ARTICLES
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"Remember to floss...and buy some of my cotton candy on the way out, kid."
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Does Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973) perfectly align with "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) -- or is it just an uncanny coincidence?
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In the 1960s, a British nudist invented a lamp that inadvertently became the poster child for psychedelia. Thirty years later, it came back with a vengeance.
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From an economic perspective, restaurants with impossible-to-get reservations should charge for them and raise prices as long as people keep paying.
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According to our calculations, about $130K in San Francisco.
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Every July 1, just graduated medical students take on new responsibilities in hospitals across the country. So, doctors joke, "Don't get sick in July."
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Is it ethical and legal to buy something and return it after you trashed it?
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In 1999, America Online's volunteer chat room monitors sued the company for back wages. Do today's hot Internet companies risk the same fate?
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Would you leave a one-star review over bad service if that meant someone would get fired?
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Why do the billionaire-owners of professional sports teams get to have salary caps for their employees?
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In 1835, a French aristocrat analyzed the trivial, decentralized, and diminished nature of America's newspapers. But he was really complaining about blogs.
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The patriotic, tax-loving cartoon was actually based on a real person -- a meatpacker from Massachusetts.
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An apartment in San Francisco costs how much?! Surely you jest, Priceonomics.
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Retired astronaut Scott Parazynski has led a "charmed life" -- both in space, and on Earth.
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Golf courses occupy more than 2% of San Francisco's valuable, bitterly contested real estate. Is that a problem?
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The story of how a photo of Kim Kardashian buying coffee became a valuable commodity. And why it matters.
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Does a murder still count when the assailant unconsciously and involuntarily kills?
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One company's plan to scrub away plastic toothbrushes -- $4,000 at a time.
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Question: what day do bars most commonly host trivia night? Answer: Tuesday.
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America's cherished pledge was actually the creation of a marketer who wanted to sell us flags.
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One of the most influential feminist writers of the 20th century wrote for nearly 25 years under a male pen-name to avoid the implications of sexism.
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Making fake cash is a risky line of work -- even if it's as a certified Hollywood prop master.
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Silicon Valley has taken a beating in the press over the past year, but it has yet to impact Americans' favorable view of the tech industry.
