In June 1995, physicians Angus Wallace and Tom Wong were waiting for their flight to depart Hong Kong to London when they were asked to examine a woman complaining of… Read the rest of the article: Incredible story of a successful in-flight surgery using fork, knife, coat hanger, and cognac

Hiro-chan is a very simple, inexpensive, and, er, faceless robotic baby doll designed to comfort elderly people. (Video below.) Unlike the very similar looking Amish dolls that lack faces for… Read the rest of the article: Very weird faceless robot baby for elderly people

In San Diego, California, strip club chain Deja Vu Showgirls distributed 150 tents to homeless people. The tents are emblazoned with the Deja Vu logo, natch. From 10News: A picture… Read the rest of the article: Strip club gave away tents with their logo to homeless people

Not surprisingly, getting a reservation at the hottest Manhattan restaurants is easier if you're rich, famous, an influencer, a media bigshot, or all of those things. But even within the… Read the rest of the article: Behind the velvet rope hierarchies of NYC restaurant reservations

More than 40 years ago, Eric McMillan, a renowned designer of children's play areas, and his team created the ball pit, those troughs of brightly-colored plastic balls that children swim… Read the rest of the article: The inventor of the ball pit was inspired by a jar of pickled onions

Back around 500 BCE or so in what is now York, U.K, a gentleman was decapitated for who-knows-why and his head quickly buried. To the amazement of the archaeologists who… Read the rest of the article: The secrets within a 2,600-year-old preserved brain of a decapitated man

Scientists attached 3D glasses to cuttlefish to better understand the molluscs' visual perception as it relates to their ability to attack prey. They were treated to 3D screenings of shrimp… Read the rest of the article: Scientists put 3D glasses on cuttlefish

Apparently there's been a rash of fraudulent text messages informing recipients that they have been drafted in the United States Army and they should call the recruiting office immediately. I'd… Read the rest of the article: That text informing you that you've been drafted into the US Army? It's fake. For now.

Last year, the almost entirely charred remains of Boleskine House, occultist Aleister Crowley's infamous digs on the shores of Loch Ness in Scotland that Jimmy Page later owned, went up… Read the rest of the article: Now on eBay: burnt bits of Aleister Crowley's infamous Boleskine House

The University of North Florida is the latest customer of the Pizza ATM, an automated vending machine. The machine costs around $60,000. From the Florida Times-Union: Brook Adams, senior executive… Read the rest of the article: University installs pizza vending machine in dorm

These are just a small sample of Michael Schlegel's glorious photographs of trees in Fanal, the laurisilva forest of Madeira, Portugal. The otherworldly images reassure me with their quiet calm.… Read the rest of the article: Absolutely magnificent black-and-white photos of trees in the fog

That's quite a scene, man. No wonder I'm addicted to the stuff. According to the Sweet Jane blog, a young Bruce Robinson is one of the hep cats. From British… Read the rest of the article: Incredibly groovy TV commercial for "Good Strong Coffee" (1968)

Ryan Scribner and Jake Carlini stayed at the cheapest Airbnb in New York City. It was $30/night. Above is Ryan's video and below is Jake's documentation of the experience. The… Read the rest of the article: "I Stayed At The Cheapest Airbnb In NYC," just $30/night

Barrow (aka Utqiaġvik), Alaska is the northernmost city in the United States. It's so far from most civilization that the grocery prices are astronomical. For example, a bag of frozen… Read the rest of the article: Visiting what may be the most remote and expensive supermarket in America

Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of the iconic Generation X memoir "Prozac Nation" (1994), died today of metastatic breast cancer. She was 52. Wurtzel was also the author of Bitch: In Praise… Read the rest of the article: Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation, RIP

BB contributor and DIY science hacker Ariel Waldman recently went on a research expedition to Antarctica to study microscopic extremophiles under the ice. She made a great video series about… Read the rest of the article: Interactive online tour of Antarctica's microworld from science hacker Ariel Waldman

Edison Electric Institute created this fantastic public safety video in 1990 with CGI that's been aged to perfection for today's vaporwave music videos. (via r/ObscureMedia)

Farmers are increasingly sick of high-tech tractors that are expensive to buy and usually impossible to fix yourself due to their integrated digital technology. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune,… Read the rest of the article: New demand for very old farm tractors specifically because they're low tech

Helen Sharman was the first British astronaut and in 1991 became the first woman to visit the Soviet Mir space station. In an interview published in The Guardian yesterday, she… Read the rest of the article: Astronaut Helen Sharman: extraterrestrials exist and they may be here now

In Richmond Heights, Missouri, a woman says she visited a mattress store to test out the beds, finding one so comfortable that she fell asleep. As she snoozed apparently unnoticed,… Read the rest of the article: Woman "accidentally" spent the night in a mattress store