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Photograph by LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS
 
WHAT WE FOUND
Row of glittery bumper cars
The Wild Ride of America’s Most Dangerous Theme Park
Most theme parks spend millions keeping you safe. Action Park in New Jersey spent the ’80s doing the opposite. A wave pool nicknamed the grave pool, a slide that peeled off skin, a loop that cost riders their teeth. So bad that kids begged to leave the place. Inside the chaos. ›
Samurai armor with skull mask
The Coolest Suits of Armor to Exist
Kings had theirs covered in lion heads and Greek myths. A samurai warlord went to war in 44 pounds of black armor. Someone even made a suit for an elephant. Fashion to kill. ›
 
MORE GOOD STUFF
Na’vi figure floating in a tank
10 Most Realistic Made-Up Languages Created for TV/Film
Hollywood now hires linguists to invent languages. One has its own dictionary and a Shakespeare translation, another got a Duolingo course. Here are ten fictional tongues, ranked. Lost in translation. ›
Soldier inspecting a ration bar
From Ceremonial Drink to Wartime Ration: The Rise of the Candy Bar
We all love candy. And we all have our favorite candy bar. But it wasn’t so much of a delicious, luxury item back in wartime like it is today. In fact, Hershey made its bars taste so bad on purpose to stop soldiers eating them. The lore. ›
 
TOP SHELF
Turn your old tuna cans into DIY outdoor lights. Rare photos show life inside a New York mental hospital in the 1930s. 60 easy, last-minute Halloween costumes. 13 best affordable watches that look like they cost thousands more. And is ‘once a cheater, always a cheater’ actually true?
 
COOL VIDEO
Dolph Lundgren in a karate gi stepping up for a Kyokushin board-breaking demonstration (play video)
Before he was Ivan Drago, Dolph Lundgren was a Kyokushin karate champion. Here he is casually smashing stone with his bare hands. See vid. ›
 
LAST WORD
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.”
— ALBERT EINSTEIN
 
 
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