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It is easy to forget that plenty of things we barely notice today once came with serious bragging rights. Before mass production made technology and household conveniences widely affordable, owning the newest gadget or appliance could immediately say ...

A historical photograph can preserve a moment perfectly while still leaving out almost everything that makes the story interesting. A group of construction workers eating lunch, an empty space on a museum wall, or a celebrity getting a routine ...

There is something about an ordinary photo from 2001 that makes it hard not to stare at every little detail. The clothes, the haircuts, the giant computers, even the way people posed for a camera can instantly bring the era back. These were not ...

There is doing a job badly, and then there is doing it so badly that strangers stop to take a picture. Somehow, these mistakes made it past the planning stage, the person actually doing the work, and apparently anyone who might have been around to ...

Flirting can take many forms, and you can be obvious or subtle about it as much as you want. Really, the appeal of how it's done and how it's perceived depends on the individuals at play here. But there are things that just feel flirty, no matter ...

There are subreddits for nearly anything you can imagine, since it's likely people have thought about it too. Among the possible subsections of the site, one is completely devoted to problems that, in order to fix them, will require a substantial ...

There's a lot we know today that humanity didn't know hundreds of years ago, and there will likely be a lot people will learn in the coming years that we can't possibly know right now. Among these questions, there are some that have puzzled ...

Our planet is packed with places that look as though someone made them up, when they are all as real as it gets. These surreal places are only strange for the people that don't live near them, since part of their beauty is how striking they are. And ...

Ask them. Yes, that's the boring answer, but it's also the most effective one of the bunch. Of course, being up front about it could lead to embarrassment, even though we live in a day and age where Dungeons & Dragons appears more and more in ...

Donald Trump's new U.S. Space Force uniforms are deliberately modeled after Starship Troopers, the '90s movie that satirized American nationalism as Space Nazis. Yikes.