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These Grandmas Smoke Pot For The First Time. And They Absolutely Love it.

They take a few epic bong rips before waxing poetic on the merits of ironing, mistake a vaporizer for a sex toy, and stonily lose track of whatever thoughts they were briefly attempting to articulate.

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The Catchy Sounds of Weaponized Instruments

Guns have never sounded so good.

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The Multicultural Power of the Stoner Comedy

Fans of Cheech & Chong and Harold & Kumar never have to ask “dude, where’s my diversity?”

The Unfantasized Life

Adult Swim’s most absurd auteurs hope their new comedy horror show leaves viewers feeling “a little off.”

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Summer Music Festivals are About to Get a Whole Lot Comfier

A group of Belgian design firms have designed stackable sleep pods to avoid the sting of exhaustion.

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Duolingo is the Future of Education and Our “Progress Is GOOD Challenge” Winner

In late 2009, Luis von Ahn could have been forgiven for just sitting around. The Carnegie Mellon computer science professor had just sold his company, ReCaptcha, to Google...

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This Box of Pencils Supports Schools

Detroit-based watchmaker Shinola is teaming up with Brooklyn’s own Public - Supply to help kids get creative. The two design-forward companies have designed a beautiful line of classic pencils; picking up a box of these graphite-core orange No. 2’s will send money to an underserved Detroit public school to purchase art supplies.

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Cuban Twitter Knock-off, Used for US Propaganda

ZunZuneo was a Twitter-esque text messaging service that sought to foment political unrest in Cuba. Users could circumvent Cuba's repressive firewall to communicate with each other.

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Chile Uses Earthquake Communication Technology To Saves Lives

On Monday evening a powerful earthquake shook northern Chile. Six people were reported to have been killed. The 8.2 magnitude quake also...