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Daggers in Their Hair: The Gilded Age Women Who Fought Off Gropers with Deadly Sharp Hatpins

For the early part of the 20th century, it was their main source of self-defense — until city councils and cops across the country decided these women were violent menaces of society who needed to surrender their fashion-forward shivs

My Quest for a Natural Psychedelic High

It’s possible to experience a temporarily altered state without drugs or alcohol through a neurological phenomenon known as the Ganzfeld effect. And all it takes is a ping-pong ball, headphones and a knife

Why You Can’t Listen to That Disgusting Blink-182 Song About a Dog and Its Ass

Hidden songs like ‘Fuck A Dog’ were one of the great thrills of owning a compact disc. But they’re either nowhere to be found on Spotify and other streaming services or merged into the rest of the record, completely ruining their surprise and charm

A Toasty History of Eggos, the Waffle We’ll Never L’Eggo

With a 50-year-old slogan and rabid ‘Stranger Things’ fanbase obsessed with their nostalgic 1980s appeal, Eggos has proved they’re as American as apple pie