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Here's the Story of the Bizarre 80s Rowboat Song That's Blowing Up TikTok

"Break My Stride" first climbed the charts thanks to a payola scheme. Nearly four decades later, it suddenly went viral—organically.
Rob Arcand
2.10.20
gun violence

A School Resource Officer Threatened to Shoot a Student for Leaving School — and There's Video

The student was expelled, but the officer is reportedly still working at the school.
Paul Blest
2.10.20
Opioids

A Vending Machine in Canada Is Dispensing a Drug Twice as Strong as Heroin

Hydromorphone, aka "Dilly," is now available to people who aren't ready or able to quit opioids.
Maia Szalavitz
2.10.20
Work

Kashmir’s Crippling Communication Ban Took a Heavy Toll on My Job as a Journalist

"To breach the blackout, one of us would fly to Delhi and upload a couple of stories from there. We lived one story at a time—forever wondering if it would make it online."
Yashraj Sharma
2.10.20
Dating

Love/Hate Reads: 'Act Like A Lady, Think Like a Man,' Revisited

Steve Harvey's smash 2009 dating book suggests it's time to think about marrying a man "two years [after] you first spotted him at the gas station."
Gabby Noone
2.10.20
hear me out

Ray J's 'Gifts' Is an Underappreciated Relic of His Reality Show Days

You can't listen to the song without remembering the 'For the Love of Ray J' contestant who dropped from the top of a stripper pole into a split.
Kristin Corry
2.10.20
TV

'Nailed to the Cross Like Jesus Was': A Farewell to Bravo's OG of the OC

Vicki Gunvalson started and helped maintain The Real Housewives franchise. But by the end, she became a victim of her own success.
Madeleine Davies
2.10.20
porn

I Tried Not to Cum While Playing the Adult Games Advertised on Pornhub

Accepting the challenge thrown by Pornhub's most ubiquitous ads.
Samantha Cole
2.10.20
House Party Review

House Party Review: Headingley, Leeds

Leeds is a paradise.
Hatti Rex
2.10.20
Ireland

Ireland Just Took One Step Closer to Reunification

Sinn Féin, the republican party with deep ties to sectarian violence, has gone from fringe to mainstream, setting the stage for a reunification referendum.
David Gilbert
2.10.20
VICE Does 'Love Island'

The Winter 'Love Island' Power Ranking: Week Five

Congrats, hun.
Lauren O'Neill
2.10.20
OK, WTF

Spacetime 'Echoes' From Quantum Black Holes Could Soon Change Physics Forever

Scientists are racing to confirm the detection of black hole "echoes" that could unlock exotic new branches of physics and deepen our understanding of the fabric of reality.
Becky Ferreira
2.10.20
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