When it comes to film, there's a time for romance, comedy and, yes, even romantic comedy. But sometimes all you really need is a true story that makes you cry like Dawson from Dawson's Creek, laugh like Nicolas Cage or walk away with your mind completely blown. Here, documentaries for every mood and mindset: • Inspired: In theaters now, Brooklyn Castletells the heartwarming story of five young members of the chess team at an… Read More >>

Just in time for the mid-week doldrums, the pint-sized, well-dressed internet sensation Kid President has the right words to leave you feeling pumped up and ready to conquer that stack of assignments ahead of you. The wise 9-year-old, whose real name is Robbie, invites us to reflect on Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken,"Journey("Don't stop believing...unless your dream is stupid."), and Michael Jordan… Read More >>

Super Bowl Sunday is a big night for party food, with Americans expected to eat more than 1.23 billion chicken wings during this year's tussle. Can you believe that's actually lessthan last year? If you're searching for other snacks you can make that won't be out-shined by the spicy, fried, deliciously messy game day stable, there are pages and pages of Google results for variations of the… Read More >>

How do musical instruments talk to one another in an electronic age? They use MIDI—the Musical Instrument Digital Interface—a communication standard that was established back in 1983 but maintains relevance to this day. Thisfairly complicated but thorough history on The Verge website may help you understand MIDI's overall significance: As explained by… Read More >>

Or, as this native Ohioan calls them, "potato chips smothered in blue cheese sauce." The diner that invented them, Cap City, was down the street from my high school—and the chips alone were reason to head over at every excuse. But it wasn't until Saveur sweet-talked the recipeout of the chef that I thought of making them at home. It's essentially a sauce of cream, garlic… Read More >>

In a touching twist to the traditional story of homecoming king and queen, three teenage nominees at a Tennessee high school pledged to offer the awardto a classmate with a genetic condition if they won. The students—Jesse Cooper, Drew Gibbs, and Zeke Grissom—were each in the running for homecoming king at Community High School, but collectively they felt the honor should go… Read More >>

In a contest of pain tolerance, who has the higher threshold: Men or women? Men slam into each other playing football. Women go through child labor. Men beat each other up in mixed martial arts. WOMEN GO THROUGH CHILD LABOR. In case you're on the fence about a winner, watch this video of 2 young German men who are hooked up to a contraction simulation… Read More >>

I hate being cold. You hate being cold. We all hate being cold. And what is, in my humble opinion, the most annoying part of being cold? Freezing hands. They're the worst, right? I Googled "How do I stop my hands from freezing all the time in the winter," and poked around a bit. Perhaps you'll share my enthusiasm for this handy (!) Zippo portable…that holds the… Read More >>

Chicken wings and football, a match made in...Buffalo? Yep. And that's not just the theory of resiliently proud Bills fans, it's the truth according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It seems the very first Buffalo-style chicken wing was created in 1964 at the Anchor Bar in--where else?-- Buffalo. A mere quarter-century or so later, when the Bills went to the Super Bowl a recordfour times in a row (and lost all four games), the hometown treat got a ton… Read More >>

More than 280,000 women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, with hundreds wounded and more than 150 killed. But until now, Defense Department rules have limited their combat training and denied them combat-related career advancement. With today's announcementlifting the ban on women in combat, America's female warriors can now stand shoulder-to-shoulder with their male… Read More >>