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Extra, Extra: Timeless Advice For The 19th Century Man
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Ben Yakas
Published Dec 4, 2013
Modified Dec 4, 2013
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- Franz Kafka: the video game.
- Carmelo Anthony knows the Knicks are the "laughingstock" of the league.
- Here is some life advice for young men that went viral in the 1850s.
- Who wouldn't want "a little thing that can turn into anything at anytime" for Christmas?
- James Murphy blathers on about his signature coffee.
- A man was found dead in an elevator shaft in a Park Avenue building.
- This is important: how to unsend an email in Gmail.
- Listen to Captain Jean-Luc Picard sing "Let It Snow" and get into the festive spirit.
- A truck carrying extremely radioactive material—the kind used to make a dirty bomb—was stolen in Mexico.
- HBO might bring back Real Sex for scientifically-minded late night viewers.
- Check out 10 years of NYC renovations in one gif.
- And finally, a very sweet dog interrupted a field hockey championship game:
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