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You love Lodge’s cast iron skillets, but have you tried their dutch oven? It’s only $29 on Amazon today, within a couple bucks of an all-time low. The best part though? The lid doubles as a skillet, meaning you’re getting two great pieces of cookware for the price of one.

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Did you update your phone to iOS 10 recently? I sure hope not—it’s a goddamn nightmare . But for those of you that didn’t heed my warning, should you decide to search the default (default!) GIF library for the word “butt,” you’ll find a sultry My Little Pony doing what no My Little Pony should ever do.

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Sitting at a desk for hours at a time can lead to fidgeting, and some people swear they think more clearly when their hands are kept busy.

Until recently that meant fidgeting with office supplies and stress balls, or some expensive piece of desk jewelry that looks really cool but doesn't satisfy that fidgety feeling.

But now there's the Fidget Cube by Antsy Labs- a fun little vinyl desk toy featuring an assortment of ways to stay fidgety on its six faces.

The Fidget Cube looks like hours of fun for your fingers, and the creators stand by its power to clear the mind and promote creativity, so it's not just a toy- it's an investment in your desk-bound career.

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Family life is wonderful, but it’s also wonderful when each person in a family can have a space for themselves, to do with what they will. For the man of the house, that retreat space is often called a man cave, whether it’s an office, garage, bedroom, workshop, recreation room, or a shed at the back of the property. And there are many ways to optimize that space for the purpose you intend. It could become a game room, home theater, bar, music studio, hobby room, lounge, or just a spot with a comfy chair and a TV away from everyone else. Housely has some tips on equipping your man cave according to your interests and tastes, plus 100 images of what that space could become.

Vinny Forte is one of many students in an organic chemistry lecture class that just began at Ohio State University. Dr. Christopher Callam opens the class every year with a demonstration that includes a stunt. He throws a paper wad into the balcony and challenges a student to throw it into a waste paper bin on the stage.

“We are using the ball to help understand acid base chemistry to understand proton donors and proton acceptors, Callam said. “The student can then try to make a basket to earn 100% on the first quiz.”

Not just the student, but the entire class would get 100% on the first quiz if he makes the shot. No pressure.

S/o to Benny for making this shot and getting the entire lecture an automatic 100 on our first ochem quiz pic.twitter.com/nmYJ34DjdM

— rachel brown ✧･ﾟ: * (@yo_rochelle) September 2, 2016

Rachel Brown caught footage of the miracle. What’s even more amazing is that this isn’t the first time it’s happened. It’s the second year in a row!

“The first ten years I did it no one was very close,” Callam said. “The last two years the shots have been epic and have gone in. I just randomly throw the ball up to the balcony and whoever grabs it is the ‘proton acceptor’ or Lewis base and I make the horrible and classic joke that ‘I just made an acid of myself.'”

“When the student made the shot last year no one had a video of it because no one thought it would go in. This year I told them we had to live up to last year making the shot so get your phones out. The student who made it ‘Vinny’ had his named chanted for several minutes after he made it. Not your normal day in Ochem.”

Way to go, Vinny! The entire class is eligible for a score of 100 on the first quiz, but they still have to show up that day to get it. -via Digg 

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Being part of a Disney couple looks like a whole new world of awesome, but we only get to see a small and triumphantly joyous part of their lives in the movies.

But things get real after the movie magic wears off and the main characters settle into their lives together, discovering they were caught up in the moment and may have made a horrible mistake.

Very few Disney couples seem like they're cut out for a long-term relationship if you really think about it, because they rarely have anything in common, culturally or otherwise.

But maybe they make it all work out because happily ever after? *shrug*

Paul Westover illustrated these childhood ruining moments that take place approximately six months to a year after the movie, moments that may be the perfect setup for a dramatic sequel.

See 5 Disney Couples that Probably Did Not Live Happily Ever After here (NSFW due to language)

We know that feeding wild bears is a dangerous thing to do, because bears will always want more. We may have felt sorry for Yogi and Boo Boo when they’d steal a pic-a-nic basket and Mr. Ranger Sir would take it back, but that scenario in Jellystone Park just followed what was happening in the real Yellowstone National Park. In the early years of the public park, park employees drew tourists by making sure they saw bears. And they did that by feeding the inn’s garbage to the bears -every night!

Today, it's strange to think of having to sell the idea of Yellowstone to anyone. But back when the park first opened, it needed to justify itself. Here was an enormous swath of prime Western land, set aside only for pleasure and recreation, paid for with American tax dollars. It sank or swam based on public opinion. For it to survive, people had to come, and they had to have the kind of good time they couldn't get anywhere else.

The park's superintendents were busy building infrastructure in the institution's first few decades, fighting poachers, and encouraging trains to come near enough that visitors could actually visit. But things improved, and when conservationist Horace Albright took the helm in 1919, he began turning human-animal interaction into a deliberate priority. The National Park Service, he said, had “a duty to present wildlife as a spectacle” for parkgoers.

The feeding of the bears eventually turned into a bear show with a circus-like atmosphere. Dozens of wild bears ate and cavorted close to huge crowds of people. Read about those shows at Atlas Obscura.

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As kids head back to school parents are reminded of all the teachers they've loved and hated in their lifetime, remembering what it was like to sit in their classes and deal with the school day dramedy.

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Teachers leave a lasting impression on kids, whether good or bad, but educators who go the extra mile to make sure their students learn their lessons while actually wanting to go to class deserve a medal.

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We've all had those stern, strict and downright draining teachers who nitpicked us to death and expected absolute conformity in the classroom, the teachers who made us hate school.

So hearing about the many teachers out there who are driving their students crazy in a good way these days gives us hope for our children's future.

Plus they make school open house nights way more enjoyable for all!

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See 19 Teachers Who Took It To The Next F$%#ing Level here (NSFW due to language)