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  • David Pescovitz
    11:53 am Wed, Oct 11, 2023
    Parents unhappy with teacher who showed Winnie the Pooh slasher film to fourth graders

    In January 2022, the original Winnie-the-Pooh book from 1926 entered the public domain, freeing up the character from copyright protection. One outcome was Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023), a British… Read the rest of the article: Parents unhappy with teacher who showed Winnie the Pooh slasher film to fourth graders

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  • David Pescovitz
    11:06 am Wed, Oct 11, 2023
    Japanese auteurs Miyazaki and Kurosawa chatting it up about art and life (video)

    Two of the greatest Japanese filmmakers in history—Hayao Miyazaki and Akira Kurosawa—talk about life and art in this 1993 footage. Below is a brief clip with subtitles followed by much… Read the rest of the article: Japanese auteurs Miyazaki and Kurosawa chatting it up about art and life (video)

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  • David Pescovitz
    10:20 am Wed, Oct 11, 2023
    Listen to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' entire "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" made with the sounds of Donkey Kong Country

    The funky monk(ey)s of fxsnowy felt compelled to cover the classic Red Hot Chili Peppers album "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" (1991) using the sounds of Donkey Kong Country (1994) for… Read the rest of the article: Listen to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' entire "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" made with the sounds of Donkey Kong Country

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:44 am Wed, Oct 11, 2023
    Train passengers capture video of Bigfoot strolling in Colorado wilderness illustration: Raggedstone/Shutterstock

    Shannon and Stetson Parker were riding the train from Durango, Colorado to Silverton over the weekend when they spotted a furry figure moving on the hillside in a remote region… Read the rest of the article: Train passengers capture video of Bigfoot strolling in Colorado wilderness

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:06 am Wed, Oct 11, 2023
    NASA reveals asteroid sample contains building blocks of life

    NASA reports that the sample of the asteroid Bennu recently brought to Earth last month contains two building blocks of life, specifically carbon and water. The OSIRIS-REx space probe that… Read the rest of the article: NASA reveals asteroid sample contains building blocks of life

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  • David Pescovitz
    12:41 pm Tue, Oct 10, 2023
    Weird vintage photos of people showing off… their teeth

    Sink your teeth into this curious collection of vintage snapshots depicting people showing off their chompers, as curated by esteemed vernacular photography collector Robert E. Jackson. You might call them… tooth pics.… Read the rest of the article: Weird vintage photos of people showing off… their teeth

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  • David Pescovitz
    10:10 am Tue, Oct 10, 2023
    Customs agents stop woman carrying giraffe poop in her luggage

    A woman returning to the United States from a trip to Kenya had a curious declaration at the US Customs and Border Protection checkpoint: giraffe poop. The woman explained that… Read the rest of the article: Customs agents stop woman carrying giraffe poop in her luggage

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:44 am Tue, Oct 10, 2023
    Art museum employee stole paintings and swapped in forgeries

    An employee of the Deutsches Museum was busted for snatching paintings, swapping in fakes, and then selling the originals at auction. According to one of the auction houses, "simply wasn't… Read the rest of the article: Art museum employee stole paintings and swapped in forgeries

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:16 am Tue, Oct 10, 2023
    This object is now the fastest thing humans ever made

    NASA's Parker Solar Probe just took its 17th lap around the Sun. It was traveling at 394,736 miles (635,266 km) per hour, making it the fastest human-made object in history.… Read the rest of the article: This object is now the fastest thing humans ever made

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:30 am Tue, Oct 10, 2023
    Jerry Seinfeld teases that a Seinfeld reunion may be in the works (video) Seinfeld

    During the q/a section of Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up appearance in Boston on Saturday, an audience member asked him if he liked the way Seinfeld TV series ended in 1998. "Well,… Read the rest of the article: Jerry Seinfeld teases that a Seinfeld reunion may be in the works (video)

