
Phil Edwards
Former correspondent
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When civilization collapses, the Nerf arsenal will be there, firing foam into the void.


Vomit bags are waiting in your seat-back pocket. This is how they got there.

I can has explainer?


No, you shouldn’t be too literal when it comes to art. But these 4 paintings have some fundamental goofs.

How has your state’s rank changed over the past century? This chart will tell you.


The Wienermobile patent shows a key moment in automobile/wiener innovation.


Love putting on some sweats and going for a run? It would have aroused police suspicion just a few decades ago.


Opera can be fun, audacious, and actually gloriously stupid if you read any of the plots. Here’s how to give it a chance.


The true, wild story of the inaugural ascent up Mont Blanc.


Love whiskey? You would have gone broke during the war.