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gender reveal No one was injured by the pole dancers at this gender reveal party Thom Dunn

gymnastics Video: "Human flag" appears to defy gravity David Pescovitz

dinosaur Watch: Pole-dancing T-rex Rusty Blazenhoff

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

News Man arrested attempting to lower Confederate flag Jason Weisberger

bruce springsteen The enduring power of Bruce Springsteen's music: a fan's journey Mark Cerulli

Tom The Dancing Bug Tom the Dancing Bug: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Bigfoot vs. Napoleon, Lester the Jester and MORE! Ruben Bolling

art Streaming site Twitch to allow "artistic nudity" and other sexy things Rob Beschizza

art These skydancers look like giant, angelic scarecrows Popkin

russia Purported leaked photos of the strip club, opulent theater, and bathroom inside Putin's alleged secret palace David Pescovitz

sexy How the Grinch became a sex symbol Thom Dunn

gifts Three great art books that'll arrive by Christmas Bob Knetzger

education Kindergarten principal fired after welcoming back students with pole dancers performance David Pescovitz

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

Science Rare red sprites dancing in the skies, above thunderstorms Andrea James

happy mutants How a "lost" Marx Brothers musical found its way back to the stage Cory Doctorow

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

religion The divine witches of cyberspace Leigh Alexander

art Domo Arigato Restaurant Roboto! Chris Arkenberg