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Steve and Vali discuss the tomfoolerly of ‘The Ridiculous Race’

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Illustrations by Tim TomKinson26,000 miles. 2 guys publish a book on the most ridiculous race…ever.WITH ANOTHER INSTALLMENT of the addictive Emmy award-winning The Amazing Race barreling towards its conclusion, TV watchers will soon be left with an extra hour to kill on Sunday nights.To fill the void left by Phil Keoghan, Jerry Bruckheimer, and those yellow and red route markers, we recommend Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran’s The Ridiculous Race.

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5 reasons not to be afraid of flying

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How I downsized my life to 100 possessions

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30 captivating pictures of Central Park in winter

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When place becomes time machine

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30 signs you’re a Brazilian jiu-jitsu addict

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Your joints are sore and your ears are mangled, yet you still spend the entire day looking forward to training. Are you worried that you’re addicted to Brazilian jiu-jitsu? Take a long look at this list and judge for yourself.1. You hip escape in bed to get out from under the covers.2. You’re uncomfortable hugging your own mother without double underhooks.

If America changed its state capitals based on awesomeness

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Atlanta, Georgia. Boston, Massachusetts. Nashville, Tennessee. These places got it right when choosing a capital to represent the entire state. Can’t say the same for most everywhere else. I think it’s time to switch things up a bit:Albany → New York City. How is the most powerful city in the world NOT the capital of its home state?

12 foreign McDonald’s menu items that should absolutely be sold in America

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Everybody knows McDonald’s has some pretty crazy items in other countries (Vegemite McMuffin FTW!), but they’ve also got some pretty tasty items that you’d be crazy not to dive right into — and that they’re crazy for not selling here, because people would undoubtedly go crazy for them. Crazy. Here are the 12 best.

On navigating a more foreign language

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I study Japanese every day. For at least 30 minutes. I’m not great at it yet, but I don’t suck. I can make hair appointments and ask for parking validation. I can say, “It is sunny now, but later it will rain,” and I can ask the grocer, “Can I please have paper bags?”But when my parents visited me this spring, and we rode in a taxi from Tokyo Station to their hotel near the Palace, I couldn’t translate for my dad when he said, “This is the first cab I have ever been in where I can’t speak to the driver.

How to make the perfect scorpion bowl

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The beginning of the end. Photo: conin_nA mainstay at chinese restaurants, the Scorpion Bowl is often an important catalyst for chinese food barfage. Treated with respect, it can also serve as a great party drink.This drink is best if shared among a handful of people. If you’re a fan of this cocktail then investing in a tiki bowl would be worthwhile, especially if you can find one that resembles a volcano and allows for a high-proof alcohol fire on the top.

6 things to know before ordering sake

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SAKE, or Nihonshu as it’s known in the Land of the Rising Sun, is Japan’s de facto national drink. A long night of sake and beer drinking is an exercise in restraint and tolerance. The more you put down, the more you’ll be offered. Here are six things to keep in mind as you order.1. Sake is low proof.