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education The only technique to learn something new James Altucher

travel The Fish Inn: A quirky roadside attraction in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, with a fish-shaped design and unique traditions Popkin

RIP Gene Hackman found dead at home — along with wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their dog Carla Sinclair

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education Meet the Depression-era vaudeville family that set a world record for school-hopping Ellsworth Toohey

music Hear the the Royal Albert Hall organ at full power Jennifer Sandlin

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News Video game actors strike over AI Jason Weisberger

gender The weirdly conservative story of a famous American drag artist from the 1910s Thom Dunn

deaths Actor Donald Sutherland dead at 88 Rob Beschizza

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music They Might Be Giants currently offering a free download of their 2004 live album, "Almanac" Jennifer Sandlin