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Confessions of an Information Hoarder

Charlie Warzel • The Atlantic

What happens to our brains when we have an infinite memory?

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Retirement the Margaritaville Way

Nick Paumgarten • The New Yorker

At the active-living community for Jimmy Buffett enthusiasts, it’s five o’clock everywhere.

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Home Cooks Are Sharing Their “Secret Weapon” Ingredient That Makes Pretty Much Anything Taste Better

Hannah Loewentheil • BuzzFeed

Here are the ingredients that readers swear by when it comes to upgrading their home cooking.

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The Making of Vladimir Putin

Roger Cohen • The New York Times

The 22-year arc of the Russian president’s exercise of power is a study in audacity.

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1,000-Year-Old Oaks Used To Create ‘Super Forest’

Helen Briggs • BBC

These native oak trees, which can support hundreds of different species of insects, birds and fungi, will be needed in the race to reforest the UK.

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The Death Spiral of an American Family

Eli Saslow • The Washington Post

After generations of stability, a son reckons with an inheritance of debt, desperation and a fall from the middle class.

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The 125 Best Books About Hollywood

Alex Belth • Esquire

Grit, glamour, scandal! These remarkable memoirs, biographies and histories take us inside Tinseltown, warts and all.

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How to Actually Enjoy a Weekend With Your Kids

Sarah Showfety • Lifehacker

Because kids are a joy and a blessing and can truly mess up a weekend.

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How an Exiled Mexican President Accidentally Invented Chewing Gum

Claudia Geib • Eater

General Antonio López de Santa Anna came to Staten Island with hopes of creating a rubber substitute, but things didn’t go as planned.

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