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Think You’re Pretty Smart? Prove It With This Week’s Quiz.

Holy smokes! This quiz is a doozy.

Did a Twentysomething Con America’s Biggest Bank?

First-hand knowledge of FAFSA could’ve saved JP Morgan Chase from this embarrassment.

The Mysterious Disappearance of Stripperweb, Sex Workers’ Favorite Forum

Distraught at its disappearance, cam girls, strippers, and other sex workers immediately started digging into what happened.

What I Learned After Three Beers at a Bitcoin Bar

Plus, stories from the recent past of Future Tense.

Shania Twain Is Returning to the Music World She Helped Make. Is She Still the One?

There would be no Taylor Swift without Shania Twain. Who is Shania Twain after Taylor Swift?

Help! I Just Won the Lottery. It’s Tearing My Family Apart.

I’d hoped the money would actually bring us closer, but here we are!

I Desperately Want to Take My Dad’s Bribe. But I’m Not Sure It’s Worth the Risk.

Is it safe?

I’m Just Gonna Say It: Abolish Birthdays

Birthday depression can be fatal if you’re not in a good place.

The First 2024 Candidate With the Guts to Challenge Trump

However, she’s looking like the election’s Marco Rubio.

An Asburd New Movie Was Nearly Rated NC-17 for Its Orgy Scenes, but Are They Any Good?

A detailed critical analysis.