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Reply All, Fugitive Waves, and More of the Week’s Best Podcasts

Pod City

Reply All, Fugitive Waves, and More of the Week’s Best Podcasts

Movies

12 Facts About 101 Dalmatians

Movies

12 Facts About 101 Dalmatians

Contest!

Win a Shakespearean Star Wars Triology of Books

Contest!

Win a Shakespearean Star Wars Triology of Books

Animals

Rare Fox Spotted in Yosemite National Park

Animals

Rare Fox Spotted in Yosemite National Park

Quizzes

5 Questions: National Ka"zoo" Day

Quizzes

5 Questions: National Ka"zoo" Day

Morning Cup of Links

Disney and Indiana Jones

Morning Cup of Links

Disney and Indiana Jones

Videos

Real-Time Feed of British Library Book Activity

Videos

Real-Time Feed of British Library Book Activity

Odds/Ends

Attention College Scribes Who'd Like to Write for Us

Odds/Ends

Attention College Scribes Who'd Like to Write for Us

TV

The Best Super Bowl Ads Ever, According to USA Today's "Ad Meter"

TV

The Best Super Bowl Ads Ever, According to USA Today's "Ad Meter"

Sports

21 Super Facts About the Seattle Seahawks

Sports

21 Super Facts About the Seattle Seahawks

Sports

20 Legendary Athletes Who Finished Up With Another Team

Sports

20 Legendary Athletes Who Finished Up With Another Team

Miss Cellania

The Fifth Marx Brother

Miss Cellania

The Fifth Marx Brother

Fun

How to Win at Rock-Paper-Scissors

Fun

How to Win at Rock-Paper-Scissors

Animals

14 Things You Might Not Know About Puppy Bowl

Animals

14 Things You Might Not Know About Puppy Bowl

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15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Vegas Vacation

Sean Hutchinson
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

Morning Cup of Links: Lord of the Rings Trivia

Miss Cellania
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

Clico: The Story of Franz Taaibosch

Miss Cellania
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

21 Super Facts About the Seattle Seahawks

Mark Mancini
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

15 Gene Hackman Quotes for his 85th Birthday

Erin McCarthy
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

The Missing Links: Behind the Scenes with Penn & Teller

Colin Patrick
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

See This Adorable Baby Acquire Sign Language Through Rhythm And Rhyme

Arika Okrent
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

What Now-Defunct Technology Did You Enthusiastically Embrace?

Jason English

On Fridays, we ask a bunch of unrelated questions. Your answers help get us through the afternoon. Answer one, answer all, or ask your own question. On to this week's topics...

How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

10 Handy Facts About Deinocheirus

Mark Mancini

Five years ago, there wasn’t much one could say about Deinocheirus—but thanks to some amazing new discoveries, we can finally start connecting the dots and exposing the secrets of this enigmatic creat

How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

21 Super Facts About the New England Patriots

Mark Mancini
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

The Weird Week in Review

Miss Cellania
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

Interview: Scott McCloud On 'The Sculptor' and Balancing Art and Life

Rich Barrett
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

Pod City: ‘Reply All,’ ‘Fugitive Waves’ and More of the Week’s Best Podcasts

Whitney Matheson
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

17 Crazy Hair Myths

How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

Win a Shakespearean 'Star Wars' Triology of Books

Hannah Keyser
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
9 Houses Built Just for Spite
Why Aren't There B Batteries?
9 Delightfully Bizarre Christmas Cards from the 1800s

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