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Cancer-causing box springs? orig. from Jul 27, 2010
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Cancer-causing box springs? orig. from Jul 27, 2010
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Masturbation: a singularly human pursuit orig. from Jun 28, 2010
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Kirk/Spock musical slash fiction orig. from Jun 23, 2010
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Kirk/Spock musical slash fiction orig. from Jun 23, 2010
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Manute Bol, RIP orig. from Jun 21, 2010
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The case of the recurring TV newspaper orig. from Jun 07, 2010
Dear Leader meets Sim City orig. from Jun 03, 2010
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Guillermo Del Toro steps down as The Hobbit director orig. from Jun 07, 2010
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Playable version of Pac Man on Google.com orig. from May 21, 2010
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World's largest inflatable airship orig. from May 20, 2010
MetaFilter thread prevents human trafficking case orig. from May 21, 2010
How do you pronounce Zooey? orig. from May 21, 2010
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In defense of print orig. from Apr 23, 2010
Tom Hanks doesn't exist in Tom Hanks movies orig. from Apr 21, 2010
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The art of sitting orig. from Apr 22, 2010
Tom Hanks doesn't exist in Tom Hanks movies orig. from Apr 21, 2010
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Dawkins and Hitchens: arrest the Pope orig. from Apr 13, 2010
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New Scrabble rule: proper nouns allowed orig. from Apr 07, 2010
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99 classical mp3s for $8 orig. from May 11, 2009
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Predicting Olympic medal counts orig. from Jan 21, 2010
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The hockey stick climate change graph orig. from Mar 16, 2010
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Best movie scenes orig. from Mar 15, 2010
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Michael Lewis' The Big Short orig. from May 19, 2009
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Secret restaurant menus orig. from Mar 10, 2010
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Bill Cunningham, the movie orig. from Feb 25, 2010
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Moon and Sunshine soundtracks orig. from Feb 26, 2010
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The golden age of Roger Ebert orig. from Feb 17, 2010
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Update: El Bulli will not close orig. from Feb 15, 2010
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Meat stylus for the iPhone orig. from Feb 10, 2010
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Freefall survival tips orig. from Jun 06, 2008
Aerial map of NYC from 1924 orig. from Feb 01, 2010
First two minutes of Lost season six orig. from Feb 01, 2010
The elements of the incendiary blog post orig. from Feb 02, 2010
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NYC timelapse orig. from Jan 15, 2010
The bee orchid orig. from Jan 21, 2010
Living on Craigslist orig. from Jan 21, 2010
Pokemon for the real world orig. from Jan 22, 2010
Bill Cunningham's street photos orig. from Jun 30, 2008
Panoramic video camera orig. from Jan 29, 2010
Map of Netflix nation orig. from Jan 11, 2010
Measuring type orig. from Jan 21, 2010
Feltron Annual Report 2009 orig. from Jan 25, 2010
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These are not the fonts you are looking for orig. from Jun 21, 2007
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Paris, 1962 orig. from Jan 04, 2010
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Useless superpowers orig. from Jan 15, 2009
Selling Wants to buy Haves orig. from Dec 16, 2009
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Amazing surfing video of Matt Meola orig. from Nov 04, 2009
Dogfighting vs. football in moral calculus orig. from Oct 12, 2009
Did Texas execute an innocent man? orig. from Sep 03, 2009
Missed connections, illustrated orig. from Sep 25, 2009
Watching them swim orig. from Jul 22, 2009
No one knows how to make a pencil orig. from Jul 09, 2009
Almost freezing to death orig. from Jun 04, 2009
The causes of increased healthcare spending in the US orig. from May 28, 2009
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The case of the missing Wired writer orig. from Aug 27, 2009
Orson Welles doesn't like Rosebud orig. from Dec 11, 2009
Media packaging mashups orig. from Apr 22, 2009
Why shoot a gun with a side grip? orig. from Dec 17, 2009
The world's fastest knife orig. from May 18, 2005
NASA is a middle-aged baby boomer dad orig. from Dec 18, 2009
What's the deal with fish oil? orig. from Dec 16, 2009
Selling Wants to buy Haves orig. from Dec 16, 2009
Growing Up Heroes orig. from Dec 21, 2009
A PayPal horror story orig. from Dec 23, 2009
