Space NASA opening International Space Station to tourists David Pescovitz

failures Trump's "Great American" state fair opens with busted rides and a cow named Melania Jason Weisberger

politics CDC buried this COVID vaccine study, so scientists published it anyway Séamus Bellamy

History Sid Caesar built the writers' room that taught Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Carl Reiner, and Woody Allen how to be funny Ellsworth Toohey

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History In 1810, a prankster sent 4,000 letters to flood one London address with chimney sweeps, coffins, and the Lord Mayor Ellsworth Toohey

bias Bari Weiss' CBS News swims in Epstein-related baggage Jason Weisberger

movies Backrooms is a blockbuster Rob Beschizza

movies Backrooms makes $10.4m in preview screenings Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam? Ruben Bolling

trump Here's the $250 bank note with Trump's mugshot on it Rob Beschizza

movies Critics like being in the Backrooms Rob Beschizza

reddit "Smosh Reads Reddit Stories" is my new podcast obsession Jennifer Sandlin

politics The Norwegian Dawn cruise ship flunks health inspection Jennifer Sandlin

politics CBS News ratings sink further Rob Beschizza

Fire at will New footage shows only one source of gunfire at correspondents' dinner—and it's not the suspect Jason Weisberger

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Tom The Dancing Bug Tom the Dancing Bug: Trump Reveals Plan to Turn All Schools into Ballrooms Ruben Bolling

assassination attempts Grandpa Pudding Brains offends quite easily Jason Weisberger

History In 1884, a doctor ate too much cannabis and his arms shrank to five inches  Ellsworth Toohey