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Weird Monopoly Games Sun Maid
Weird Monopoly Games Sun Maid

20 Monopoly Games You Never Knew Existed

As anyone who has played the board game Monopoly knows, the pursuit of profit can lead people to do some pretty outlandish things — including creating dozens of Monopoly variations to market to a specific demographic. Originally made in 1903 as a way to help people understand progressive political economist...

By Erin Kelly Nov 19, 2015

20 Monopoly Games You Never Knew Existed

As anyone who has played the board game Monopoly knows, the pursuit of profit can lead people to do some pretty outlandish things — including creating dozens of Monopoly variations to market to a specific demographic. Originally made in 1903 as a way to help people understand progressive political economist...

By Erin Kelly November 19, 2015
Carly Simon You're So Vain OG
Carly Simon You're So Vain OG

Four Pop Song Disses More Intriguing Than Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain”

For more than 40 years, people have been debating who Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” is about. Actors, rock stars, and others have all been offered up as candidates, yet Simon insisted she would never tell. Her coyness of course fanned the flames, with NBC bigwig Dick Ebersol even paying...

By Nickolaus Hines Nov 18, 2015

Four Pop Song Disses More Intriguing Than Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain”

For more than 40 years, people have been debating who Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” is about. Actors, rock stars, and others have all been offered up as candidates, yet Simon insisted she would never tell. Her coyness of course fanned the flames, with NBC bigwig Dick Ebersol even paying...

By Nickolaus Hines November 18, 2015
Failed Products Ayds Og
Failed Products Ayds Og

Failed Products: Adult Baby Food, Purple Ketchup, And Other Fabulous Flops

Tucked away in Ann Arbor, Michigan is NewProductWorks (NPW). Affiliated with global market research consultants GfK, NPW has a stock of about 120,000 different products across 350 categories. There is just about one of everything crammed onto the shelves. For this reason, companies and individuals looking to create and market...

By Callie Stewart Nov 12, 2015

Failed Products: Adult Baby Food, Purple Ketchup, And Other Fabulous Flops

Tucked away in Ann Arbor, Michigan is NewProductWorks (NPW). Affiliated with global market research consultants GfK, NPW has a stock of about 120,000 different products across 350 categories. There is just about one of everything crammed onto the shelves. For this reason, companies and individuals looking to create and market...

By Callie Stewart November 12, 2015
Colorful Kansai Japan Bamboo
Colorful Kansai Japan Bamboo

Inside Kyoto, The City Of 10,000 Shrines

They don’t call Kyoto the “city of 10,000 shrines” for nothing. The ancient cities of Nara and Kyoto are located in what’s known as Japan’s Kansai region, where many emperors resided long ago. Immaculate shrines drape the region in timeless grandeur, and are made that much more splendid courtesy of...

By Erin Kelly Nov 9, 2015

Inside Kyoto, The City Of 10,000 Shrines

They don’t call Kyoto the “city of 10,000 shrines” for nothing. The ancient cities of Nara and Kyoto are located in what’s known as Japan’s Kansai region, where many emperors resided long ago. Immaculate shrines drape the region in timeless grandeur, and are made that much more splendid courtesy of...

By Erin Kelly November 9, 2015
Kamchatka Russia Vilychinsky Volcano
Kamchatka Russia Vilychinsky Volcano

Welcome To Kamchatka: Far Eastern Russia’s Wild, Volcanic Peninsula

Tourists are beginning to trickle into the volcanic peninsula of Kamchatka in Russia. If you don't have the budget to visit just yet, let us be your guide.

By John Schellhase Nov 8, 2015

Welcome To Kamchatka: Far Eastern Russia’s Wild, Volcanic Peninsula

Tourists are beginning to trickle into the volcanic peninsula of Kamchatka in Russia. If you don't have the budget to visit just yet, let us be your guide.

By John Schellhase November 8, 2015
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