"40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World." 27 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm

Please check these out. Spend as much time as you like. Then, I'd like to ask you a question. Don't click "more" until you've looked at the maps. Which map did you spend the most time with? Which map...

Bubonic plague death. 27 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm

From eating infected marmot.

The rodeo clown speaks. 27 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm

"I didn't do this to do any hating on anyone. I did it to be funny. I did it to be a joke." This bit, this clown bit has been around for generations. And I didn't think anything more of it than what ...

"It would be hours before officials in Washington woke up on Wednesday to learn the extent of the massacre." 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm

"President Obama, who had recently returned from a weeklong vacation and planned a quiet day at the White House before departing for a two-day bus tour across New York and Pennsylvania, was told of th...

"How to cleans the sweatie and sluttish Complexion..." 27 Aug 2013 | 02:57 am

"Take thirty Snails prepared, a quart of Goats milk, hogs suet three ounces, camfre poudred two drams, beat them together, and distil them in an Alembick." Advice from 1665, from the blog Ask the Pas...

"I forgot my phone." 27 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am

"There is a speed of touch in Dylan’s portraits, an aggression, which points to the tactile quality of pastel..." 27 Aug 2013 | 12:58 am

"... the capacity of those sticks of colour to break and crumble against the page as you draw. Dylan does manage to convey a sense of emotional intensity and existential paranoia." (Click on the phot...

"Julian Assange Sang And Danced In A Parody Rap Video For Some Awful Reason." 27 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am

"Wikileaks founder Julian Assange guest-starred in a satirical music video (he shows up around 3:30) and parodied an Australian ’80s pop hit… while wearing a mullet."

The Onion Newsroom, 2008: "Sources Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013." 26 Aug 2013 | 10:05 pm

After last night's VMA performance, this old video is charting on Reddit (where the top comment is "When can we start using The Onion as a credible source?"): We were talking about the VMA performanc...

"Your Unhealthy Love For Public Health..." 26 Aug 2013 | 05:56 pm

"... In 14 Images."