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I was sooooo upset about a year ago when I finally had to get rid of my boombox that had a CD and a tape player. I got that thing for my birthday all the way back in 1990 and it lasted until 2019. A twenty-nine-year run for a piece of technology like that that...

Do you own any stuff that you’ve had for years and years that still works and that you still like to use? I love it when people show me things they’ve owned for years or even decades that are still going strong. Heck, maybe these items were even passed on down to them from their...

As someone who has studied a good amount of history, the transformation pirates have undergone in the past 400 years always stuns and amuses me. When they were common on the high seas, people feared them, and rightfully so – they were killers, men (and some women) who lived outside societies rules and niceties, who...

I think we’re all clear on this point: red dye is bad for you, and even worse for your kids (and your sanity, if you’re a parent). We’re avoiding it, manufacturers are avoiding it, and life is generally better because of it. That’s the bad red dye, though, and there’s one that bakers and cooks,...

There are so many things we believe and follow without a second thought. They’re engrained into us from birth, sunk into society, and honestly, we never really stop to think about why we believe them, or whether or not there’s any truth to them at all. The idea that the number 666 is evil, or...

The COVID-19 pandemic is still in full-swing in the United States. As a result, many countries, including those that are part of the European Union, have imposed travel bans or restrictions against US citizens. Thankfully, if you’re dead-set on taking that vacation this year, there are at least 10 U.S destinations that will make you...

I remember some of my friends talking about watching the second plane crash into the World Trade Center live on September 11, 2001, but I missed it that morning. I can’t imagine what was going through the heads of the folks who happened to be watching TV live on that day. Of course, we all...