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Tech

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Life

Windsurfer Gets Wrecked by Whale in San Francisco Bay in Crazy Video

…that looked like it hurt.

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Life

A Passenger Gave Birth Just Before Landing at JFK, and the Audio Fully Delivers

A woman gave birth during the final approach to JFK, and the air traffic control audio is unexpectedly wholesome.

3 hours ago

By Ashley Fike
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Music

Foo Fighters Drummer Ilan Rubin Says His Move from Nine Inch Nails ‘Was Certainly Not a Swap’

Ilhan Rubin says it was just a coincidence that he and Freese switched bands

3 hours ago

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Life

The ‘Sarcastic’ Message Archaeologists Found Carved Into This 2,100-Year-Old Bullet Is Pretty Hilarious

Somebody just had to get the last word before the violence started.

4 hours ago

By Ashley Fike
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Gaming

Long-Delayed Star Wars Game Resurfaces With More Bad News

New leaks reveal ‘very slow’ progress on the upcoming Star Wars action-adventure game set in the High Republic era.

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