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    Wonder Bread He-Man. Wun-Dar. Savage He-Man. No matter what you call him, the brown haired He-Man has long been one of the most mysterious figures in the history of toy and action figure collecting. Long believed to be a mail-away promotional item from Wonder Bread (he wasn't), an early prototype for a Conan based toyline (nope), an early version of Prince Adam, a recolored figure for Asian markets, or just a flat out hoax, back in 2020 the mystery was seemingly solved when former brand manager Scott "Toy Guru" Neitlich found a series of correspondences that seem to...

by Abby Shepherd June marks the beginning of summer and typically, the end of peak tornado season in the Midwest. Kansas City residents were recently reminded of this when a tornado system in Johnson and Jackson counties caught some off guard in the early morning hours of June 8. Yet National Weather Service meteorologist Julie Adolphson said these storms are typical and more common later in the severe weather season. “We didn’t have a lot of severe weather until recently,” Adolphson said the day after the storm. “We had a little bit of a delay since it was pretty cool early in the season.”...

I lay in bed with my toddler at the end of the world.. at least in my anxiety-riddled imagination. Our windows flash with nonstop lightning, the sky gods dump bucketfuls of water on our roof, and the wind whips at what my weather app informs me are 80mph gusts. My toddler is in our bed because she’s scared. My job is to be the parent and tell her everything is okay. I hold her close, her hands repeatedly guiding my hands to cover her ears from the noise of rain, thunder, and wind. “It’s okay, baby, it’s okay,” I murmur...

Not everything can be fascinating, mind-blowing and life-changing. Every film cannot win Academy Awards, and every book will not be a New York Times bestseller. But that is okay! If everything was the best and the biggest and the boldest all the time, we would be wildly overstimulated. Every meal should not be the spiciest dish you’ve ever tasted, or you would never appreciate food with a good kick. Sometimes, it’s okay for things to just be mild.  In celebration of all the middle of the road fun facts people have recently learned and not-quite-fascinating things people have recently seen,...

What to get for the outdoor enthusiast in your life? Whether that person is into hiking, camping, canoeing, hunting, fishing or they simply love using life’s most practical outdoor gear in everyday life, we’ve got you covered. We put together a curation of the best gifts to help you check that outdoorsy person off your holiday gifting list.  SOL Fire Lite Fuel-Free Light Gone are the days of trying to start a fire with a dud match or a lighter out of fuel. The Fire Lite Fuel-Free Lighter helps you start a fire with the touch of a button no...