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Nerf toys in their various incarnations have been part of popular culture for decades. That includes the Nerf Blaster, a revolutionary development in toy tech.
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Nerf toys in their various incarnations have been part of popular culture for decades. That includes the Nerf Blaster, a revolutionary development in toy tech.
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Read MoreBefore settling on Star Wars as we know it, George Lucas went through a lot of false starts, drafts, and terrible ideas.
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Read MorePrince's legendary guitar solo during an all-star tribute to George Harrison might have been revenge against Rolling Stone magazine. Here's why.
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Read MoreIn 2004, "Super Size Me" shook the fast food industry to the core. At its center was director Morgan Spurlock, whose life was seemingly full of tragic events.
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Read More2018 is ending, and we've seen our share of great movies this year. But no movie is perfect, and 2018's top movies are no exceptions when it comes to dumb things. Here are the dumb things we all ignored in 2018's best movies.
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