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  • Popkin
    12:29 pm Mon, May 18, 2026
    Two Navy jets collide at Idaho air show, all four crew eject safely Stock image of small plane falling down; SviatlouSS / shutterstock.com

    Two US Navy EA-18G Growler jets collided mid-air while performing in an aerial demonstration at the Gunfighter Skies air show near Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. The incident… Read the rest of the article: Two Navy jets collide at Idaho air show, all four crew eject safely

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  • Popkin
    12:27 pm Mon, May 18, 2026
    Swiss movie theater brings the cinema into the bathroom Image: Mr.Music / shutterstock.com

    Sometimes, deciding whether to go to the restroom or stay seated in a theater is no easy choice. I've probably come close to injuring my bladder because I didn't want… Read the rest of the article: Swiss movie theater brings the cinema into the bathroom

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  • Popkin
    12:22 pm Mon, May 18, 2026
    These 100-year-old flounder photos look like abstract design studies

    These images of flounders come from an early 20th-century study published in 1911 in the Journal of Experimental Zoology by American zoologist Francis Bertody Sumner. Working between research stations in… Read the rest of the article: These 100-year-old flounder photos look like abstract design studies

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  • Popkin
    10:25 am Fri, May 15, 2026
    A choral group's Popeye cover is bringing back Saturday mornings Popeye the sailor man (enchanted_fairy / Shutterstock.com/shutterstock.com)

    Watch the Harmony Town chorus sing the theme song from Popeye the Sailor. This lovely cover of the song is like a time machine to the past. This is the… Read the rest of the article: A choral group's Popeye cover is bringing back Saturday mornings

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  • Popkin
    10:39 am Thu, May 14, 2026
    Ghostly girl sculptures haunt the woods at Jupiter Artland image: andreiuc88/Shutterstock

    This ethereal, spooky sculpture garden at Jupiter Artland is by artist Laura Ford. The sculptures show ghostly girls standing amongst the trees with their hair covering their faces. There is… Read the rest of the article: Ghostly girl sculptures haunt the woods at Jupiter Artland

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  • Popkin
    10:37 am Thu, May 14, 2026
    Store Called Store is a shoppable art installation in Brooklyn PatiharnPaeJar/Shutterstock.com

    The Store Called Store is selling wonderful objects in Brooklyn, NY. It's described here as: "A colorful, fun shoppable art installation by artist Kelly Adelia, open since October 2025. Think… Read the rest of the article: Store Called Store is a shoppable art installation in Brooklyn

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  • Popkin
    10:35 am Thu, May 14, 2026
    Man lovingly rocks his pet baby donkey in wholesome video CyberKat/shutterstock.com

    Here's your daily dose of wholesome cuteness: a man rocking his pet baby donkey in his arms. Both the man and the donkey look like they're in a state of… Read the rest of the article: Man lovingly rocks his pet baby donkey in wholesome video

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  • Popkin
    10:36 am Wed, May 13, 2026
    Photos capture surviving payphones still scattered across America Iv-olga / Shutterstock.com

    This nostalgia-inducing collection of photos shows payphones that still exist in the United States. While hard to come by nowadays, there are still some beautiful payphone booths scattered around America.… Read the rest of the article: Photos capture surviving payphones still scattered across America

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  • Popkin
    10:39 am Tue, May 12, 2026
    1920s library sticker told kids to wash their hands before touching Boing Boing / Google Gemini

    This amazing old sticker was found inside the cover of a book from the Pasadena City Schools Library in the 1920s. The sticker features a delightful little cartoon book with… Read the rest of the article: 1920s library sticker told kids to wash their hands before touching

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  • Popkin
    10:18 am Tue, May 12, 2026
    Roomba inventor builds robots designed to bond with you Image: Chatty G

    The inventor behind the world-famous Roomba is now working on something far more personal and strange: robots designed to emotionally connect with their owners. You can watch it in action… Read the rest of the article: Roomba inventor builds robots designed to bond with you

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  • Popkin
    9:38 am Tue, May 12, 2026
    Would you sleep in a 1,000-year-old cliff dwelling? Lysefjord and Preikestolen. Photo Chaossart / Shutterstock

    Atlas Obscura put together a fantastic collection of buildings balanced on cliffsides. If you're afraid of heights, this is probably not a list you'd look at to plan your next… Read the rest of the article: Would you sleep in a 1,000-year-old cliff dwelling?

