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Six 1950s slang terms we still love Even after seventy years, we’re still using these fun expressions from the 1950s. Check them out: www.mentalfloss.com/language/sla...

mentalfloss.com6 Slang Words From the 1950s We Still Use TodaySeven decades later, we're still just as familiar with these timeless '50s slang words and phrases.

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The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team released a 5.6-trillion-pixel 2D color map showing nearly 4 billion celestial objects, mainly stars and galaxies. newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/08/10/s...

newscenter.lbl.govScientists Release Biggest 2D Map of the Universe

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A preserved section of the former West German emergency bunker near Bonn serves as a memorial site. Most of the structure is sealed, but the remaining stretch is a notable Cold War relic. www.dark-tourism.com/index.php/21...

dark-tourism.comMarienthal government bunkerMarienthal government bunker, dark tourism travel destination

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1980s Advertising, Arcade Culture, and the Art of Spotting a Good Deal www.rediscoverthe80s.com/2026/10/1980...

rediscoverthe80s.com1980s Advertising, Arcade Culture, and the Art of Spotting a Good DealSpotting a good deal was an art back in the 1980s with television, graphics, and colorful displays

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A chaotic portrait of an ’80s American farming family www.huckmag.com/article/melo...

huckmag.comA chaotic portrait of an ’80s American farming familyHoly Cow! — Melonie Bennett grew up on a farm in Maine in the ’80s, and documented her family’s idiosyncratic daily life. She presents those humorous,…

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‘70s Skills That Nobody’s Asking For Anymore, Despite Meemaw's Insistence www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/70s...

ebaumsworld.com‘70s Skills That Nobody’s Asking For Anymore, Despite Meemaw's InsistenceBack in the 1970s, daily life required a lot more skills than we need today. Your grandma might insist that you need to learn these things immediately, but she might have to accept that you just don’t...

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Why Raising Your Voice is a Sign of Weakness During an Argument cavemancircus.com/2026/10/22/w...

cavemancircus.comWhy Raising Your Voice is a Sign of Weakness During an Argument - Caveman CircusThere’s a certain type of person who believes that the louder they get during an argument, the more convincing they become. The moment someone challenges their reasoning, their voice starts creeping u...

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16 Useless Facts You Never Needed… Like Ever thechive.com/humanity/fac...

thechive.comRandom, Useless Facts!These useless facts are honestly really interesting.

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From a 1800 tie to a 537-vote recount: America's closest presidential election races qz.com/closest-pres...

qz.comThe closest presidential elections in U.S. historyA look back at the closest elections in U.S. history, from tied electoral votes to a 537-vote Florida recount

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Aberfan disaster kills 144 people and levels a Welsh mining village www.history.com/this-day-in-...

history.comAberfan disaster kills 144, levels mining village | HISTORYOn October 21, 1966, the Aberfan disaster becomes one of the United Kingdom’s worst coal mining accidents. A landslid...

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26 New Rules of Digital Etiquette www.artofmanliness.com/social/etiqu...

artofmanliness.com26 New Rules of Digital Etiquette | The Art of ManlinessBack in 2013, we published a set of propaganda-style posters on cell phone etiquette. Some of the rules hold up, but a lot of them focused on talking over the phone, while everyone pretty much just te...

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Why Did Old-School Computers Have Green Text? www.slashgear.com/2285611/why-...

slashgear.comWhy Did Old-School Computers Have Green Text? - SlashGearWhenever you see a computer screen from the 1980s the text is always green and there are several reasons for that. Here's everything you need to know.

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A Comme des Garçons exhibition is beautifully chaotic at Dover Street Market www.wallpaper.com/art/comme-de...

wallpaper.comA Comme des Garçons exhibition is beautifully chaotic at Dover Street MarketThe Japanese fashion brand presents an exhibition to coincide with its publication, SIX, which spotlights art, design, architecture, and film

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3D Artist Ali Sadeghi Builds Architectural Spaces on Screen Before They Ever Exist in the World designyoutrust.com/2026/10/3d-a...

designyoutrust.com3D Artist Ali Sadeghi Builds Architectural Spaces on Screen Before They Ever Exist in the WorldThere is a particular kind of quiet that lives inside an architectural rendering before the building exists. It is the silence of a space that has been imagined but not yet built, lit by a sun that ha...

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How a 1975 Book Explained Computers and How They Worked rarehistoricalphotos.com/1975-compute...

rarehistoricalphotos.comHow a 1975 Book Explained Computers and How They Worked - Rare Historical PhotosA vintage 1975 book reveals how early computer systems worked, with fascinating illustrations of massive machines, punch cards, magnetic storage, and dot-matrix printers.

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Three Shipping Containers Become a Bright Blue Wisconsin Retreat With a Rooftop Deck www.yankodesign.com/2026/10/17/t...

yankodesign.comThree Shipping Containers Become a Bright Blue Wisconsin Retreat With a Rooftop Deck - Yanko DesignMaison Flambeau wears its industrial origins in bright blue. Corrugated steel walls remain visible beneath black railings and broad windows, while a rooftop terrace gives the stacked structure an outd...

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Core77 Weekly Roundup (10-13-26 to 10-16-26) www.core77.com/posts/145633...

core77.comCore77 Weekly Roundup (10-13-26 to 10-16-26)Here's what we looked at this week: To build a low-cost EV, Citröen dusts off the 2CV. ID firm Layer develops corrugated plywood that's strong and lightweight. Poka-yoke: Idiot-proof design.