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  • David Pescovitz
    1:40 pm Mon, Oct 9, 2023
    Here's a primer on the far-out sounds of free jazz

    You may think you don't "like" free jazz but perhaps you just don't have a "way in." The improvisational and avant-garde genre first emerged in the early 1960s and became… Read the rest of the article: Here's a primer on the far-out sounds of free jazz

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:31 am Mon, Oct 9, 2023
    San Francisco Bay Area restaurants charge patrons who barf at brunch

    Whether it's a hangover or too many mimosas, or both, patrons of San Francisco barf at brunch with such frequency that some establishments are now charging a cleaning fee if… Read the rest of the article: San Francisco Bay Area restaurants charge patrons who barf at brunch

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:04 am Mon, Oct 9, 2023
    Alabama library flagged children's book as "sexually explicit" because of the author's last name

    Huntsville-Madison County Public Library flagged a children's picture book called Read Me a Story, Stella as possibly sexually explicit. Fortunately, before the book was permanently removed from the kids section,… Read the rest of the article: Alabama library flagged children's book as "sexually explicit" because of the author's last name

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:47 am Mon, Oct 9, 2023
    New York firefighters rush to burning house which… wasn't that (video) Image: John Hanley/Shutterstock

    Last weekend, a house in Glens Falls, New York appeared to be aflame. The fire department responded to the "confirmed structure fire" that turned out to be… a Halloween display.… Read the rest of the article: New York firefighters rush to burning house which… wasn't that (video)

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:23 am Mon, Oct 9, 2023
    NASA image from 1973 reveals alien structure inside lunar crater…. or not image: NASA

    UFO Sightings Daily's Scott C. Waring—who previously spotted a human leg on Mars, Jesus in Antarctica, and a giant robot inside Area 51—noticed something strange in a NASA image of… Read the rest of the article: NASA image from 1973 reveals alien structure inside lunar crater…. or not

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  • David Pescovitz
    12:43 pm Thu, Oct 5, 2023
    Mini "Dance Dance Revolution" console is played with your fingertips

    Dance Dance Revolution is 25 years-old and to celebrate, Zuiki is crowdfunding a miniature version of the game that you play with your fingertips. It's priced at ¥43,780 JPY (approximately… Read the rest of the article: Mini "Dance Dance Revolution" console is played with your fingertips

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  • David Pescovitz
    12:18 pm Thu, Oct 5, 2023
    How did these cow carcasses get on top of this home?

    Wisconsin photographer Stephanie Hull was shooting at an abandoned farmstead in rural southwestern Utah when she noticed something quite odd. The property was peppered with cattle carcasses including, inexplicably, on… Read the rest of the article: How did these cow carcasses get on top of this home?

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  • David Pescovitz
    11:57 am Thu, Oct 5, 2023
    Saucer News: archives of the historic UFO magazine now available online

    In 1953, James W. Mosely (1931-2012), bitten by the flying saucer bug, traversed the USA by car to investigate UFO cases and meet researchers in preparation for a book he… Read the rest of the article: Saucer News: archives of the historic UFO magazine now available online

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  • David Pescovitz
    11:40 am Thu, Oct 5, 2023
    "New dimensions of reality": Near-death experiences persisted for an hour after patients' hearts stopped, neuroscientists reveal

    Neuroscience continues to reveal the reality of "near-death experiences." New research led by New York University showed that ", some patients revived by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) had clear memories afterward… Read the rest of the article: "New dimensions of reality": Near-death experiences persisted for an hour after patients' hearts stopped, neuroscientists reveal

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  • David Pescovitz
    11:10 am Thu, Oct 5, 2023
    Incredible video of mile-high dust devil on Mars

    NASA's Perseverance rover captured the incredible video below of a dust devil moving across the Martian surface. What's truly amazing is that the swirling vortex reached 1.2 miles into the… Read the rest of the article: Incredible video of mile-high dust devil on Mars

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