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Extra, Extra: Did Your Favorite Fancy Restaurant Used To Be A Sex Club?


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Published May 25, 2016

Modified May 25, 2016


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  • RIP True Detective.
  • Michael Musto points out fancy restaurants that used to be sex clubs.
  • The Wall Street Journal has a feature on photographer/painter William Wegman, who sure loves his elegantly posed Weimaraners.
  • If you're really feeling guilty about where you live and how you can afford to live there, just go confess your sins at Gentrifiers Anonymous.
  • Rob Lowe is reportedly in talks to join 'Live' with Kelly Ripa.
  • The Washington Post has a longread about what it's like to be 13-year-old growing up in an era of likes and LOLs.
  • The Americans have signed on for two more wonderful seasons of wig intrigue and devastating moral compromises.
  • Headline of the day: "Stoned sheep go on 'psychotic rampage' after eating cannabis plants dumped in quiet Welsh village."
  • Long Island parents are furious about their kids being shuttled in a bus covered in urine, feces and puke.
  • Scientists are investigating how and why alcohol makes people so happy.
  • Here are the 10 ugliest websites Fast Company could find.
  • And finally, there are a lot of tongues in this video:

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Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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