low stakes internet mysteries
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How TV Pirates Accidentally Pushed A 25-Year-Old Indie Song To The Top Of The Charts In Japan
Last week, an alt-rock mystery puzzled the music press. Almost 25 years after its release, the Dinosaur Jr. song “Over Your Shoulder” appeared at number 18 on Japan’s Hot 100 chart, beating out major new releases like Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings.”
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How Medical Woes Turned A Retired Professor Into The Face Of Fatalism Online
You’ve probably seen it: A stock photo of a white-haired old man in a plain red turtleneck with the words “guess I’ll die” scrawled across his chest. But the story of how Mike Baldwin, a 76-year-old retired chemistry and biochemistry professor, actually became the internet’s preeminent expression of fatalism has remained a mystery. As it…