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I'd like to take everyone back to early 1990. Noriega had just surrendered, Mandela was free, and a little film known as Back to the Future II had instilled in us the thought that skateboards could fly. Full of hopes and promises of an insanely awesome future, with 2015 right around the corner, the film doesn't seem to be as accurate as we'd hoped.

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(via Swiss Miss)

Today's Mental Floss quiz was quite pleasant. Match the guitar solo to the song it's from (or artist or album, they're all listed). It's a bit easier if you are of a certain age, which I apparently am.

- We'll start with 20 great Price is Right videos. Ending with, of course, the bouncing t-shirts.
- Shopping at Diesel? Buying tickets to the Warped Tour? You need the Midlife Crisis retreat.
- What do you do after drowning to save everyone on that island? You rob graves, of course.
- Check out the original animation that led to one of the greatest movies ever...Office Space.
- And you'd think someone at the BBC news would've heard of a certain internet phenomenon.

In The Prison Life: Paris, you must help Paris stamp liscence plates. Don’t stamp the puppy!