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Gimme Friction Baby orig. from Dec 09, 2009
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Selling Wants to buy Haves orig. from Dec 16, 2009
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Imagining Earth with Saturn's rings orig. from Dec 09, 2009
Media packaging mashups orig. from Apr 22, 2009
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Gorgeous maps and infographics by Stefanie Posavec orig. from Apr 07, 2008
Complete DVD set of The Wire on sale for $82 orig. from Jan 22, 2009
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The 100 best quotes from The Wire orig. from Nov 17, 2009
National borders become natural borders orig. from Dec 01, 2009
When work is a game orig. from Dec 08, 2009
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Jane Austen, emailer orig. from Dec 04, 2009
OK Go, WTF orig. from Dec 01, 2009
The 100 best quotes from The Wire orig. from Nov 17, 2009
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Seeking someone for a December project orig. from Dec 01, 2009
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Dogfighting vs. football in moral calculus orig. from Oct 12, 2009
Media packaging mashups orig. from Apr 22, 2009
Warhol illustrates kids book orig. from Nov 23, 2009
How the H1N1 vaccine is made orig. from Nov 24, 2009
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Bell's telegraph killer orig. from Nov 23, 2009
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Bell's telegraph killer orig. from Nov 23, 2009
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Free Errol! orig. from Nov 20, 2009
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Free Errol! orig. from Nov 20, 2009
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The masked reviewers of the Michelin Guide orig. from Nov 17, 2009
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Grand Theft Koyaanisqatsi orig. from Nov 13, 2009
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Pollution in China orig. from Nov 05, 2009
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Did Texas execute an innocent man? orig. from Sep 03, 2009
Pollution in China orig. from Nov 05, 2009
One-handed computing with the iPhone orig. from Oct 29, 2009
The fall of the Iron Curtain in pictures orig. from Nov 09, 2009
Have you seen this fractal? orig. from Nov 03, 2009
A Single Man trailer orig. from Nov 10, 2009
Book cover handbags orig. from Nov 10, 2009
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The fall of the Iron Curtain in pictures orig. from Nov 09, 2009
Donald Barthelme's recommended reading orig. from Nov 10, 2009
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The fall of the Iron Curtain in pictures orig. from Nov 09, 2009
Mirrors turning to look at you orig. from Oct 20, 2008
Watching them swim orig. from Jul 22, 2009
Restaurant server don'ts orig. from Oct 30, 2009
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The Higgs boson and the Enchantment Under the Sea dance orig. from Oct 21, 2009
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Temporarily recreating the Berlin Wall orig. from Nov 05, 2009
Cartoon girls I wanna nail orig. from Feb 07, 2008
The evolution of skateboarding orig. from Nov 04, 2009
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Levi's (sponsored by America) orig. from Oct 28, 2009
NYC subway prewalking aid orig. from Jul 07, 2009
Amazing surfing video of Matt Meola orig. from Nov 04, 2009
Worst cut to commercial ever orig. from Nov 02, 2009
Killer vaccines and the killers who kill with them orig. from Oct 27, 2009
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Books have stalled orig. from Nov 03, 2009
The Botany of Desire documentary orig. from Oct 14, 2009
Natural nuclear reactors orig. from Nov 03, 2009
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Free Philip Glass mp3s orig. from Oct 27, 2009
Complete DVD set of The Wire on sale for $82 orig. from Jan 22, 2009
One-handed computing with the iPhone orig. from Oct 29, 2009
Bang Bang Diet iPhone app orig. from Aug 20, 2009
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Powers of Ten orig. from Jun 09, 2006
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Dogfighting vs. football in moral calculus orig. from Oct 12, 2009
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Killer vaccines and the killers who kill with them orig. from Oct 27, 2009
Walter Miller's Home page orig. from Oct 27, 2009
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A three-year-old's view of the NYC subway orig. from Oct 22, 2009
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Vivian Maier, recently discovered street photographer orig. from Oct 14, 2009
From the desk of Mr. Jagger orig. from Oct 15, 2009
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Dogfighting vs. football in moral calculus orig. from Oct 12, 2009
Puddleblog orig. from Mar 12, 2008
The Rape Tunnel: FAKE orig. from Oct 14, 2009
Are you moving to San Francisco? orig. from Jul 07, 2009
The baked bean index and other economic indicators orig. from Sep 21, 2009
Inventing the past orig. from Oct 13, 2009
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Cool cats orig. from Oct 07, 2009
George Saunders plays house(less) orig. from Oct 08, 2009
