First Kiss

from StudyFinds Ancient kiss-tory: First evidence of smooching took place in Middle East 4,500 years ago Babylonian clay model showing a nude couple on a couch engaged in sex and kissing. Date: 1800 BC. (Credit: © The Trustees of the British Museum) COPENHAGEN,...

Amnesianet

from The Washington Post via MSN The internet’s memory is fading in front of us. Preserve what you can. by Chris Velazco The internet’s memory is fading in front of us. Preserve what you can.© Illustration by Elena Lacey/The Washington Post; iStock I signed up for...

A Score of 1,000 Corpses

from The Daily Beast Rob Zombie’s ‘House of 1,000 Corpses’ Turns 20: An Oral History of a Bloody Cult Classic As the cult classic turns 20, here’s the story of a hellraising director who was given a blank check to make his gory spectacular, scared off film execs, and...

News Chaos

from The New York Post Drugged-up Stevie Nicks, feuds with Kurt Cobain: Inside MTV News’ glory days By Michael Kaplan Not a lot of news anchors would be suspected of helping to trash a pair of hotel rooms and still keep their jobs. But such was the case when Kurt...

The Marauder

from The Drive The Legend of the Florida Highway Patrol Mercury Marauder, the Fastest, Rarest Panther of Them All Twenty years ago, the Florida Highway Patrol rolled out a fleet of souped-up Mercury Marauders for high-speed pursuits. BY JESUS GARCIA I spotted a...

Mavericks Drowning

from The Washington Post The famed Mavericks surfing contest drowned in acrimony. Can it be saved? By Les Carpenter On a foggy day on Mavericks Beach, surfers look out over the waves. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — The wave roars like a...