58% of 28,113 people surveyed eat ears first: "33% indicated that they had no starting point preference, and 4% indicated that they started with the tail or feet." (via Marginal Revolution) (Image: Card Karma, CC-BY)
Normal people eat chocolate bunnies ears-first
Gentleman on EasyJet flight began eating his phone, forced landing
A gentleman on an easyJet flight from Manchester to Iceland apparently began disassembling and chewing up parts of his mobile phone, causing the battery to smoke and alarming passengers. Prior… READ THE REST
McMansion Hell awards its annual prize for the best gingerbread McMansion!
Last year, McMansion Hell (previously) inaugurated its annual gingerbread McMansion competition, inviting America's bakers to challenge themselves to build the largest, most ostentatious, most ill-conceived McMansion in gingerbread form. READ THE REST
KFC sells an artificial fire log that smells like greasy fried chicken
Kentucky Fried Chicken teamed up with Enviro-Log to bring back the 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog that apparently sold out in just a few hours last year. On its site,… READ THE REST
Deal Days knocks this HP EliteBook workhorse down to $275
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: The certified refurbished HP EliteBook 840 G8 packs a Core i5 processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and… READ THE REST
Learn 14 languages from 100+ linguists while this Deal Days Babbel offer is still valid
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Babbel's lifetime plan gives you access to 14 languages, 10,000+ hours of lessons, AI conversation practice, and… READ THE REST
ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini are all invited—and lifetime access is just $54.97 during Deal Days
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: ChatPlayground lets you compare responses from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and more in one interface. Lifetime access to… READ THE REST
