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A Definitive Ranking of Every Olympic Mascot

February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 0 Comments fun, history, olympics, Sports

(via The Ringer)  A white tiger named Soohorang is the official mascot of the 2018 Winter Olympic games and the

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Character Cultures Food 

How to Eat (and Drink) Like the Queen: Royal Chefs Reveal Elizabeth II’s Favorite Foods

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 0 Comments food, fun, history, trivia

(via Mental Floss) It’s good to be the Queen. Twice a week, Queen Elizabeth II browses a leather-bound menu of

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Et Cetera 

The Final Ride of the Mail Robots

January 12, 2018January 12, 2018 0 Comments fun, interesting

(via Atlas Obscura) In September 2017, there was a retirement party at the headquarters of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada’s national

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Character Cultures Entertainment 

The Never-Ending Game of Dungeons & Dragons

October 27, 2017October 25, 2017 0 Comments culture, fun, game

(via Great Big Story)  In 1982, when he was only 14 years old, Robert Wardhaugh sat down to play a

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Cultures Entertainment 

Playing for Laughs at London’s Wackiest Arcade

October 25, 2017October 24, 2017 0 Comments fun, games

(via Great Big Story) Every arcade’s got “Pac-Man,” “Donkey Kong” and “Space Invaders.” But if you’ve got a hankering for

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Entertainment 

Relive Your Childhood at the ‘Museum of Play’

September 26, 2017September 22, 2017 0 Comments fun

(via Great Big Story) Ready your senses for nostalgia overdrive: the Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, has every toy

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Design Et Cetera History 

10 Fun Facts About Play-Doh

September 19, 2017September 18, 2017 0 Comments entertainment, fun, history

(via Mental Floss)  Play-Doh! Let’s pay tribute to your favorite modeling clay with some fun facts about the childhood play

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Design Entertainment Et Cetera 

14 Justifiably Forgotten Milton Bradley Board Games

August 25, 2017August 25, 2017 0 Comments fun, games

(via mental_floss)  Aside from Parker Brothers, few board game manufacturers have come close to Milton Bradley’s track record: Millions of

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The Fiercely Precise World of Competitive Table-Setting

July 31, 2017July 27, 2017 0 Comments competition, culture, fun

(via Atlas Obscura)  Competitive tablescaping has been an L.A. County Fair tradition since the 1930s and typically has a waiting

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Character Cultures Entertainment Food 

Jug Life: A History of the Kool-Aid Man

July 19, 2017July 14, 2017 0 Comments fun, history

(via mental_floss) Introduced in 1975, Kool-Aid Man became one of the most beloved characters in advertising history, with a recognition

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Cultures Entertainment Et Cetera Humor 

Nine Bizarre Food Museums

May 8, 2017May 1, 2017 0 Comments food, fun, museums, roadtrip

(via mental_floss)  What’s your favorite food? Chances are, there’s a museum dedicated to it somewhere. You might want to include

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Entertainment Et Cetera 

60 Facts About the Star Wars Universe for Star Wars Day

May 4, 2017May 4, 2017 0 Comments fun, star wars day

(via mental_floss)  Happy Star Wars Day!  Here are 60 fascinating facts about the Star Wars universe, any of which makes

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