1,000,000,000,000,066,600,000,000,000,001 is a prime number. It's unusual for at least two reasons. First, it's a palindrome, so it reads the same backwards as forwards (not counting the commas). Second, it… Read the rest of the article: "Demonic" 666 found in massive palindromic prime number
The Honest Guide YouTubers, known for their tips and advice for people visiting Prague, traveled to Paris to reveal the "cups and ball" scammers who target tourists around landmarks like… Read the rest of the article: YouTuber uses worthless currency to trick notorious Paris street scammers
Umberto Eco's 1995 essay "Ur-Fascism" outlines 14 common features of fascism based on his experience growing up as a boy in Mussolini's Italy and his analysis of fascist movements throughout… Read the rest of the article: Umberto Eco's chilling warning: 14 signs of fascism
"Did you vote today?" seemed like a simple question, until Jimmy Kimmel's crew asked it on Hollywood Boulevard the day after the election. In what could be either comedy or… Read the rest of the article: Voters claim they voted day after election in Kimmel street interview
Japan's beloved convenience store onigiri (rice balls) just got even better, thanks to a clever hack shared by Zen-Noh, the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives Group. While these triangular treats are already… Read the rest of the article: Watch this clever Japanese rice ball hack
No face coverings please, we're Swiss. Back in 2021, 51.2% of Swiss voters backed a so called "anti-burka" law, which forbids people from covering their faces in public. The law… Read the rest of the article: Swiss "burka ban" goes into effect with $1,000 fines for face coverings in 2025
In this experiment, we see increasing voltages applied to a Tickle Me Elmo toy. A TikToker named "Lord of Nerds," who has 164K followers and loves to show toys under… Read the rest of the article: Watch this Tickle Me Elmo scream in agony during bizarre voltage experiment
A cheerful MAGA couple dressed in black plastic trash bags spoke with Davram of the Good Liars in a Trump rally parking lot. The man had long hair sprouting out… Read the rest of the article: Good Liars confront MAGA couple wearing "PROUD TO BE TRUMP'S GARBAGE" trash bags
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? GET THE AD-FREE EXPERIENCE HERE! What is the story behind this mysterious bridal shop in New Jersey? It's seemingly abandoned, but has been… Read the rest of the article: "What the f*ck is this place?" The mystery of the bridal store that hasn't opened its doors for two decades
This morning, lifelong Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he was voting for Harris. It's not so much that he is a fan of Harris' policies; it's the fact that he can't… Read the rest of the article: Schwarzenegger endorses Harris: "I will always be an American before I am a Republican"
SUPPORT THE WEIRD INTERNET TRY BOING BOING'S AD-FREE EXPERIENCE! This might just be the best news you'll hear today — Rudy Giuliani has until the end of the day to… Read the rest of the article: Great news! Rudy Giuliani must turn over all his property to the election workers he defamed — by the end of the day
One of my all-time favorite books is Michael Goodwin and Dan Burr's Economix: How Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work). It's a 300-page comic book about the history of economics.… Read the rest of the article: Online comic exposes creepy details of Project 2025's MAGA agenda
Some guy rented an Airbnb house in Los Angeles and discovered something disturbing — sounds of another person playing a video game coming from a room with no apparent door.… Read the rest of the article: Man finds secret inhabitant playing video games in inaccessible Airbnb room
The Milton Bradley game Battleship sucks, and not just because of its sexist box art from 1967. It's essentially random guessing until you get a hit. There's no actual strategy… Read the rest of the article: This free puzzle game fixes everything wrong with the classic Battleship
Afghanistan's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV) announced it was forbidding images of any living thing, as reported in The Telegraph. Saiful Islam Khyber of… Read the rest of the article: Taliban bans all images of living things in Afghanistan
In 2013, James Howells accidentally discarded a hard drive containing the keys to 8,000 bitcoins at a recycling center in Newport, Wales. Upon realizing his mistake, he asked the local… Read the rest of the article: Man sues council for £495m over a lost Bitcoin hard drive in landfill
Dubai seems like a fun place to go if you're in the mood for getting thrown in prison for no good reason. In 2008, a British man was sent to… Read the rest of the article: Disabled US veteran faces Dubai jail over pain meds
It's hard to believe, but JD Vance wasn't always a cowardly fascist suck-up. But this tweet, which he posted eight years ago today, suggests that he was once a normal… Read the rest of the article: "Trump makes people I care about afraid — I find him reprehensible" — JD Vance's tweet resurfaces after 8 years
In March, Diane Goglas became frustrated with a broken stormwater pipe running through an easement alongside her backyard. It was causing sinkholes in her lawn. She sent a letter to… Read the rest of the article: Florida woman clogs stormwater pipe with concrete, flooding neighborhood
Nothing says MAGA like defrauding suckers for personal gain. And nothing says Ultra MAGA when the defrauder is a judge who used funds meant to honor a fallen police officer… Read the rest of the article: MAGA judge Michele Fiore convicted of stealing $70k from fallen cop's memorial fund for plastic surgery and daughter's wedding
