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Do you suffer from Election Stress Disorder? Your campaign obsession is part of a psychological epidemic — and it may be hurting your health

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Freelee the Banana Girl in her video "Watch me eat 51 BANANAS today!!!!!" (YouTube/Freelee the Banana Girl)

100 percent bananas? Meet the fruitarians, who believe we can live on raw fruit alone

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Major League Quidditch Players (Matt Dwyer)

Got your broomstick? IRL Quidditch gets super competitive

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“Mysticore” is the new norm: Inside the trend that’s casting its spell over the culture

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New Spotify Gaming wants to be the musical score to your high score

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Charlton Heston in "Soylent Green"; The Soylent Coffiest. (MGM/Soylent/Salon)

Soylent Coffiest is made out of green tea, people. (It really sort of is.)

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San Francisco skyline; a dish of foraged foods made by Josh Skenes at Saison. (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/g/Andrey+Bayda'>Andrey Bayda</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/AP/Eric Risberg)

Eat (like) the Rich: Why San Francisco is the best place in the country for the really, really wealthy to eat really, really well

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