Our 'Best Of 2022' Keeps On Rolling

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66 YEARS AGO, THE FOUNDER OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS TRIED LSD — AND IGNITED A CONTROVERSY STILL RAGING TODAY

It's August 29, 1956. A philosopher, a psychiatrist, and his research assistant watch as the most famous recovering alcoholic puts a dose of LSD in his mouth and swallows. The man is Bill Wilson and he's the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, the largest abstinence-only addiction recovery program in the world. Inverse

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MYSTERY OF WHAT TRIGGERED THE LAST ICE AGE MAY HAVE BEEN SOLVED

Two mysteries have been a head-scratcher for many paleoclimate experts: Where did the last ice age's ice sheets come from, and how did they grow so fast? A new study published in Nature Geoscience may have solved these mysteries, proposing an explanation. These findings could also be applied to other historic glacial periods. IFLScience

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YOU DESERVE TO FEEL GOOD — LIKE, REALLY GOOD

Let's face it — the sex toy industry feels a bit stale; with everything about the culture still seemingly stuck in the past. That is until Cake came along and gave the sexual wellness industry a real kick in the pants. Cake is designed for the modern era and made for you with products designed for all people from all walks of life across the entire spectrum of gender. These are sex toys for today — they are fun, stylish, unique, and most of all, they feel great. Right now, Cake wants to give you 20% of all purchases over $35, no code necessary.

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SCIENTIST REVEALS HOW STONEHENGE LIKELY WORKED AT LONG LAST

With its ancient origins and enchanting presence, Stonehenge is easily among the most iconic monuments in the world. The structure's reputation as a cultural heritage site and a major tourist attraction is only heightened by the mystery of what these giant stones meant to the people who erected them on the plains of Wiltshire, England, some 4,500 years ago. Now, a prominent researcher believes he has solved this long-standing riddle at last in new research that lays out exactly how Stonehenge likely worked. Vice

ARCHEOLOGISTS DISCOVER TWO HUGE SPHINXES IN EGYPTIAN RUINS

A team led by Horig Sorosian found the sphinxes partially submerged in water at the funerary building, known as the "Temple of Millions of Years," located within the vast ruins of Luxor, Egypt, which includes the ancient city of Thebes. Vice

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