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Links we love today: Juicy Rumours, the easiest ice cream recipe, loving Kate McKinnon and more

By Samantha Pitchel

4.8.12 | 6:05 pm

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The New York Post excerpts Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album.

Lana Del Rey and Axl Rose might be dating :(

BBC News wants to teach you how to strengthen your willpower.

Making ice cream in a freezer bag shouldn’t sound delicious but it does.

Let's all mourn the life-sized Starship Enterprise that could have been.

A day in the life of Dodger Stadium.

New SNL cast member Kate McKinnon made her debut last night:

The coolest fourth grader ever is a dance master, loves Tilly and the Wall:

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