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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
By Beau Hayhoe
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
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This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game 12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game
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12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game

From Tiger Woods’ surprisingly beatable low round to the golf course sitting 15,000+ feet above sea level.

By Cool Material
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Good luck spotting Nike's best releases this week. They're all camo.

By Cool Material
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The History of the Space Pen

You know that age-old saying, “Necessity is the mother of invention?” Well, it’s 100 percent true. Every single successful invention from the beginning of time came as an answer to some kind of question or problem. The wheel, paper, highway systems—all these things were invented by men and women who…

By Maxwell Barna
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King Card Playing Set

Poker night deserves better than a deck of ripped, stained, and partially folded cards. If you’re cracking a few cold ones and tossing around some chips, consider upping your deck game. The King Card Playing Set not only includes a deck of stunning Monarch Playing Cards from The U.S. Playing…

By Mike Newman
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Evoke Vaporizer

When it comes to a vaporizer, you're probably much more concerned with performance and what you can put inside than you are with the way that it looks. Fortunately for all us, we don't have to worry about making that sacrifice anymore thanks to Evoke because their vaporizer is wildly…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Pacific & West Walnut and Brass Notebooks

After years of making leather covers for other popular notebook brands, Joe Mansfield decided to turn his considerable design and manufacturing chops to a complete, ground up notebook redesign. After years of research, development and prototyping, Pacific & West’s premium Walnut and Brass Notebook was born. The process is absolutely…

By Cooper Fleishman
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10 Zippo Lighter Tricks

Americans have been carrying around Zippos since the 1930s. The lighters are, without question, one of the most iconic American products of all time. (Read more about that here.) But if you think taking one out of your pocket, flicking it on, and lighting something up is the extent of the fun you…

By Mike Newman
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