Puffy is "a plush figure in the shape and size of a male human body, but with the head of a half-asleep bear." You can order Puffy for $160 but… Read the rest of the article: Puffy is a human-size plushie with the head of a teddy bear and body shape of a man to cuddle with for "warmth, hugs and peace"
When you poop, why do some feces float while others sink to the bottom of the toilet bowl? Researchers from the esteemed Mayo Clinic have just published a scientific paper… Read the rest of the article: Scientists finally discover why some poop floats and other sinks
Five days after it launched, NASA's Orion spacecraft successfully executed a very close flyby of the Moon this morning, just 81 miles above the lunar surface. The first mission in… Read the rest of the article: Orion spacecraft zipped by the Moon this morning just 81 miles above the lunar surface
Indiana Jones 5, due out next summer, will take place in 1969 and feature Indy tangling with former-Nazis in 1969 during the height of the space race between the US… Read the rest of the article: Indiana Jones 5 will be about the space race and Nazi rocket scientists!
In 2009, Current TV's "Supernews!" program featured this cartoon making fun of Twitter. From a Wired interview at the time with show creator Josh Faure-Brac: Wired.com: …Are you worried about making the… Read the rest of the article: "The Trouble with Twitter," a cartoon from 2009
Apple AirPod Pros "may have the potential to be a hearing assistive device for adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss," according to a new scientific study. The researchers from Taipei Veterans… Read the rest of the article: AirPod Pros are functionally pretty close to hearing aids
Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like an Artist, has taken down the paywall on some of his favorite newsletter posts, including this wonderful piece about how to "get unstuck" by… Read the rest of the article: How to make a map of your mind
Earlier this month, the National Park Service issued a warning on Facebook for park visitors to "refrain from licking" the Sonoran desert toad (Bufo alvarius). The toad secretes toxins that… Read the rest of the article: National Park Service warning against licking toads was not based on any ranger reports of people actually licking toads, according to FOIA response
Brandon Presha, 29, pled guilty to charges that he tattooed a minor while seated in the dining room of a McDonald's in Laurens, South Carolina. The judge was not loving… Read the rest of the article: Gentleman pleads guilty for tattooing minor… at McDonald's.
Catastrophic drought has dried up the vast majority of water in the 2,800 square kilometer Dongting Lake in Hunan, China, revealing a strange site on the lake bottom. While experts… Read the rest of the article: What are these mysterious maze patterns at the bottom of a massive Chinese lake?
Yesterday, Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) voted against advancing the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill providing Federal protection for same-sex and interracial marriage. Thing is, McConnell's wife is… Read the rest of the article: Mitch McConnell voted against interracial marriage, despite the fact that he's married to an Asian woman
Zhao He, 95, of Shandong Province, China suffered a fall and was taken to the hospital after experiencing pain in his neck. An X-ray revealed a bullet lodged in the… Read the rest of the article: World War II veteran found out he had a bullet in his neck for 77 years
Individuals associated with the activist group Animal Liberation Front allegedly released tens of thousands of minks from a farm in northwestern Ohio on Tuesday. With more than 10,000 of them… Read the rest of the article: Activists released thousands of minks that are now on the loose in Ohio
This fantastic "unofficial" music video for The Kinks classic "You Really Got Me" aired on the Australian program Rage in 1990, according to a Reddit post. The stop-motion clip stars… Read the rest of the article: This strange stop-motion music video for The Kinks' "You Really Got Me" starring GI Joe, Barbie, and a gorilla in bed inspired a Nissan commercial
For more than a year, a mysterious and annoying noise has been annoying the people of Brooklyn, New York's Fort Greene neighborhood. "It sounds very much like a resonance, a… Read the rest of the article: What is the weird sound driving Brooklyn residents crazy for over a year?
Nintendo Power was a print magazine published from 1988 to 2012, essentially from the heyday of the NES through the introduction of the Wii U console. Nearly all the issues… Read the rest of the article: All 285 issues of Nintendo Power magazine available for free download at Archive.org
Last night, a Russian-made missile hit farm in south-eastern Poland, killing two people. It turns out that the missile was almost certainly not launched by Russia but rather Ukraine. Analysis… Read the rest of the article: Turns out Russian missile that hit Poland last night was misfire by Ukraine
Brian Eno's new music video for "Garden of Stars"—another heavy number from his first studio album in six years that was released last month—is a cosmic trip. The video is… Read the rest of the article: Brian Eno's new music video is a cosmic floral trip
After a series of technical delays, NASA finally launched the most powerful rocket in the world last night to take the Orion spacecraft on a journey past the Moon. The… Read the rest of the article: Glorious video of last night's rocket launch to the Moon!
A pack of poodles allegedly attacked a corgi and her human recently on a Northern California beach. According to Kathrin Burleson, she and her corgi Emma were strolling along when… Read the rest of the article: Pack of poodles attack corgi and her human
