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Hilarious interview from last night’s Daily Show.

Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemna, gives a speech at Google about how our stomachs have brain cells, the evolution of eating, and other fascinating topics.

Meet Simroid, or “Pain Girl”. She is a dentist’s training robot, built to both experience and shriek with agony. When you greet her, just don’t ask how she’s doing.

In the midst of exotic Asia there is an ancient school of squatting: a method far superior to the mincing, European-style squat.

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A revelatory documentary exposing the parallels between historical slavery and today’s exploitation of sugar harvesters…

There must be something in the corn syrup.