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Apple launches subscription service for creative software
One of the best things about getting your first Apple computer is that it comes with all the productivity and creativity software most people need.
13 hrs ago • Séamus Bellamy
Today I learned carrots have two parts
Today I learned that carrots have two parts. There’s the inner core (xylem), which is the vascular tissue that conducts water and nutrients from the…
13 hrs ago • Popkin
Jazz musicians disrupt Arizona Republicans’ pro-ICE press event
On Monday morning in Phoenix, Arizona, Republican lawmakers attempted to hold a pro-ICE press conference outside the Arizona Capitol Building.
13 hrs ago • Jennifer Sandlin
Nostalgic retro milk signs for National Milk Day
These photos of retro milk-themed signs and restaurants (shared by Rolando Pujol) were posted to celebrate National Milk Day, which fell on January 11.
13 hrs ago • Popkin
Netflix’s One Piece season 2 trailer drops with epic wigs
I’ve never actually watched the fantastical pirate-themed anime One Piece, largely due to its imposing length.
13 hrs ago • Grant St. Clair
Stop-motion WW1 horror animation is the coolest thing I’ve seen all week
Indie animation is — at the risk of overstating — really, really goddamn cool.
13 hrs ago • Grant St. Clair
Bulgarian architect creates whimsical snail-shaped family home
This whimsical Snail House (photo taken and shared by Stefano Perego on Instagram) is as much sculpture as home.
13 hrs ago • Popkin
Why rural communities once put a frog in milk to keep it from spoiling
People in rural communities in Russia used to place a frog in their milk jar to keep it from spoiling.
13 hrs ago • Popkin
Campbell’s tried to make soup cocktails happen in 1955
These 1955 advertisements show Campbell’s Soup pushing an unexpected cocktail recipe. One ad gives the recipe for a “Frisky Sour”: 2 chilled cans of…
13 hrs ago • Popkin
This colorful Peruvian peak looks like giant sand art
Rainbow Mountain is a natural wonder in Pitumarca, Peru.
13 hrs ago • Popkin
Corpse fat injections cost $100,000 for the wealthy
Many anthropologists argue that cultures that engage in cannibalism rarely do so because of food shortages.
13 hrs ago • Séamus Bellamy
These awful Fallout 4 mods are so bad they’re brilliant
It’s no secret that Bethesda games depend on their hardworking modding communities, and Fallout 4 is no exception.
13 hrs ago • Grant St. Clair
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