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Why Do We Keep Making Shows and Movies With Sexy, Young Versions of Historical Figures?

Netflix’s ‘Freud’ is just the latest in a long tradition of sexing up the past

The Biggest Movie in America During the 1918 Flu Pandemic Is More Worth Watching Than Ever

If the delightful ‘Mickey’ got your great-grandpops through, I’m pretty sure it can help you, too

The Great American History of ‘Booyah!’

A thorough timeline of the English language’s funnest exclamation — quite literally from soup to nuts

Could Cannibalism Ultimately Be the Most Reliable Way to Sustain the World’s Food Supply?

Beyond morals, beyond laws and beyond simple disgust, there’s a very good reason Soylent Green is unlikely to be in our future