In 2016, Bennie L. Hart applied for a vanity license plate emblazoned with "IM GOD." The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet refused to issue the plate, apparently because it was related to… Read the rest of the article: Federal Court: Kentucky discriminated by disallowing "IM GOD" license plate
Laurent Simons is pursuing a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) in the Netherlands. He's 9 years old. After graduation, he intends to earn… Read the rest of the article: Boy genius will graduate college at age 9
In 2015, Amsterdam-based e-bike company VanMoof started shipping to the United States but found that a disproportionate number of them were damaged during shipping. So they started putting the bikes… Read the rest of the article: Bicycles shipped in fake flatscreen TV boxes suffer less shipping damage
This good boy is named Narwhal. And yes, he has a tail growing from his head. Kind folks rescued from the cold outdoors in Kansas City, Mo. and took the… Read the rest of the article: This adorable puppy has a tail growing from his head
In 1917, Swedish steamer ship Kyros was traveling from France to Russia when a German U-boat sunk it in the Baltic Sea. The shipwreck was discovered in 1999 but it… Read the rest of the article: Divers retrieve hundreds of bottles of booze from a World War I shipwreck
Gibby Haynes, frontman for legendary psych band the Butthole Surfers, penned a young adult novel, "Me and Mr. Cigar," to be released in January. And no surprise, it sound fantastically… Read the rest of the article: Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes wrote a young adult novel and it sounds fantastically weird
Casio G-Shock and Transformers are releasing a Nemesis Prime action figure that contains a G-Shock wristwatch in its chest. More than meets the eye, the Optimus Prime also transforms into… Read the rest of the article: Nemesis Prime Transformer has a G-Shock wristwatch in its chest
This is the most cyberpunk thing I've seen for a while: Chilean protesters using lasers to take down a drone. pic.twitter.com/tLSgj7YSB6 — NetSec Focus (@netsecfocus) November 13, 2019 As William… Read the rest of the article: Protestors use laser pointers to bring down police drone
Badin High School, a private Catholic school in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced that starting next year, all students will undergo mandatory drug tests at least annually. According to the school's new… Read the rest of the article: High school will require mandatory drug tests for students
The European Medicines Agency approved a vaccine for the deadly Ebola Virus Disease. The vaccine has already been administered to hundreds of thousands of people in the Democratic Republic of… Read the rest of the article: There is finally an approved vaccine for Ebola
In Mumbai, India, the Western Railway deployed a police officer dressed as Yamarāja, a Hindu god of death, to educate commuters about railway safety and enforce the laws. From Zee… Read the rest of the article: God of Death deployed to enforce railway laws in India
This is a silver-backed chevrotain, aka "mouse-deer," from Vietnam.
During the early 20th century, Kutol Products was the world's biggest manufacturer of wallpaper cleaning products. But once coal heating in homes was replaced with oil, gas, and electricity, dirty… Read the rest of the article: How wallpaper cleaner became one of the most popular toys ever
Indlovu Gin is a new spirit infused with elephant dung. Gives new meaning to the term "shit-faced." It sells for about $32 per bottle. Creators Les and Paula Ansley of… Read the rest of the article: Artisinal gin flavored with elephant dung gets you shit-faced
Inspired by the way plants grow, MIT researchers designed a flexible robot appendage that can work in tight spaces but is rigid enough to support heavy parts or twist tight… Read the rest of the article: Robot appendage "grows" like a plant
The annual 'Thriller' performance at Abbington Senior Living is glorious pic.twitter.com/aEbru9qWA5 — Giles Paley-Phillips (@eliistender10) November 10, 2019 Enjoy the funk of, er, 65+ years in this video of the… Read the rest of the article: The joy of elderly people doing the Thriller dance
Bebop Stop-Motion made this terrific stop-motion cooking clip of a gooey, bubbling pizza from 3,300 photos and countless Lego bricks. And here's a bonus stop-motion cooking classic, "Western Spaghetti" by… Read the rest of the article: This stop-motion pizza looks delicious
In 1994, Apple's Mac OS 7 licensing program briefly enabled other companies to make and sell Macintosh computers. In response, Apple employees "Dave Garr & The Licensees" created this delightful… Read the rest of the article: Funny internal Apple video from 1994: "I Think We're A Clone Now"
In 1996, Benjamin Schreiber, 66, was sentenced to life in prison for killing a man with an axe handle. A few years later in the Iowa State Penitentiary, Schreiber suffered… Read the rest of the article: Convict who died and was resuscitated argues that his life sentence has been served
At Mysterious Universe, Paul Seaburn writes: In what can be considered an unusual convergence of conspiracy theories, a man who runs a Bigfoot videos YouTube channel was chasing chemtrails when… Read the rest of the article: "Bigfoot Watcher Chasing Chemtrails Records a UFO"
