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The Paleofuture blog turns 7 years old today! And you can now find every Paleofuture post ever written—right here at…

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Facebook has basically made remembering birthdays meaningless. With automatic reminders, it's just as easy to wish a…

The murky legacy of Henry Ford—who would’ve been 150 today—centers around a few familiar ideas like the assembly line…

A very awesome Florida dad rented out his local historic movie theater so his son could have a fantastic 13th birthday…

Do you ever feel like you're always running into people with your birthday? It might not be you; it might be the date…

Presumably developed at some top-secret DARPA-funded research lab, what you're looking at here is the future of…

If it wasn't for Facebook, you'd probably forget all of your friends birthdays. Now, instead of just leaving them a…

We've already told you that Facebook ruined your birthday. And it's so completely true! It's completely meaningless…

Facebook both perfected and ruined the birthday. At first, it was the greatest convenience—never forget a special day…

Surrounded by friends and family, celebrating with good food and drink, birthdays are happy occasions that we all look…

Today's my birthday. Yaaay old drinks party Facebook shots punch hangover whatever. Anyway, this is the crap OKCupid…

Your birthday! The day you feel like the most special person on the planet! The day you get to do what you want. But…

Behold what will truly go down in history as one of the greatest feats of food engineering man has ever created. If…