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Why Is A Pie In The Face Such A Big Part Of Comedy History?

It's one of the oldest and longest-running gags in movie history and there are a few big reasons why.

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A 1960s Computer Simulated A “Super Fight” Between Two Heavyweight Legends

As legendary boxing trainer Angelo Dundee put it, “To err is a machine.”

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Peel Off A Layer Of This Paper Plate For Earth’s Sake

Use the plate once, and instead of throwing everything away, you peel off the top layer and it's as if you have a whole new plate.

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KISS Made A TV Movie Where They Fought Their Evil Clones At An Amusement Park

“KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park" was meant to be a big moment for the band, but that's not quite how it worked out.

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The Benshi Were Japan’s Silent Movie Whisperers

In Japan, even silent films had voices, thanks to live performers known as benshi.

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Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” Was Partly Based On Real Bird Weirdness

Today in 1961, a news report in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about a strange bird event along the coast of California that ended up shaping an iconic movie about a strange bird event.

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One Of MGM’s Roaring Lions Lived A Life Even Stranger Than The Movies

One of the lions that played MGM's roaring mascot in the movies used up more than a few of its nine lives while traveling for the movie studio.

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The US Almost Put A “Mammy Memorial” In The Middle Of Washington DC

The US Senate once voted to move forward on a plan to put a giant statue celebrating slavery in the middle of Washington DC.

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The Vatican Once Sang The Praises Of The Blues Brothers

This week in 2010, a classic movie gets a shout-out from a very unusual place.

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Some Spiders In Loud Areas Soundproof Their Webs

Spiders know what it's like to get distracted by excess noise. A new scientific paper finds certain arachnids in louder environments build their webs differently than those where it’s quiet.

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Clyde Stubblefield, Music’s Original Funky Drummer

Today in 1969, at a session for soul and funk icon James Brown, drummer Clyde Stubblefield laid down what's probably the most sampled beat of all time.

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Ed Wood, The Filmmaker Who Made The Best Worst Movies Ever

One hundred years ago today, the birthday of the man that has long been celebrated as the worst movie director of all time, so bad that some people actually love his movies: Ed Wood.

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