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11:57 am Sat
Jun 13, 2015
A 65-year-old man in Buchen, Germany was collecting bottles and cans on an early morning walk when he was attacked and killed by a circus elephant who had somehow escaped her enclosure. Now the question is, was her enclosure not secured properly, or did someone intentionally let her out? An investigation is underway. The African Elephant, named Baby, was safely returned to her tent.
The Kalvan family brings juggling, acrobatics, science, and engineering together in an astonishing variety show. Jack, Jeri, Max and Oz are all talented faces you’ve likely seen on TV and in the movies. In addition to their insane book of skills, they’re accomplished jugglers, acrobats, circus and stunt people, this is also a family of […]
Katherine Dunn, the author of the incredible macabre comedic novel Geek Love, about the strange shenanigans in a circus sideshow, has died at age 70 from lung cancer. From a Los Angeles Times profile of Dunn at the time of the book’s release in 1989: As Dunn’s tale goes, Aloysius Binewski, proprietor of a traveling […]
A round of synchronized applause for Vlad Gapanovich, Maxim Golovchenko, and Evgeniy Pahalovich! I haven’t seen a multi-person juggling routine this captivating since The Flying Karamazov Brothers. The video, titled, um, “Drugs,” was directed by Taras Pozdnyakov, founder of [Raw Art], a “post-circus” of graduates from the Kiev Circus Academy.
Life isn’t getting any less hectic, and pressure cookers are a quick, healthy solution for a growing number of kitchens. But if you thought your Instant Pot was versatile, there’s a major upgrade on the market: The Yedi 9-in-1 Total Package Instant Programmable Pressure Cooker. If you’ve somehow never used a pressure cooker before, try […]
When it comes to data analytics or deep learning, there’s one language behind the apps and algorithms that power the biggest companies of today: Python. The best part about this tool is that as versatile as it is, it’s actually fairly easy to learn. But mastery? For that, you need more than just a beginners’ […]
Your smartphone’s GPS is a modern necessity for some trips, but how do you use it safely? It’s been a problem ever since phones went mobile. A certain phone mount even shelled out the money for a commercial during the Big Game, so clearly there’s a market for the solution. Turns out there are a […]
