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Just when you thought no Halloween costume could go lower than Steve Irwin getting pierced through the heart by a stingray, some genius went there in the tackiest way possible. Costumeish, the store that released similarly horrific getups like the “Sexy Ebola Costume” and “Bruce Gender Olympian Costume,” recently came out with a costume that mocks…

Click:best pool algaecide While this isn’t the first time the comic has resurfaced on the internet—it was first published in 2014—it is still making a big impact on readers. In an email interview conducted by Upworthy recently, the comic’s creator Mark Glavin explained why it has so much resonance with readers worldwide. “It seems every 6-8 [months]…

Click:gold buyers near me Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female prime minister, says that if Hillary Clinton is elected as president of the United States, she should be prepared to face down some sincere and severe sexism in office. On Tuesday, the former prime minister gave the keynote address at the #MoreInCommon event in London, discussing women in politics and…

What’s the one thing most to blame for terrorism? At a moment sadly dominated by mass killings and convoluted culture clashes, we’re understandably hungry to find the root of the problem—and to do something about it, the quicker the better.  But the evidence suggests the root of the problem is a big one: speed. Think…

During the spring 2012 sugaring season, Douglas Whynott shadowed Bascom Family Farms, the number one independent supplier of maple sugar. His book, The Sugar Season: A Year in the Life of Maple Syrup, and One Family’s Quest for the Sweetest Harvest, he follows the viscous sweetener from the aluminum sap bucket to the top of the pancake. Throughout, Whynott spins an intimate investigation into the little…

Wheelchair racing finals kicked off Friday at the Rio Paralympics with the women’s T54-class 100-meter sprint, in which China’s Liu Wenjun narrowly inched out American standout (and world record holder) Tatyana McFadden for the gold. It was the first of seven wheelchair racing finals at Olympic Stadium this weekend, and you should watch them all, because wheelchair racing—in which athletes…

Click:Pawnshop gold loan Breaking news reports claim that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has chosen his running mate. And the potential future vice president of the United States is … Mike Pence. If that name doesn’t immediately ring a bell, we’ll bring you up to speed on the Indiana governor and how he apparently…

Earlier this month, skateboarding was added to the list of new sports for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for the first time. Now, 6 million skateboarders in the United States—plus millions abroad—will have a global platform to promote skateboarding as a cross-cultural community that possesses a set of shared values. Though skateboarding culture has often been thought of as…

Ferd Wulkan stands in Montague Common Hall in his hometown of Montague, Mass., as 30 grown men and women (just a couple of women, really) gather around five long wooden tables—their brows furrowed with determination, their gray hair sweaty with exertion—to flip plastic discs into tiny red cups.   Welcome to the world of competitive tiddlywinks. Wulkan, 68, is a…

  Do you remember the 90’s modern rock hitmakers Third Eye Blind? The band behind songs like “Semi-Charmed Life” and “Jumper” have been on the comeback trail in recent years. This week, they got a gig playing at an event sponsored by the Recording Industry Association of America that was hosted next door to the…