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  • Popkin
    10:58 am Fri, May 8, 2026
    This animator is doing wild things with construction paper Butus/Shutterstock

    This animation by Philippa Rice uses an innovative technique I haven't seen before: paper cutouts. The video shows the technique used in different ways, and it's fun to see the… Read the rest of the article: This animator is doing wild things with construction paper

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  • Popkin
    10:54 am Fri, May 8, 2026
    Handmade kaleidoscopes that open tiny portals into dreamlike mini universes Jirik V/shutterstock.com

    Budderscopes is the creative world of artist Kaleb Weber, who makes handmade kaleidoscopes built from glass, mirrors, and found materials. Look through one, and color and shape break apart into… Read the rest of the article: Handmade kaleidoscopes that open tiny portals into dreamlike mini universes

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  • Popkin
    10:44 am Fri, May 8, 2026
    Artist makes claymation while riding the subway

    This animation by Faraz is part of a series in which the artist creates on-the-go claymations. We get to see a little ball of clay transform into various shapes as… Read the rest of the article: Artist makes claymation while riding the subway

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  • Popkin
    10:28 am Fri, May 8, 2026
    The giant dinosaurs still standing by America's roads Cabazon Dinosaur Dinny says

    These snapshots of dinosaur roadside attractions across America make me want to hop in my car and hit the road. A lot of these places weren't built as art pieces,… Read the rest of the article: The giant dinosaurs still standing by America's roads

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  • Popkin
    10:23 am Fri, May 8, 2026
    This archive of old personal ads is strangely moving

    Long Lost Personal is an archive devoted to preserving vintage personal ads from decades past. Curated from old newspapers and alternative weeklies, the project collects tiny fragments of human longing, awkwardness, humor, and… Read the rest of the article: This archive of old personal ads is strangely moving

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  • Popkin
    10:18 am Fri, May 8, 2026
    Superman coaster stalls at Six Flags, riders forced to walk down emergency stairs Photo: Shutterstock. Illo: Boing Boing

    If you ever get stuck on top of a roller coaster, cross your fingers it's not the Superman ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain. That's exactly what happened when the… Read the rest of the article: Superman coaster stalls at Six Flags, riders forced to walk down emergency stairs

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  • Popkin
    2:58 pm Wed, May 6, 2026
    Newborn gosling leaps from an I-5 offramp into the Willamette River Amelia Martin / shutterstock.com

    Watch an adorable, fluffy newborn gosling take its first leap, and what a leap it is. This brave little chick jumped from an I-5 offramp high above Portland's Eastbank Esplanade… Read the rest of the article: Newborn gosling leaps from an I-5 offramp into the Willamette River

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  • Popkin
    2:56 pm Wed, May 6, 2026
    Devils Hole pupfish: rarest fish on Earth lives in one Nevada cavern

    This video shows the weirdness of the Devils Hole pupfish. Deep inside a single limestone cavern in Nevada's Mojave Desert lives one of the rarest fish on Earth. The tiny,… Read the rest of the article: Devils Hole pupfish: rarest fish on Earth lives in one Nevada cavern

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  • Popkin
    2:44 pm Wed, May 6, 2026
    1940s miner crafted dentures from toothbrush handles and coyote teeth Boing Boing / Google Gemini

    This unusual set of dentures was made in the 1940s by a California miner named George Washington Hancock, who couldn't afford conventional dental care. He needed teeth, so he made… Read the rest of the article: 1940s miner crafted dentures from toothbrush handles and coyote teeth

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