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Everything you ever wanted to know about Bill Cosby’s sweaters

Collectors Weekly goes beyond the sweater to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the sweaters Bill Cosby wore on The Cosby Show.

Kid reenacts scenes from Oscar nominated films

Here’s a fun idea for parents: take a series of photos of your kid reenacting Oscar-nominated films.

You know you were a youth group kid if…

BuzzFeed’s collection of church youth group images will be a trip down memory lane for anyone who was part of the church scene in the ’90s.

Full House vs The Wire Shirt

I haven’t really cared about a Super Bowl since the Buffalo Bills were in it and I was in middle school, but this shirt caught my eye because it presents the competition in language I do care about: pop culture.

Dropping the Mic

Slate explores the history of performers dropping the microphone before exiting the stage.

Life and Death of the American Arcade

The Verge chronicles the life and death of the American arcade.

Sandy Hook was an inside job

Move over birthers and 9/11 conspiracy theorists, there’s a new Sandy Hook conspiracy on the block.

Johnny Cash’s 1976 Christian comic

Hello, I’m Johnny Cash is a 1976 comic that tells the redemption story of Johnny Cash. It was produced by Spire Christian Comics so it’s a little more heavy-handed with its presentation of the gospel message than the more recent telling of the story in the wonderful 2005 movie Walk the Line. A PDF of […]