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Tugboat limbo orig. from Mar 14, 2002
From sketch to photo instantly (this is insanely awesome) orig. from Oct 06, 2009
Uberorgan orig. from Oct 06, 2009
A holiday on the George Lucas coast orig. from Oct 06, 2009
Candy-craving criminals orig. from Oct 06, 2009
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Uberorgan orig. from Oct 06, 2009
A holiday on the George Lucas coast orig. from Oct 06, 2009
Candy-craving criminals orig. from Oct 06, 2009
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The original IBM ThinkPad orig. from Oct 02, 2009
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The original IBM ThinkPad orig. from Oct 02, 2009
Legos becoming just another single-use plastic toy orig. from Sep 08, 2009
The most beautiful suicide orig. from Jul 16, 2008
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Missed connections, illustrated orig. from Sep 25, 2009
Compubeaver orig. from Sep 30, 2009
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The baked bean index and other economic indicators orig. from Sep 21, 2009
A little Grace Kelly orig. from Sep 28, 2009
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Your company? There's an app for that. orig. from Sep 16, 2009
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SiteKey sucks orig. from Apr 12, 2007
An abundance of death orig. from Aug 18, 2009
The history of Levi's jeans orig. from Aug 25, 2009
Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners orig. from Sep 10, 2009
The McFarthest Spot orig. from Sep 23, 2009
What a well-placed $20 gets you orig. from Sep 24, 2009
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Tower defense game for the iPhone orig. from Dec 12, 2008
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An abundance of death orig. from Aug 18, 2009
Barack Obama, Jedi Knight orig. from Sep 17, 2009
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Buried city on Governors Island orig. from Sep 14, 2009
What to do about the swine flu? orig. from Sep 15, 2009
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What to do about the swine flu? orig. from Sep 15, 2009
Everything is open for negotiation orig. from Oct 04, 2007
Is obesity contagious? orig. from Sep 10, 2007
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Captive electricity orig. from Sep 14, 2009
Buried city on Governors Island orig. from Sep 14, 2009
A Life Well Wasted podcast orig. from Sep 11, 2009
Hack 2 Work, tips for designers orig. from Sep 09, 2009
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Letters to Obama orig. from Apr 20, 2009
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The case of the missing Wired writer orig. from Aug 27, 2009
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Did Texas execute an innocent man? orig. from Sep 03, 2009
Edward Rondthaler orig. from Aug 31, 2009
Some are for you, some are for me, but more are for me orig. from Aug 25, 2009
13 things that science doesn't have the answers for orig. from Mar 29, 2005
Early color photography orig. from Sep 04, 2009
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The Hot Waitress Index orig. from Aug 03, 2009
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Would-be collective nouns orig. from Aug 21, 2009
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Helen Keller video orig. from Aug 26, 2009
1965 Ikea catalog orig. from Aug 26, 2009
The case of the missing Wired writer orig. from Aug 27, 2009
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Bad company alert: Fiji Water orig. from Aug 18, 2009
Fiddling while our kids don't learn orig. from Aug 26, 2009
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Would-be collective nouns orig. from Aug 21, 2009
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Aronofsky and Portman in Black Swan orig. from Jun 16, 2009
Immaculate innings orig. from Aug 24, 2009
Usain Bolt: 9.58 orig. from Aug 16, 2009
Gambling your money away to a safe place orig. from Jul 22, 2009
The Line Diet orig. from Aug 24, 2009
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The unlikeliest thing in the world orig. from Aug 05, 2009
Sincerely, John Hughes orig. from Aug 07, 2009
Usain Bolt: 9.58 orig. from Aug 16, 2009
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Can you copyright a tweet? orig. from May 28, 2009
Scheduling: makers vs. managers orig. from Jul 27, 2009
Light tests orig. from Jul 10, 2009
The Hot Waitress Index orig. from Aug 03, 2009
Food allergies orig. from Jul 30, 2009
Mad Men Yourself orig. from Jul 27, 2009
Hiroshima, 64 years ago orig. from Aug 06, 2009
New NY Times restaurant critic orig. from Aug 05, 2009
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NY transit and traffic status on Twitter orig. from Jul 27, 2009
The Times really really really regrets the error orig. from Jul 28, 2009
911 call from baby and other adventures orig. from Jul 28, 2009
The face of child beauty pageants orig. from Jul 28, 2009
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Renting books on the Kindle orig. from Jul 17, 2009
Scott Adams hacks brain, restores speech orig. from Oct 25, 2006
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