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The McDonald's Of The Future Opens In Hong Kong

Hong Kong is now home to the newest and neatest McDonald’s around. Say hello to McDonald’s Next, the McDonald’s of the future. According to Trend Hunter, Contemporist, and Hong Kong Navi, design firm...

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If Your Drone Lands on Thin Ice, Do Not Try to Rescue It

Ice is not safe! Did we learn nothing from the photographer who watched $1500 in fancy equipment splash into freezing cold Icelandic waters? Evidently not.Firefighters in a Boston suburb rushed to the...

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The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin was one of our favorite books of the past...

The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin was one of our favorite books of the past few years. And apparently a lot of influential people agree—it’s being read by President Obama on his vacation.Contact the...

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The Internet's Favorite Force Awakens Stormtrooper Is Getting a Fancy Hot...

Wait, you thought we were talking about Finn? I mean, he is very cool and all. But no, we’re talking about the other guy.Just a warning—incredibly mild spoilers about a minor part of The Force Awakens...

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The Best New Year's Day Deals: Self-Improvement Books, Cheap Running Shoes,...

Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal. Commerce Content is independent of Editorial and Advertising, and if you buy something through our posts, we may get a small share of...

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These 4K Videos of Japan Will Get You on the Next Plane to Tokyo

Ready your passports. This YouTube channel, called TokyoStreetView, offers hours and hours of ultra HD videos of daily life in Japan. The word “Tokyo” is in its name, but the collection comes from all...

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How Dangerous Is Airplane Turbulence?

It’s scary. It’s uncomfortable. It spills your tomato juice. It’s turbulence—but how dangerous is it, actually?I have a very personal interest in this question, having been semi-traumatized on a...

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The Director of Attack the Block Made Movie Spoofs Starring Stuffed Animals

Before Joe Cornish directed Attack the Block (and cowrote Ant-Man and Tintin), he was one half of the Adam and Joe Show, which was one of our favorite British comedy shows. And they used to make truly...

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A Force Awakens Luke Skywalker Twitter Feed Gives Emo Kylo Ren A Run For His...

Mere days after Star Wars: The Force Awakens hit theaters, a hilarious fake Kylo Ren Twitter feed instantly went viral. Well another huge spoiler from the film has now made its way on Twitter and it’s...

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Holy Crap, We Really Want to Play Some Quidditch Beer Pong

As fans who grew up with the Harry Potter books gets older, ways to enjoy their fandom get more adult. The latest example might be the best yet, a blending of Quidditch and beer pong.A site called...

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A Massive Warcraft Exhibit Just Made This Mall The Best One In The World

In 2016, the idea of the shopping mall being cool is probably twenty years too old. But most shopping malls don’t have the largest free movie exhibition ever inside them. That’s what’s going on at...

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These Nerdy Moments Remade In the Style of Classic Paintings Are Beautiful

Amateur photographer Pekka Jonsson uses a very tight budget to remake the old iconography of martyrs and saints into something much, much geekier. Pekka walked us through the process:I am an amateur...

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These Cross Sections of Spaceships and Vehicles from Star Wars Are Simply...

The best thing about the world of Star Wars (other than it being the world of Star Wars) is how incredibly detailed it is. Everything you see on screen has a backstory, everything basically has an...

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Now You Can Own The Real Optimus Prime and Bumblebee From Transformers

Michael Bay’s Transformers movies are almost universally considered to be horrible, but even the haters can admit the cars that become the robots are stunning. And now, you can actually own two of the...

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John Scalzi's Next Novel Drops In 2017

While he typically releases a book every year, John Scalzi dropped some interesting news on his blog earlier this week: he won’t have a new novel coming out in 2016. Instead, his next will come in...

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Saturday's Best Deals: Cheaper Tax Software, Better Posture, Sharper Knives,...

Balance ball chairs, H&R Block tax software, and a $6 knife sharpener highlight today’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal. Commerce Content is...

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8 Parts of the Star Wars Expanded Universe That Should Have Stayed Canon

Now that we’ve seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we’ve also been seeing how a galaxy far, far away has changed from what had been put together by hundreds of authors over the last two decades. As...

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Open Channel: What's Your Geeky New Year's Resolution? 

Yesterday was New Year’s, and with it comes the time when everyone resolves to change somehow. We want to lose weight, eat better, have more fun, and so forth. What did you resolve to do in 2016?I’m...

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There'll Be No Winds Of Winter Before Game Of Thrones Season 6

Earlier this morning, George R.R. Martin broke some bad news: his next long awaited installment of the Song of Ice and Fire series, Winds of Winter, won’t appear in bookstores before the debut of the...

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Every Frame A Painting Shows Why Ensemble Staging Is A Lost Art In Film

Tony Zhou is back with a new episode of Every Frame A Painting, this time looking at how directors can use ensemble staging to their advantage when it comes to conveying the story in a scene. He...

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