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Ursula, LARPing, and Deadly Dog Shows: It's a weird world we live in

Vanity Fair lifted the rock on dog shows to show the dark and disturbing side of canine competitions.Did you know that Ursula from The Little Mermaid was based on a drag queen from Baltimore? #FunFact!Kathryn Shulz's piece in the New Yorker about the downsides of public opinion justice and "Making a Murderer" gave a whole lot to think about.Hey, ever wonder why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning wick? Atlas Obscura laid some knowledge on us.We'll stop talking about the Bechdel-Wallace Test when infographics like these stop looking like they do.Apparently some fairytales are way older than we ever imagined. #HistoryIsAwesomeThis short award-winning film about a boy born with a camera for a head is surreal and wonderful.Behold the Nerdom to out-nerd any other: Dagorhir's annual Ragnarok (i.e. 2,000 people LARPing in estern Pennsylvania). TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL! (or Arby's).The Twilight of the Rock Stars: Chris Richards of the Washington Post wrote a rather beautiful piece on how we will say goodbye to the rock-and-roll generation.This one's for the book lovers out there: "Bookstores and Libraries – The Most Wonderful Places on Earth". This video gave us such happy feels![embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aRJbrLuaO4[/embed]

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