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In September 2014, Facebook tested scheduled post deletion on iOS — borrowing Snapchat's core idea. TI's 2014 take on ephemeral social media, from the archives.

The 5th annual Chicago South Asian Film Festival ran September 18–21, 2014, launching the SAFA Awards with Nawazuddin Siddiqui as its first honoree.

Pizza, ice cream, pakoras, doughnuts, white rice — the foods we love that love our waistlines back. A 2014 TI list, fact-checked for today.

In 2014, Chicago's Pankaj and Swati Garg launched Somrus, an Indian cream liqueur of cardamom, saffron, and rose — and Wine Enthusiast gave it 94 points.

In September 2014, German DIY chain Hornbach released a viral ad: a father paints his house black so his bullied goth daughter feels loved at home.

In 2013, Martine Rothblatt earned $38.2 million — America's highest-paid female CEO. The transgender Sirius founder built biotech to save her daughter.

A 2014 NYT report on the 'pretesting effect': students who flunked a quiz before studying did 10% better on the final. Why failing first helps you learn.

From the TI archives: a parent's 2014 shortlist of magazines, toys, science kits, and free learning sites to keep kids aged 5–12 curious — most of them

Folorunsho Alakija, worth $2.6 billion in 2014, told University of Lagos students she never attended one. The fashion-to-oil story behind it.

Back-to-school forms ask about your child once a year. Here's what teachers actually need to know — health issues, learning style, and the home context that

In 2014, school districts dropped federal healthy-lunch standards — not opposing healthy food, but because uneaten meals went straight from tray to trash.

In 2014, a study documented the rise of 'suicide tourism' — terminally ill people traveling to Switzerland, where assisted suicide has been tolerated since

Katelyn Carlson and Natalie Giorgi were both 13 when food allergies killed them. What their stories teach about anaphylaxis, EpiPens, and taking allergies

In 2014, the Modi government announced five new IITs. TI's 2014 debate: would new institutes expand opportunity — or dilute the quality the IIT brand rests on?

A 2014 UCLA study found five screen-free days measurably improved preteens' ability to read emotions. The case for an occasional digital detox — and how to

From the 2014 Naperville Diary: Ribfest, the Ale Fest, municipal band concerts, and more — a snapshot of one summer in the western suburbs of Chicago.

From the 2014 Naperville Diary: a free introductory Art of Living talk on the Happiness Program, breathwork, and meditation, held in Willowbrook, Illinois.

A man's demand for an open relationship backfired: his girlfriend found plenty of dates while he found none. The 2014 Reddit story that made TI readers

Wi-Fi refugees: electromagnetic hypersensitivity sufferers moved to Green Bank, West Virginia, inside the National Radio Quiet Zone, seeking relief.

Arup Raha's Bolly Volley column, Vol. 16: Kangana Ranaut's Queen is the perfect International Women's Day watch — plus a quiz on her surprising extra credit