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Mickey Mouse turns 98 next Wednesday. He only exists because Walt Disney didn't own his first hit, and Disney got that one back by trading a sportscaster.

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A 1916 Burberry newspaper ad: a drawing of an officer in a long belted Tielocken coat, with the headline 'Tielocken Burberry' and 'Officers' Complete Kits in 2 to 4 Days'

Fashion & Streetwear

Pre-War Prices

Today is Armistice Day. The trench coat was named in that war, and back then privates weren't allowed to wear one.

The white stone main gate of Nanjing University's Gulou campus, with red calligraphy on its pillars and autumn trees behind it

Internet & Bizarro

Four Bare Sticks

Tomorrow is 11.11, the biggest shopping day in the world. It started in 1993 as a joke about being single, in a college dorm in Nanjing.

A plain red Starbucks cup with a white lid, its brown cardboard sleeve hand-lettered in black marker with the words Merry Christmas and a small star

Diseño y Objetos (Design & Objects)

A Blank Canvas

Starbucks' holiday cups are back and Red Cup Day is next Tuesday. The cup has never carried a Christian symbol. In 2015 it was still accused of a war on Christmas.