12 of the Hardest Athletic Feats to Pull Off

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Alyson Lewis
May 28, 2023

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An icon of a floppy disk represents saving in Word documents. That’s even though floppies have been almost nonexistent for years, and haven’t been the primary place for saving docs in decades. “Kids today,” more than one commentator has speculated, “probably don’t even know what a floppy disk is. They just think that’s the ‘save symbol,’ and it doesn’t stand for anything in real life!”

Trivia is all about finding out information you never knew you NEEDED to know. For example, The Bloodhound Gang’s album Hooray for Boobies featured a song called “The Ten Coolest Things About New Jersey.” The song consists of 10 seconds of silence.

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The Funniest Lines from ‘South Park,’ According to Reddit

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12 Historical And Cultural Artifacts That Got Stolen In Little-Known Heists

‘Revenge of the Nerds’ star Curtis Armstrong Explains the Difference Between Dorks and Nerds

5 Times People Went to Great Lengths for a Couple Extra Inches

‘Platonic’ Features the Low-Key Darkest Joke of Any Comedy So Far This Year

4 Shady Moves Husbands Pulled to Beat Divorce Settlements

11 Jacked-Up Historical Grounds for Execution

‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Easter Egg Pays Tribute to Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner’s Friendship

11 Geriatric Party People Who Liked to Get Fucked Up Well Into Their Golden Years

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