The Missing Links: Stupid Uses For the Moon
A Very Useful Machine Is this the best Rube Goldberg machine ever? If you aren’t familiar with them, first check out what they are. Then watch this incredible example in action:
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A Very Useless Machine You’ve seen the world’s most useless machine. Now see it turned into a perfect analogy for our political climate.
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Miss Flame in the Bedroom with the Shoe: 4 Board Games that Changed With The Culture
Plenty of board games have debuted special editions, integrated electronics (who wants to roll dice anymore, anyways?), and upgraded to fancy carved pieces. But here are four classic games that had to change their rules just to stay relevant in the culture around them.
1. The Game of Life
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Unsurprisingly, the [...]
5 Restaurants Where Spy Games Were Played
Restaurants are ideal places for spies to ply their trade, as there’s plenty of ambient noise, a nice crowd to throw things off, and food to go around, which tends to alleviate stress. Here are five restaurants where tradecraft was the daily special.
1. Au Pied de Cochon, Georgetown
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Vitaly Yurchenko was a 25-year veteran [...]