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🪰 NORM! The ‘Old Guy’ Who Waddled Into Cheers Bar Every Night Was Only 34
THE BUZZ Finding out you’re older than the grown-ups hurts. A haircut can really confuse…
Strange History
🪰 The World’s Fair: Why Did We Stop Gathering to See the Future?
World’s Fairs once let millions of people walk straight into tomorrow, so how did the future’s biggest public spectacle become something most Americans barely think about?
Pop Culture
🪰 When You Watch a Sitcom, You’re Hearing Dead People
A secretive inventor put Hollywood’s laughter in a box, giving ordinary chuckles a career that could last considerably longer than the people supplying them.
Pop Culture
🪰 Have You Noticed Every House in Movies Looks Like an Airbnb Now?
Somewhere between Ferris Bueller’s bedroom and the Airbnb era, Hollywood’s fake houses stopped looking like anybody actually lived there.
Food
🪰 Crumbl and the Great American Sugar Crash
Crumbl turned a box of cookies into a weekly event, but the internet’s attention span doesn’t come with a franchise agreement.
Weird Science
🪰 How Your Tattoo Can Literally Outlive You
Your tattoo comes with an unpaid cellular maintenance crew and, under the right conditions, a future career as an archaeological discovery.
Pop Culture
🪰 We Should Be Living Like the Jetsons
Yesterday’s houses of the future had room for the family airplane, which makes today’s excitement over a kitchen island feel a little underwhelming.
Strange History
🪰 The Roman Ball of Mystery That’s Still Befuddling Researchers
The Roman dodecahedron looks like it should have an obvious purpose, which makes nearly three centuries of educated guessing a little awkward.
Human Behavior
🪰 Your Brain Purposely Erased Your Childhood
Your earliest years helped make you who you are, which makes it slightly awkward that you need someone else to tell you what happened.
Odd News
🪰 Arrr, Matey: How Luxury Cruise Ships Fight Off Pirates
Pirates still roam the seas, but today’s luxury cruise ships have a few surprisingly weird tricks waiting for anyone dumb enough to climb aboard.