Germs Germophobe demonstrates a sanitary way to extinguish birthday candles Rusty Blazenhoff

snap Food pantry volunteer reveals what donations people actually need Jennifer Sandlin

Games Minecraft is 15 years old Rob Beschizza

fun This water tower is shaped like a giant birthday cake with candles Popkin

Games McDonald's releases new game for old console: Grimace's Birthday, on Game Boy Color Rob Beschizza

food trends The neurotypicals are smearing butter directly on cutting boards and calling them "butter boards"  Jennifer Sandlin

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education Kentucky's Whitefield Academy expels student for wearing a rainbow shirt in a Facebook photo Cory Doctorow

horror Finding Pennywise the Clown in your backyard is serious business Séamus Bellamy

birthdays Watch the weird way Mitt Romney blows out the birthday candles on his Twinkies cake David Pescovitz

new jersey Eric Trump celebrates birthday with a Carvel 'Fudgie the Whale' cake Rusty Blazenhoff

Model rocket engines Watch: This rocket-powered birthday cake does the blowing and cutting for you Carla Sinclair

media Trump's wild imaginings promulgated in tabloids alongside equally fact-challenged celebrity "news" Peter Sheridan

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happy mutants Crafting with Feminism: 25 Girl-Powered Projects to Smash the Patriarchy Cory Doctorow

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offworld No girl wins: three ways women unlearn their love of video games Juliet Kahn

gag gifts How to use an electric shock lighter to lose friends Michael Borys

Food Warning: At least two eels were definitely harmed during the reporting of this story Linda Rodriguez