new york Another 80s 'shame' video: A Staten Island Bar Mitzvah celebration in 1988 Rusty Blazenhoff

california 1988 home video of driving on the 10 freeway in Los Angeles Andrea James

banana republic Abandoned Republic is a website that archives vintage Banana Republic Catalogs Jennifer Sandlin

bigfoot Bigfoot now playing for the NBA David Pescovitz

movies Ben Affleck is pretty adamant that he'll never direct a movie for DC Devin Nealy

movies Topol, star of "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Flash Gordon," RIP David Pescovitz

music New Order's "Blue Monday" is 40 years old today and here's the unlikely inspiration of its bassline David Pescovitz

Funny Ronald and Nancy Reagan share their enthusiasm for drugs and alcohol (video) David Pescovitz

liars in congress Oops! George Santos claims he started his company in 2001 — when he was 13 years old (video) Carla Sinclair

happy accidents How a lost musical hard disk in 1988 boosted Tracy Chapman's career Elías Villoro

Billy Bragg "Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy" was recorded 40 years ago this week Jennifer Sandlin

fbi Crazy story about a guy who got an FBI record at age 12 for making a secret code with his friend Mark Frauenfelder

1st Year = 31st Dog Year'ish Dog Years is to Human Years as 7 is to 1 = Wrong Andrew Yi

free speech has consequences After being fired by Disney for transphobic and antisemitic statements, Gina Carano's new movie has epically flopped Jason Weisberger

elon musk Elon Musk breaks official Guinness World Record for being a loser Thom Dunn

chocolate Man sues Hershey over lead levels found in chocolate bars Thom Dunn

How workers built America Elías Villoro

animation The painstaking task of restoring the antique animations of Max Fleischer Rusty Blazenhoff

pee wee herman Grace Jones' version of Little Drummer Boy is delightfully weird Jennifer Sandlin

1908s nostalgia Blinkwave, for all of your 1980s nostalgia Jennifer Sandlin