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‘Take On Me’ Is a Love Song That Never Dies

It took several false starts for a-ha to fine-tune its biggest hit. But thanks to its optimistic outlook and iconic video, the 1980s smash refuses to grow old

The Scruffy Story of Why the New York Yankees Can Never Have Facial Hair

George Steinbrenner wanted his players to look ‘neat.’ Fifty years later, the team still fears the beard, a silly policy endemic of an antiquated ethos that baseball is trying to get away from

What It Means That an Incel Avoided Prison for a Terror Hoax

Malik Sanchez livestreamed himself threatening to blow up a restaurant, pled guilty to federal charges, and is now a free man

The Nutty History of ‘Hitler Has Only Got One Ball’

A parody of a popular British marching song, this musical takedown of the Führer mocked his supposed monorchism. But why was the world so obsessed with the Nazi leader’s testicles?