In Russia, some idiot spraypainted this polar bear with "T-34," the model of a Soviet tank. The video was shared by World Wildlife Fund employee Sergey Kavry who lives in… Read the rest of the article: Some idiot painted graffiti on a Russian polar bear and now the animal likely won't survive

In Citrus County, Florida, a dizzy driver veered off the road, crossed the berm, and then launched into the air, flying over more than a dozen cars at a dealership.… Read the rest of the article: Watch a car accidentally launch off the the road and fly over dozens of autos at a dealership

In the 1970s, "Billy" Eduard Albert Meier documented the extraterrestrials who visited him by taking fantastic photographs of their spacecraft zooming over the Swiss countryside. Meier, founder of Freie Interessengemeinschaft… Read the rest of the article: Vintage UFO photos sold at auction, including the one from The X-Files "I Want To Believe" poster

Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia has opened a food court restaurant at a mall in Kuala Lumpur. Called Santan, the restaurant serves the same food as what's on the airline's in-flight… Read the rest of the article: Airline opens restaurant serving their airplane food

This lovely cover was heard in the seventh episode of the new Watchmen TV show, titled "An Almost Religious Awe." The track will appear on Reznor and Ross's album "Watchmen:… Read the rest of the article: Listen to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's minimalist cover of David Bowie's "Life on Mars?"

Johnny Depp is producing a musical about Michael Jackson's sequined glove. Well, it's actually about Jackson's life but told from the perspective of the glove. Surprise, the Jackson estate has… Read the rest of the article: Johnny Depp producing a musical about Michael Jackson's sequined glove

Farmers in the Malnad region in South India are reportedly dying their dogs' fur with tiger stripes to scare off bands of marauding monkeys. Apparently the monkeys are wreaking havoc… Read the rest of the article: Dogs painted like tigers to scare off monkeys

We all know the game Operation in which the player must conduct surgery on a curious character named Cavity Sam. As the commercial goes, "It takes a very steady hand."… Read the rest of the article: The game Operation was born as a test of desert survival skills

Given that by the time we see a new season of Stranger Things the kids will probably be in college, this will have to do! That's ok because, as Steve… Read the rest of the article: Watch this funny and curiously compelling Bad Lip Reading spin-off of Stranger Things

In 1997, Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, needed some cash. So he made a Pizza Hut commercial. Of course there was more to the story than… Read the rest of the article: The time Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a Pizza Hut commercial

The Australian Acoustic Observatory project, described by its creators as a kind of "Google Street View of sound," is a new acoustic sensor network of hundreds of microphones and digital… Read the rest of the article: A "Google Street View" for the natural sounds of remote Australia

Today is Black Friday Record Store Day and The National released a three-cassette box set titled The National: Juicy Sonic Magic, Live in Berkeley, September 24-25, 2018. But this isn't… Read the rest of the article: Short documentary about famous live concert bootlegger

After producing the Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition, my buddy Tim Daly and I launched a record/publishing label, Ozma Records, to publish creative works at the intersection of science,… Read the rest of the article: Sale on the Voyager Golden Record LP and CD sets and The Family Acid: California photobook!

And in accordance with tradition, Uncle Bill will now lead us in "A Thanksgiving Prayer" (1986).

As part of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' "Edward Hopper and the American Hotel" exhibition, the curators have created a brilliant installation and visitor experience that's seemingly made for… Read the rest of the article: Sleeping inside one of Edward Hopper's hotel room paintings

Oooh. Ahhh. The finale is fantastic but they could have intensified the build-up with just a few well-timed acrobats. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland, USA (acting as Implosion… Read the rest of the article: Watch this fantastic Las Vegas-style hotel demolition in Las Vegas

This is Men at Work's "Down Under" as it was originally released in 1980 as the B-side to the band's self-released "Keypunch Operator" 7". A year later, the band re-recorded… Read the rest of the article: Listen to the original, slower, better (!) version of Men at Work's "Down Under"

Found in the the University of Washington Libraries's Special Collections, this c.1898 photo of badass climate activist Greta Thunberg proves that she is a time traveler who is here to… Read the rest of the article: Photo proof: Greta Thunberg is a time traveler who has come here to save us from ourselves

Over the years, we've posted about (but sadly never had the opportunity to try) the Sourtoe Cocktail, the infamous drink containing preserved human toes that's served at the Downtown Hotel… Read the rest of the article: Bartender behind the infamous cocktail containing a human toe died and donated his toes to the bar

At least 145 coffins have been discovered underneath King High School in Tampa, Florida. Apparently a citizen researching area cemeteries advised the school district that in the first half of… Read the rest of the article: "Forgotten" African-American cemetery discovered under Florida high school