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How do you build up a business when you're making 10 bucks an hour and bartending on the side?

The Sparkling Queens of Drag are spreading the gospel in Western Pennsylvania — supporting dwindling volunteer fire departments and averting a safety crisis.

Three decades ago, two stoner musicians designed a product whose cheap imitations sold into the billions — but today, nobody knows their names.

Only half the stuff we take back to the store goes back on the shelves.

According to the scientists who study it, being bored is actually great for your brain — as long as you approach it the right way.

"Retail always feels a bit like a Wild West frontier town, but SantaCon at a sex shop is a very specific hell."

It's Christmas morning and you don't have a gift. Oh no! What do you do and where do you go for last-minute Christmas gifts?

Once a mighty villain, the bookstore chain looks different in the age of Amazon.

To Daniel Jones, his faith is way more than a movie tribute — it's an ideological fusion of the great Western and Eastern spiritual traditions.

Two years after his offscreen death in "The Last Jedi," some people — including the voice of Ackbar himself — still lament the unceremonious execution of the noble fish-man.

Horny times have us thirsting for the bitchy old man in "A Christmas Carol."

"As a huge 'Star Wars' fan, I feel unsurprisingly icky after answering these questions. The idea of grilling up some poor Porg is only slightly offset by finally silencing that damned Jar Jar."

This question may seem silly to you amateurs — but its answer could undercut the logic propping up the entire Star Wars universe.

As more of us switch to plant-based protein, real meat seems increasingly obsolete — but the demise of animal agriculture comes with some serious global side effects.

Social media may be riddled with harassment and abuse, but it's also become a safe and encouraging space to be fragile.

Being female on a gay hookup app isn't easy — but when you can make men feel this uncomfortable, it's all worth it

Sparse lines about heartbreak in faux-typewriter font are still the style du jour, but the men of Poetry Instagram are more sincere (and self-aware) than you'd think.

Despite all those "deluxe" anniversary reissues cluttering up iTunes, reclusive mastering engineers are still the unsung heroes of music.

It's not just sex that challenges male-female relationships — but financial imbalance is a factor we almost never talk about

For the aficionados who drop millions on high-quality birds, it's a head-f*** (literally) to compete against some of the wealthiest and most powerful.