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Siobhan Thompson of Anglophenia Explains How a Proper British Christmas is Celebrated
In “How to Have a British Christmas,” host Siobhan Thompson of the BBC America web series Anglophenia explains how a proper British Christmas is celebrated,…
Mental Floss Shares a Series of Little Things That Changed World History in a Big Way
On a recent episode of the Mental Floss series List Show, host John Green shares a series of little things that changed world history in a…
100 Years of Hair and Makeup Told Decade by Decade in a One Minute Time-Lapse Video
Cut tells the visual history of the past 100 years of beauty in a one minute time-lapse video that features one model whose hair and…
A Series of Charts for People Obsessed With the Crime Podcast ‘Serial’
Michelle Rial has created a series of charts for people obsessed with the crime podcast Serial for The Bold Italic. Rial also runs the Twitter account This…
New Owner Relaunches Monthly Cat Fancy/Dog Fancy as New Bi-Monthly Catster/Dogster Magazines
I-5 Publishing, the new owners of the monthly Cat Fancy and Dog Fancy enterprises, has decided to re-launch the classic publications into a new venture…
‘United States of Pop 2014 (Do What You Wanna Do)’, A Mashup by DJ Earworm Combining Hit Songs From 2014
“United States of Pop 2014 (Do What You Wanna Do)” is a mashup by DJ Earworm that combines more than two dozen hit songs from…
Sriracha Stout, A Brand New Spicy Beer From Rogue Ales
Rogue Ales, the Newport, Oregon brewery that’s known for its unconventional ales, ciders and sodas, has created a brand new Sriracha Stout, a spicy brew…
Johnny T of ‘Glove and Boots’ Explains How to Practice Proper Subway Etiquette
Internet puppet Johnny T travels around New York City while explaining how to practice proper subway etiquette on a recent episode of Glove and Boots…
Clever Banksy-Inspired Street Art by JPS
British street artist Jamie Scanlon (aka JPS) creates clever and wonderfully rendered street paintings that are inspired by Banksy. Scanlon recounts in a Bored Panda…
‘The Oxford Comma and Other Academic Punctuation Marks’, A Comic About Punctuation by Jorge Cham
Everyone’s heard of the Oxford comma, but what if you went somewhere else for college? Jorge Cham of PHD Comics created a clever comic about…