News Behold these 65-foot-tall Dum-Dums! Jennifer Sandlin

adorable animals Rejoice! It's animals crunching pumpkins season! Jennifer Sandlin

video Restoring a WW2-era Tommy gun is weirdly relaxing Grant St. Clair

sculpture The Garbage Goat sculpture is the world's most amusing trashcan Popkin

parks You can climb on giant Little Debbie snack sculptures at this park in Tennessee Jennifer Sandlin

Japan Beloved 114-year-old Japanese candy company will close in January Mark Frauenfelder

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Food Kraft releases pink, candy-flavored macaroni and cheese for Valentine's Day David Pescovitz

PEZ PEZ originally marketed as smoking cessation aid Clive Thompson

music Cameron Crowe on the 20th anniversary of "Almost Famous" David Pescovitz

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picks Halloween Gift Guide Rob Beschizza

Food How Sweetheart candy hearts are made David Pescovitz

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Boing Boing Gadgets Six months with a dumbphone Rob Beschizza

science fiction The Making of Stanley Kubrick's 2001 – An enduring cinematic masterpiece gets a book worthy of its brilliance Gareth Branwyn