We love posting about drivers putting mannequins in the passenger seat to drive in the HOV lane without getting nabbed by the fuzz. This is one of the laziest examples we've seen… Read the rest of the article: Laziest attempt at fake carpool passenger ever

We've posted several times about how people who are blind who have learned how to "see" and navigate the world using echolocation like bats, shrews, and whales. The skill involves making loud clicking noises… Read the rest of the article: People can learn to echolocate like bats in just ten weeks

Blue Origin (and Amazon) founder Jeff Bezos will head to space next month and likely back after an 11 minute flight. He's taking one of the cushy seats aboard the… Read the rest of the article: Jeff Bezos is going to space next month

Polygon's editors curated a list of The Greatest Achievements in Dumb Internet Video "to define a canon of funny videos created for the vast expanse of the internet. Ignoring nostalgia… Read the rest of the article: The "greatest" dumb Internet videos

In the South East England town of Ayelsbury, police were following a suspect in his vehicle when he suddenly stopped, jumped out, and ran. He ran toward a building to… Read the rest of the article: Man fleeing cops unknowingly tried to hide inside the police station

BetaGems curates interesting and unusual video treasures found in an archive of 1000+ Beta format videotapes from the 1980s and 1990s. The above clip is from a TV exercise program… Read the rest of the article: Watch "Boogie Before Bedtime," a delightful aerobics TV clip from 1986 with a Pink Floyd soundtrack

Kevin Markway caught this fantastic and rare albino catfish on the Missouri River. "Like other albino wildlife, albino blue catfish are rare," the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) commented in… Read the rest of the article: Man catches fantastic and rare albino catfish in Missouri river

Later this month, the Pentagon will release a report containing "a detailed analysis of unidentified aerial phenomena data and intelligence" collected by the US Office of Naval Intelligence, the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena… Read the rest of the article: Pentagon's UFO report: no evidence of extraterrestrials, but can't eliminate the possibility either

Last week in the city of Etawah, Western Uttar Pradesh, India, a bride named Surabhi reportedly died of a heart attack just as her wedding ceremony began. Shortly after, Surabhi's… Read the rest of the article: Bride dies at wedding, groom marries her sister instead

As the plague of 17-year cicadas descends across the eastern and midwestern United States, some people have decided that they are low-carb, gluten-free delicacy. This insectivore trend spurred the US… Read the rest of the article: If you're allergic to seafood, do not eat cicadas. If you're not, here are recipes.

This is a Saluki, a hunting dog originally bred by nomadic desert tribes in the Arabian Peninsula to hunt gazelle. Salukis are sighthounds which means the hunt using their sight… Read the rest of the article: Watch one of the world's fastest dogs run, and it's not a Greyhound

Flavorists are chemists who concoct magical additives to make pear ice cream, banana pudding mix, and black cherry energy bars that taste how we think fresh cherries should taste, even… Read the rest of the article: The odd tricks that make processed foods taste like they "should"

Since 2016, American and Canadian diplomats at an embassy in Havana, Cuba and US consulates and elsewhere have suffered neurological problems thought to have been caused by a mysterious directed… Read the rest of the article: Brain-frying energy weapons actually do exist, say scientists who would know

On June 5, the legendary minimalist composer Terry Riley—whose work continues to massively impact ambient, experimental, EDM, and even rock music—will perform online to raise funds for COVID-19 relief in… Read the rest of the article: Terry Riley: A rare streaming concert on June 5 to benefit India COVID-19 relief

In Scranton, Pennsylvania yesterday, West Scranton High School authorities viewing live surveillance video spotted a bobcat prowling around the school. They instantly evacuated the campus and called in the Game… Read the rest of the article: School evacuated due to bobcat which… wasn't

"Luckily no one was injured and the only casualty was a Sea-Doo," according to the description of the following delightful video recorded in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:

In Lake Worth, Florida, PJ Nilaja Patterson, charged with animal cruelty for "beating, dragging, and kicking" a 3-foot iguana that died due to its injuries, attempted to have his case… Read the rest of the article: Judge says no to Florida man's "stand your ground" defense for killing an iguana

As a kid, I learned the very basics of juggling from John Cassidy's classic Juggling for the Complete Klutz. I can still (barely) keep three balls aloft for about 15… Read the rest of the article: Watching someone juggle from above delivers the magic of a new perspective

Filmmaker Joey Helms flew his DJI drone directly into the crater of Iceland's erupting Fagradalsfjall volcano. "FPV (first person video) drones are notorious for crashing, it is part of the… Read the rest of the article: Watch first-person video from a drone flying directly into the fiery cauldron of Iceland's erupting volcano

Above is "Four Laps," a delightful Ignite talk about the joy of looped videos that itself is a looped video, by creative coder/typographer/writer Marcin Wichary. Over at Medium, Marcin reveals… Read the rest of the article: Watch this strange and fantastic short presentation about looped videos that itself is a looped video