How Grilling Became Intrinsic To The American Identity
A fascinatingly detailed history of the time-honored tradition of backyard grilling in America.
A fascinatingly detailed history of the time-honored tradition of backyard grilling in America.
Almost twenty years ago, Dubai's islands were advertised as some of the largest man-made island development projects in the world. What went wrong?
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Le Tunnel is one of the trickiest ski runs in the Alps and involves a sharp turn into a horizontal passage through a rock face that lasts 60 meters long.
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A tech-savvy husband hacked his wife's car to play "Africa" if she leaves her keys inside.
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In 1998, Lucy Lawless brought down Studio 8H with an impression of the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman imagined as the owner of a bad Mexican restaurant. The sketch is not one of SNL's most famous, but in the two decades after its airing, it has garnered a cult following.
Americans turned out in droves to enjoy Memorial Day weekend despite fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections.
His wife wanted the announcement to be a surprise, and boy oh boy, it was.
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Le Tunnel is one of the trickiest ski runs in the Alps and involves a sharp turn into a horizontal passage through a rock face that lasts 60 meters long.
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Despite preservationists' best efforts, the Rhône Glacier may not have long.
A young boy is having the time of his life during quarantine with a wooden backyard roller coaster that his grandfather built for him.
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David Klavins builds pianos of unusual size in Vác, Hungary.
A new study of Chicxulub crater in Mexico, where the asteroid struck, has revealed that the angle and speed of the impact were probably in the perfect range to send clouds of choking vapour into the skies
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A tech-savvy husband hacked his wife's car to play "Africa" if she leaves her keys inside.
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A perennially lost island caught up in a land dispute in the Mediterranean Sea keeps reappearing every couple of years.
Capture that summer feeling.
Hertz's top executives just got a massive payday to keep them on staff. There's no word yet on how workers outside its headquarters might fare.
The challenges aren't just technological. They're managerial.
Hard hats are designed for safety and protection, but how well do they hold up against the force of a bow and arrow?
A sting operation. An early-morning shootout. And a trail of evidence pointing to insane antics by elected lawmen.
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For years, Paul Rivet opposed the ideology fueling Hitler's rise. Then he helped French fighters take the battle underground.
Almost twenty years ago, Dubai's islands were advertised as some of the largest man-made island development projects in the world. What went wrong?
The Quanta Resources Superfund Site is one of 1,335 contaminated sites across America that the EPA deems most in need of cleanup. If Superfund status is any indicator, New Jersey has the dirtiest dirt in the country.
Movies like "My Neighbor Totoro," "Spirited Away," "Princess Mononoke" and "Ponyo" are famous around the world (and about to stream on both HBO Max and Netflix), but their creator doesn't see them as the same as "Dragon Ball Z" or "Demon Slayer." This is a look at Miyazaki's complicated relationship with popular anime and manga.
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Amazon has loads of charging gear from Anker on sale today. Car chargers, cables, batteries and more are marked down, so be sure to stock up.
As more Amazon workers have died because of COVID-19, Amazon seems determined to promote an image that it cares about the workplace safety of its employees.
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Six times this month, in a vile attempt to punish a political rival, President Trump has tweeted about a decades-old conspiracy theory about MSNBC's Joe Scarborough.
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It may have slipped in the end, but the progress it made before is glorious.
The sequel to the time-travel classic briefly featured a bizarre scene edit. Screenwriter Bob Gale provided an explanation.
MedMen was the country's hottest pot startup — until it flamed out. Its fall has exposed the gap between "green rush" hype and the realities of a troubled industry.
Chinese-made low-speed vehicles get put through the ringer in this extremely entertaining car show.
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The Action Lab demonstrates the awe-inspiring power of magnets when influenced by temperature.
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