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While we at the Riot are taking this lovely summer week off to rest (translation: read by the pool/ocean/on our couches), we’re re-running some of our favorite posts from the last several months. Enjoy our highlight reel, and we’ll be back with new stuff...

Oddities, backstories, and other weird things... Human nature During the eighteenth century, books that were considered offensive were sometimes punished by being whipped. Kellogg's Corn Flakes were invented by a Dr. Kellogg in hopes that they would...

Lots to cover, including the latest bizarre twists at Fukushima after the jump/ Our first story, in which the third point precisely refutes the claim made just before, comes from the Department of Ironic Self Refutation via the London Daily Mail: Home...

Listen to Playbook in 90 Seconds http://bit.ly/2koyvQz … Subscribe on iTunes http://apple.co/2eX6Eay … Visit the online home of Playbook http://politi.co/2f51Jnf BULLETIN -- BREAKING EARLY THIS MORNING -- AP/PARIS: “French soldier shoots man who attacked...

Some of you folks have noticed that I've got a "best of 2012" list on my blog, but not a "worst of 2012" list, and have asked when will I do a list of all the shitty stuff from that year.  So due to popular demand as well as a desire to be a completist...