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- The NY Times has profiled what they call the perfect rent-controlled apartment: "A retired actor found what he thought was an ideal place to live in Greenwich Village in 1955, for $90 a month. He never left."
- Watch Lindsey Buckingham rate ABBA, Alf and cocaine for Pitchfork.
- How does Trump keep his orange-tinted glow? Maybe it's natural, maybe it's sprays or tanning creams.
- Adam Levine published a beautiful word salad about playing the Super Bowl.
- JD Salinger's son confirmed that there are unpublished works by his dad that will come out, thought he promised, "We’re never going to be merchandising anything. There’s never going to be a Salinger vodka."
- A Queens woman was slashed in the face and robbed by a man who was flirting with her.
- Learn all about the genesis of those hilarious SNL "Totino's" Super Bowl ads.
- Here are some tips on why and how to dig up your family history.
- Author Malcolm Harris knows the reason why millennials are so burned out: capitalism.
- Why do NYC rooftops appear to "smoke" in wintertime?
- Gavin McInnes has filed a federal lawsuit against the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center after the group branded his work hate speech and he lost most of his social media access.
- And finally, this is certainly one way to count cash:
This is how you count money.. 💰💵 pic.twitter.com/SaQMBzzVYO
— Puppies 🐶 (@PopularPups) February 4, 2019