Remember in October when we posted about a man brazenly shoplifting at a San Francisco Walgreens while TV news was in the store reporting on brazen shoplifting? The craziness continues,… Read the rest of the article: Watch this brazen Walgreens shoplifter fill a garbage bag with stolen stuff and ride a bike out the door
About 6 years ago, someone, or some thing, posted a slew of videos to YouTube of strange images quick-cut together with a backing track of chaotic electronic beeps. There are… Read the rest of the article: What are these strange videos of quick-cut random images accompanied by chaotic beeping noises?
On June 17, 1946, a fellow driving through St. Louis made the first mobile phone call. It was the result of decades of engineering work at Bell Labs and Western… Read the rest of the article: Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the first mobile phone call
Greg Wilkey, principal of East Side Elementary in Chattanooga, Tenn, wrote a moving letter to staff reflecting on the pandemic year. The letter was so good that it spread on… Read the rest of the article: Principal busted for plagiarizing another principal's reflections on the pandemic year. Twice.
Last summer, someone scored an original painting by David Bowie at a thrift store in Ontario. The unidentified buyer paid $5 for the artwork, titled DHead XLVI. The painting is… Read the rest of the article: Painting by David Bowie found for $5 in a thrift store is now up for auction
Those kinda resemble the droids you're looking for. "It's March 1976 at Elstree Studios, UK and the props department are demonstrating the practicalities of the droid designs to George Lucas… Read the rest of the article: Star Wars: Rare footage of screen tests with the unfinished droids (1976)
In Brooksville, Florida, personal trainer Bobby Read purchased a municipal building to convert into a fitness center. He paid $55,000. Turns out though that the deed also included the town's… Read the rest of the article: Florida town accidentally sold its water tower to local businessman
With more people flying, there's also been a noticeable increase of in-flight fights. Inspired by news of a physical altercation resulting from armrest conflict, Jason Torchinsky reminds us of the… Read the rest of the article: These are the rules for airplane armrests
LEGO showed off its buildable brick version of the iconic Adidas Superstar sneakers. "As shoes represent very organic objects, made from flexible material that also look different on every person,… Read the rest of the article: Check out LEGO's new model of Adidas Superstar sneakers
Just weeks before the Olympic track trials US runner Shelby Houlihan has been suspended after testing positive for the steroid nandrolone. Houlihan insists that she wasn't doping but the positive… Read the rest of the article: Olympic athlete banned for steroids, blames it on a burrito she ate
China's Zhurong rover on Mars was equipped with a detachable camera that it dropped ten meters from where it landed. One of the fantastic images Zhurong just sent back to Earth… Read the rest of the article: China's Mars rover sent home a selfie and it looks like a scene from WALL-E
Thailand is the latest country to impose heavy restrictions on cryptocurrency. In this case, Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have banned Dogecoin and other meme coins and also NFTs.… Read the rest of the article: Thailand bans Dogecoin and NFTs: "No clear objective or substance"
In Baltimore, a gentleman called emergency services reporting that he was suffering a heart attack. When an ambulance arrived and the paramedics entered the home, the 38-year-old man ran outside,… Read the rest of the article: Gentleman steals ambulance to drive himself to hospital
"Dream incubation advertising" is an experimental marketing technique that uses audio and video to shape the content of your dreams. The journal Science surveys the field and reports on a… Read the rest of the article: Advertisers trying to target your dreams
Captain Howdy, is that you? Reportedly first posted to TikTok by @sheaabutt00.
Another delightfully inefficient contraption from Joseph's Machines.
Off the coast of Provincetown, Mass. on Friday, a humpback whale scooped up a commercial lobster diver and nearly swallowed him. The divers name is not Jonah but rather Michael… Read the rest of the article: "I was completely inside": Diver nearly swallowed by humpback whale
Prankster Brad Heasman painted "Welcome to Perth" in huge letters on the roof of his warehouse that's visible from planes landing at Sydney International Airport. For those unfamiliar with Australia's… Read the rest of the article: Prankster painted huge "Welcome to Perth" sign visible from planes arriving at Sydney Airport
Satan only had a bit part in the Old Testament yet has enjoyed an outsized impact on culture. In this TED-Ed video, Brian A. Pavlac, King's College historian, author, and… Read the rest of the article: Watch a delightful animated brief history of the Devil
When I watched the Brady Bunch as a youngster, there was one particular deep guffaw that always caught my attention. I knew the laughs were pre-recorded but always assumed that… Read the rest of the article: Meet the man behind the laugh tracks of 1980s sitcoms
