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Why am I, a grown adult, still creeped out by this episode of 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?'

Photo credit: YouTube screenshots from 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?' episode via Bladed Joker Too

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Culture

Missouri mom opens childhood time capsule — and discovers her younger self predicted the future

She expected old photos and drawings—but never imagined she'd predicted her own future.

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Culture

The big reason why '90s restaurants were loud and fun and now everything is beige

The evolution has been complicated—and fascinating.

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Environment

Dog Slaughter Falls may have a disturbing name, but it's a truly majestic, undiscovered place

On local legends, learning to love hiking, and the funniest thing our writer has ever seen

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Cooking with the Enemy

Artist Michael Rakowitz brings Arab-Jewish culture, and all its current political implications, to the forefront in his Enemy Kitchen, a culinary intervention.

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Whether It's Gingrich or Beavis, We All Miss the '90s

The perplexing momentum behind Newt Gingrich may have to do more with nostalgia than anything else.

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Intermission: MTV Explains the Internet in 1995

MTV's Kurt Loder reported on a "big deal technological fad" in 1995. Some of his wisdom still rings true.

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Year in Review 2010: 2011 Food Predictions

What can an outpouring of 2011 food trend predictions tell us about today, if not tomorrow?