$2.5 Billion Per Annum On Oreos

from EATER The World Spent $2.5 Billion on Oreos in 2014 by Khushbu Shah The Oreo is going through a bit of a renaissance. Sure the beloved sandwich cookie has been around for over a century, but it’s made headlines recently with its introduction of novelty...

30 Years Of Meat Is Murder

from PASTE Magazine Meat Is Murder, 30 Years Later By Mack Hayden Thirty years ago, The Smiths followed up a self-titled debut album which featured songs like “This Charming Man” and “Hand in Glove” with a record called Meat is Murder. It may not have the visceral...

Lost Leonardo Found

from The Telegraph ‘Lost’ Leonardo da Vinci painting seized by Italy “Priceless” painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci discovered in 2013 seized by Italian police from bank vault in Switzerland A long-lost painting attributed to Leonardo da...

Monarch Massacre

from The Washington Post The monarch massacre: Nearly a billion butterflies have vanished By Darryl Fears Threatened animals like elephants, porpoises and lions grab all the headlines, but what’s happening to monarch butterflies is nothing short of a massacre. The...

Original Les Paul Prototype On The Block

from The New York Times Les Paul’s Groundbreaking Guitar Prototype Is Headed for Auction By JAMES BARRON Guitar Player magazine mentioned Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend of the Who and Peter Frampton. Arlan Ettinger, the president of Guernsey’s, an auction house on the...