From bachelorette parties and bagel gurus to con men and canine clones, these are the absolute best articles we read in 2018.
The 18 Best Articles We Read in 2018
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If You've Ever Begrudgingly Worn A T-shirt That Read 'bride Squad' In Purple Rhinestones...
Read about how Nashville became the bachelorette capital of the world. (BuzzFeed)
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If You've Ever Experienced The Devastation Of Losing A Pet...
Read about the controversial practice of dog cloning, and the grieving pet parents who pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to do it. (Vanity Fair)
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If You Wish The 'ocean's' Movies Were Real...
Read about the cunning thief who’s been targeting Hollywood insiders and scheming them out of thousands of dollars. (The Hollywood Reporter)
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If You've Experienced The Unparalleled Greatness That Is A Kit Kat Bar...
Read about how the candy has become an indispensable part of Japanese culture. (The New York Times Magazine)
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If You Have Fond Memories Of Playing Mcdonald's Monopoly...
Read about how an ex-cop rigged the game and stole millions of dollars. (The Daily Beast)
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If You Can't Keep The Barrage Of Conflicting Diet Advice Being Thrown At You From Every Direction Every Day Straight...
Read about how everything we as a society know about obesity is actually wrong. (Highline)
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If You've Seen More 'the Future Is Female' Tees Than You Can Count...
Read about the sometimes false activism of wearing a political slogan tee. (Los Angeles Review of Books)
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If You Want To Read A Story So Unbelievable, You'll Check (multiple Times) If It's Actually True...
Read about the decades of horrific abuse incurred by children at a Catholic orphanage in Vermont. (BuzzFeed)
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If You've Always Had A Weird Feeling About Johnny Depp...
Read an engrossing profile of the actor that, albeit momentarily, captivated a nation. (Rolling Stone)
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If You Have Fond (or Not So Fond) Memories Of Day Drinking And Wet T-shirt Contests...
Read about a resort in Fort Myers, Florida, where it’s always Spring Break. (Topic)
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If You Couldn't Get Enough Of the L.a. Times' 'dirty John' Series...
Read about another con man who charmed women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars—until they banded together. (The Atlantic)
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If You're Still Reeling From The News That A 7-year-old Youtube Star Made $22 Million This Year...
Read about the often isolating lives of professional YouTubers. (Vice)
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If You Thought It Was Bad When Your Roommate Finished Your Greek Yogurt That One Time...
Read a roommate horror story so horrible, you’ll be thankful you made it out of college and your early 20s alive. (New York Magazine)
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If You're Obsessively Tracking The California Wildfires...
Read a harrowing story about death and survival during the Carr Fire this past summer. (The San Francisco Chronicle)
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If You've Ever Complained About A Long Wait At The Doctor's Office...
Read about a woman whose death exposed major flaws in Massachusetts’s emergency response system. (Boston Globe)
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If You Binge-watched 'wild Wild Country'...
Read about one writer’s wild journey into L.A.’s “cult of betterness.” (GQ)
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If You've Been Seeing Cbd Everywhere Lately...
Read about whether or not the crazy-popular cannabis compound is actually a huge scam. (Vox)
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If You (rightfully) Think That Bagels Make Everything Better...
Read about a carby day in the life of Vermont’s best bagel maker. (Burlington Free Press)