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Iron Fountain Gyumri in Gyumri, Armenia www.atlasobscura.com/places/iron-...

atlasobscura.comIron Fountain Gyumri in GyumriIt's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.

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A Charming Documentary About ‘Garfield’ Phones Washing Up on the Coast of France for 40 Years laughingsquid.com/garfield-pho...

laughingsquid.comA Charming Documentary About Garfield Phones Washing Up on the Coast of France for 40 YearsDirector Zack Grant explores Garfield phones washing up on the shores of Brittany, France, for 40 years in "Silly Little Plastic Cat".

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Fleury-devant-douaumont – A Village that Died for France darktourists.com/fleury-devan...

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Minesweeper as a triple-A game boingboing.net/2026/10/12/m...

boingboing.netMinesweeper as a triple-A gameIn triple-A Minesweeper, take on the role of the Sweeper and navigate the minefield... that is interpersonal relationships.

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How South Barn, the reimagining of an Isle of Wight farm building, shines a light on ‘deep reuse’ www.wallpaper.com/architecture...

wallpaper.comHow an Isle of Wight farm building became an architect’s modern-day retreatArchitects Studio Weave’s thorough yet light-touch reimagining creates a home for practice founder Je Ahn

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The Metro Stations of Montreal montreal.for91days.com/the-metro-st...

montreal.for91days.comThe Metro Stations of Montreal - Montreal For 91 DaysThe 1960s were an exciting decade in Montreal. The Quiet Revolution was underway, secularizing government and returning power to the city's francophone majority. Huge skyscrapers were being erected in...

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Leap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth’s rotation, but their time may be over theconversation.com/leap-seconds...

theconversation.comLeap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth’s rotation, but their time may be over – here’s whyIf you think about leap years, it may seem like humans have a very odd way of measuring time. Sometimes, timekeepers even have to add extra seconds to clocks.

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⚠️ An artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved homicide to Philadelphia police, authorities said, criticizing the company for taking two months to report the incident. ➡️ u.afp.com/SCSY

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Blue Planet III Trailer nagonthelake.blogspot.com/2026/10/blue...

nagonthelake.blogspot.comBlue Planet III TrailerBlue Planet III will have six hour-long episodes: • Tropical Seas • Open Ocean • Seasonal Seas • Polar Waters • The Deep • Future Seas Fil...

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10 Drowned Towns That Reappear When the Water Recedes listverse.com/2026/10/09/1...

listverse.com10 Drowned Towns That Reappear When the Water RecedesSomewhere beneath an ordinary-looking lake, streets lead to houses nobody has entered for decades. Across the world, communities were abandoned or

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The Science of Sinkholes: Unpacking Earth’s Sudden Collapse list25.com/science-of-s...

list25.comThe Science Of Sinkholes: Unpacking Earth's Sudden Collapse | List25Imagine a quiet street, a lush green field, or even a bustling city intersection. One moment, everything is normal; the next, a gaping maw opens in the earth,

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St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma Washington, is an eye-catching and extremely complex design. bertrandgoldberg.org/works/st-jos...

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Art Biennale Venice 2026: In Minor Keys, at Full Volume www.coeval-magazine.com/coeval/art-b...

coeval-magazine.comArt Biennale Venice 2026: In Minor Keys, at Full Volume - COEVAL MagazinePerformance leads the conversation at the 61st International Art Exhibition in Venice. Under the title In Minor Keys, conceived by the late Koyo Kouoh, the Biennale favours listening and presence, and...

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How ‘The Twilight Zone’ Influenced Some of Modern TV’s Greatest Creators www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

rollingstone.comHow 'The Twilight Zone' Influenced Some of Modern TV's Greatest CreatorsIn an excerpt from 'Serling,' a new Rod Serling biography by Alan Sepinwall, J.J. Abrams, Vince Gilligan and more discuss the 'Twilight Zone' creator.

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15 Inventions We’ve Had for Much Longer Than People Think www.denofgeek.com/msn/15-inven...

denofgeek.com15 Inventions We've Had for Much Longer Than People Think | Den of Geek

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The Most Popular Slang the Year You Were Born www.mentalfloss.com/language/sla...

mentalfloss.comThe Most Popular Slang the Year You Were BornWhether your birth year was "booksy," "hyper," or "baloney," here's the pop-culture catchphrase that defined everyday speech when you spawned.

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Haus Der Offiziere Wünsdorf Swimming Pool: Germany July 2014 www.darbiansphotography.com/haus-der-off...

darbiansphotography.comUrbex: Haus Der Offiziere Wünsdorf Swimming Pool — Urbex: Darbians PhotographyA swimming pool found on the vast abandoned Haus Der Offiziere site at Wünsdorf.

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The Groovy Age of Flight: Another Look at Stewardesses of the 1960s-70s flashbak.com/groovy-age-f...

flashbak.comThe Groovy Age of Flight: Another Look at Stewardesses of the 1960s-70s - FlashbakAbout 3 years ago, we took a look at flight attendants back when they were basically cocktail waitresses of the sky. The images are fun to look at, not just because these hard working gals are lovely...

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 – the winning images www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/astrono...

skyatnightmagazine.comAstronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 – the winning images | BBC Sky at Night MagazineSee all the winning images of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition in 2026 – world's biggest astro imaging awards.

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300 Years Before ChatGPT, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels Imagined Machines Writing Books and Producing Knowledge (1726) www.openculture.com/2026/10/gull...