Parallels between Prince Wednesday and the Genetic Dynasty of Cleons from ‘Foundation’

"I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid. And my mother made me eat it. Now I'm president of the United States. And I'm not gonna eat any more broccoli!"

What’s the lore behind the Boudreaux’s Butt Paste baby? Why is he so strong? Why can he talk? Why are his words capitalized so strangely?

During World War II, the U.S. government recognized the importance of pickles in soldiers' diets and allocated 40% of the nation's pickle production to the armed forces.

During the 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization strike, 13,000 workers demanded higher wages and more benefits, expecting presidential support. Instead, Ronald Reagan fired most of them and hired scabs, crushing the union and setting the labor movement down a path of decline.

The 1819 Philadelphia Balloon Riot occurred at a hot air balloon show when guards beat a boy unconscious for climbing a fence separating the paying guests from those who couldn't afford the expensive one-dollar entry fee. Crowds subsequently broke down the fence and ripped the balloon to pieces.

Citrus taxonomy is complex and scientifically controversial. Almost all extant citrus fruits are interbred from three distinct "ancestral" types: pomelos, citrons and mandarins. Parentage of the other cultivars can be murky, and labelling is inconsistent.

Every time he’s on screen my liver hurts.

Richard Nixon's Committee for the Re-Election of the President sabotaged the candidacy of Edmund Muskie by forging a letter alleging his prejudice against Americans of French-Canadian descent. Muskie's tearful speech denying the claims—and condemning the defamation of his wife—tanked his campaign.

The peanut butter and pickle (PB&P) sandwich was popular at lunch counters in the Depression era and has drawn comparisons to sour & savory dishes like Thai papaya salad. The New York Times has called it "a thrifty and unacknowledged American classic."

Prince Tuesday

Conditions of peace between the Federation of Ants and The Picnic.

“Smaller GovernMINT”, “I Hate the French Vanilla”, “Bill Clinton Im-peach” and “Choc & Awe” were ice cream flavors developed by Star Spangled Ice Cream, whose creators wanted to make a politically conservative alternative to Ben & Jerry’s. The brand is now defunct.

What is Mr. Aron hiding from us?

When recruiting for R/IThinkYouShouldLeave

American psychologist Paul Cameron has been designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-gay extremist and a purveyor of "junk science". His research attempts to link homosexuality with pedophilia, and he once claimed that lesbians are 300 times more likely to get into car accidents.

Salman Rushdie was a fan of his depiction in the Seinfeld episode "The Implant"; after meeting a nervous Jerry Seinfeld at a cocktail party, Rushdie told the comedian the episode was "very funny", after which Seinfeld became "visibly relaxed".

Which character in this critically acclaimed period drama did you find it easiest to goon to?

Who do you think is the hottest character in mad men ?

The guy at the store said I’m the only one he’s ever seen pull it off.

MAGA voters when they see the uptick in prices

All the Jan 6ers on Jan 21

The Tale of Peter Rabbit is an awful lesson in morality

The creator of potato chips, William Kitchiner, also developed many sauces and traveled with a “magazine of taste”—a pyramid-shaped cabinet or epergne—containing proprietary ketchups made of mussel, cucumber, walnut, mushroom and cockle.

2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party with these dum-dums! 🤪

Abel "Fried Jesus" Gonzales Jr., an "extreme fryer", is a former database analyst who quit his job to experiment with new forms of food—and invented Fried Coke, deep-fried butter and fried jambalaya for contests at the Texas State Fair.