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  • David Pescovitz
    7:59 am Tue, Sep 27, 2022
    Michael Jackson's "deep voice" is quite unnerving image:

    Michael Jackson's falsetto singing and speaking voice was integral to his personality, but on rare occasions he'd drop into a deep baritone. I find it unnerving. Submitted for your review,… Read the rest of the article: Michael Jackson's "deep voice" is quite unnerving

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  • David Pescovitz
    7:43 am Tue, Sep 27, 2022
    University student arrested for threatening to detonate on-campus nuclear reactor if school's football team lost

    Police arrested a University of Utah student who allegedly threatened on social media to detonate a nuclear reactor located on campus if the Utes football team lost a big game… Read the rest of the article: University student arrested for threatening to detonate on-campus nuclear reactor if school's football team lost

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  • David Pescovitz
    11:35 am Mon, Sep 26, 2022
    Very cute Stranger Things 4 bloopers reel

    "I'm pretty sure that I… can't remember the rest of this line."

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  • David Pescovitz
    10:36 am Mon, Sep 26, 2022
    Vampire film museum exhibit includes opportunity to donate blood

    Nosferatu—filmmaker Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's German Expressionist masterpiece about a Transylvanian vampire—turns 100 this year. (You can watch it below!) To celebrate, Berlin's Nationalgalerie is staging an exhibition about the film… Read the rest of the article: Vampire film museum exhibit includes opportunity to donate blood

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  • David Pescovitz
    10:03 am Mon, Sep 26, 2022
    James Earl Jones has signed over Darth Vader's voice to artificial intelligence

    James Early Jones has signed over the rights to his Darth Vader voice to artificial intelligence. Respeecher, a Ukraine-based synthetic speech start-up, already used archival recordings and algorithms to create… Read the rest of the article: James Earl Jones has signed over Darth Vader's voice to artificial intelligence

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:45 am Mon, Sep 26, 2022
    Watch this ridiculous football punt ricochet off a player's butt yesterday, a first time in the NFL

    The highlight of yesterday's Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins football game was when the Dolphins' Thomas Morstead made a powerful punt that slammed right into the butt of his blocker,… Read the rest of the article: Watch this ridiculous football punt ricochet off a player's butt yesterday, a first time in the NFL

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:34 am Mon, Sep 26, 2022
    Wall Street Journal reports on Bigfoot, complete with one of their iconic "hedcut" portraits

    The Wall Street Journal wrote about the rise in legitimate researchers—from academics to naturalists—who are "open-minded skeptics" or true believers in Sasquatch. Wonderfully, the WSJ created one of their iconic… Read the rest of the article: Wall Street Journal reports on Bigfoot, complete with one of their iconic "hedcut" portraits

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  • David Pescovitz
    10:40 am Sat, Sep 24, 2022
    Spiritual jazz pioneer Pharoah Sanders, RIP

    The great Pharoah Sanders, a pioneering spiritual and avant-garde jazz saxophonist who first gained great acclaim in John Coltrane's 1960s bands, has died at age 81. "If you're in the… Read the rest of the article: Spiritual jazz pioneer Pharoah Sanders, RIP

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  • David Pescovitz
    10:38 am Fri, Sep 23, 2022
    Watch a pre-Alice In Chains, glam rock Layne Stayley go off about the PMRC on Seattle television (1985)

    In 1985, Tipper Gore (wife of then-senator Al Gore), formed the Parents Music Resource Center, a ridiculous committee that pushed (and succeeded) to have warning labels on albums that included… Read the rest of the article: Watch a pre-Alice In Chains, glam rock Layne Stayley go off about the PMRC on Seattle television (1985)

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  • David Pescovitz
    10:18 am Fri, Sep 23, 2022
    The CIA has launched a podcast

    The United States Central Intelligence Agency has launched a podcast. The mission of The Langley Files: A CIA Podcast is to educate and connect with the general public, sharing insight… Read the rest of the article: The CIA has launched a podcast

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  • David Pescovitz
    10:03 am Fri, Sep 23, 2022
    Impressive video of a deer leaping over a speeding car

    A Michigan State Police (MSP) officer's dashcam captured this fantastic video of a deer seemingly leaping right over a speeding car as the small herd races across the road. (Yes,… Read the rest of the article: Impressive video of a deer leaping over a speeding car

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:44 am Fri, Sep 23, 2022
    Tinder opened a convenience store

    Tinder opened a convenience store in Tokyo's bustling Shibuya . With a design inspired by the Family Mart chain, the Tinder SwipeMart offered free swag, snacks, and a photo area… Read the rest of the article: Tinder opened a convenience store

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:56 am Fri, Sep 23, 2022
    Restaurant enforces $10 "screaming children surcharge"

    Angie's Oyster Bar & Grill in Singapore implemented a $10 "screaming children surcharge" about a month ago and say that complaints about noisy kids have since dropped. (Earlier this year,… Read the rest of the article: Restaurant enforces $10 "screaming children surcharge"

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  • David Pescovitz
    10:54 am Thu, Sep 22, 2022
    Here's the real story behind the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books

    In the 1980s, the Choose Your Own Adventure book series was all the rage among kids. From "Journey Under the Sea" to "Your Code Name is Jonah," "The Abominable Snowman,"… Read the rest of the article: Here's the real story behind the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:47 am Thu, Sep 22, 2022
    Photographer spent the day inside Kurt Cobain's abandoned house

    Photographer Steve Birnbaum visits the locations where iconic images of musicians were taken and then photographs those familiar photos in that context. He recently visited the abandoned Hollywood Heights house… Read the rest of the article: Photographer spent the day inside Kurt Cobain's abandoned house

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:03 am Thu, Sep 22, 2022
    Interview with William Shatner, revealed last night as the "Masked Singer"

    Last night on the Masked Singer, the mysterious and bizarre Knight was revealed to be the great William Shatner (aka James T. Kirk of Star Trek: The Original Series). In… Read the rest of the article: Interview with William Shatner, revealed last night as the "Masked Singer"

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  • David Pescovitz
    7:51 am Thu, Sep 22, 2022
    Hilton hotels designing suites for NASA-funded private space station

    In the next decade, NASA is counting on private space stations to replace the International Space Station. One of those in development (with $160 in early-stage NASA funding so far)… Read the rest of the article: Hilton hotels designing suites for NASA-funded private space station

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  • David Pescovitz
    7:41 am Thu, Sep 22, 2022
    Telekinetic Trump claims he could declassify documents "by thinking about it"

    Yesterday, in his first TV interview since the search of Mar-a-Lago, Trump reveals that he can declassify documents "even by thinking about it." From the Washington Post: "There doesn't have… Read the rest of the article: Telekinetic Trump claims he could declassify documents "by thinking about it"

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  • David Pescovitz
    11:11 am Wed, Sep 21, 2022
    Extraordinary image of Neptune's rings as seen by Webb Telescope

    NASA released this stunning image of Neptune, the ice giant located 2.687 billion miles away from us. It's the best view of Neptune's rings since Voyager 2's flyby in 1989.… Read the rest of the article: Extraordinary image of Neptune's rings as seen by Webb Telescope

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  • David Pescovitz
    10:33 am Wed, Sep 21, 2022
    Do you remember what tonight is?

    Soon, it will be the 21st night of September. Here's the story behind the song, as told in 2014 by NPR: Allee Willis was a struggling songwriter in LA — until… Read the rest of the article: Do you remember what tonight is?

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