanding notion in Hollywood that boys won’t go see...
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Twitter debunks myths about the strange creature known as 'bisexual'
Over the last two days, actress Maria Bello and Olympic swimmer Tom Daley both came out as bisexual—Bello with an earnest column in the New York Times, Daley with a nervous message to fans. Bello and...
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This 'Supernatural' star's self-made fanfic is blowing up right now
What do you get the character who has everything for his birthday? Fanfic, of course! OK, so Osric Chau’s character on Supernatural, Kevin Tran, lost his entire life a season and a half ago, and now...
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Tumblr's 2013 Year in Review is just scratching the surface
Tumblr’s new Year in Review celebrates the most popular viral posts in a variety of categories across the social network. The blog displays as a series of topics under which Tumblr has gathered what...
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D.C.'s big Wonder Woman announcement gets mixed reviews from fans
DC Comics and Warner Bros. announced Wednesday that the upcoming Man of Steel sequel, which features Ben Affleck as Batman, had cast a new addition to its roster of superheroes. Wonder Woman still...
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What it's like to work at a suicide hotline
Tonight, ABC 2 in Australia is airing a documentary, Suicide and Me, that opens with a young woman telling a suicide hotline caller not to go near the rope in her living room.“You sound afraid,” she...
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