Going to the bathroom in Medieval Europe wasn't a very fancy activity. People often had to use a hole in the ground, a communal outhouse, or a chamber pot. If… Read the rest of the article: Medieval castle toilets doubled as assassination shafts

On CatRank, users can rank images of their favorite cats. When you use the site, you'll see pairs of cats under the "vote" tab. For each pair, you simply pick… Read the rest of the article: CatRank turns your favorite felines into an online pageant

Legal Walls is a free global directory of spots where you can spray without getting arrested. The website plots each location on a world map with clickable markers — zoom… Read the rest of the article: Legal Walls maps out where you can graffiti without getting arrested

Sometimes a video like this one will make me look around my home and feel like I'm not using my free will to the fullest. Kala, who goes by Engineer… Read the rest of the article: Woman dug 80 feet under her house — the city tried to stop her

Hiding a screen inside a decorative panel is a clever design. Most smart home displays sit there blinking at you all day. The Mui Board just looks like a nice… Read the rest of the article: This wooden smart home panel hides its screen until you touch it

April 17 is National Bat Appreciation Day, and one of the best things to surface online was this close-up video of a gorgeous little bat cleaning its transparent wings with… Read the rest of the article: Bat cleans its wing membrane in close-up video

Hunter Perrin of Temecula, California stepped into his backyard Saturday morning and found 13 people sitting in a hot air balloon basket staring back at him. His neighbor had knocked… Read the rest of the article: Hot air balloon with 13 passengers makes emergency landing in homeowner's backyard

This rare instrument, called a daxophone, sounds eerily similar to a human voice when played. There's something haunting about it — great soundtrack to a horror movie, or for scaring away unwanted… Read the rest of the article: This weird bowed instrument sounds disturbingly like a person

This adorable dog uses buttons to communicate his needs to his human. Each button is programmed with a different word — "walk," "outside," that kind of thing — and the… Read the rest of the article: Dog's new talking button means unlimited belly rubs

These stairs don't look quite up to code, but they all look well loved. This photo collection features steps that have been indented and sculpted over time by the feet… Read the rest of the article: What thousands of years of foot traffic does to marble stairs

This is the chaotic cat video that everyone needs today. A guy sitting on his couch is left completely stunned after his cat jumps from one end of the room… Read the rest of the article: Cat makes a room-length leap over owner's head in one bound

The early seasons of SpongeBob by Stephen Hillenburg are without a doubt the best ones. This is the SpongeBob Bible — made to plan out the show and its characters,… Read the rest of the article: SpongeBob's original bible banned romance and the surface world

This hilarious video has a couple of airline pilots under scrutiny after they were caught meowing to each other on the radio while flying. The air traffic controller is not… Read the rest of the article: Airline pilots caught meowing over radio as air traffic control struggles to keep them serious

These souvenir Yoshi popcorn buckets have all been repurposed in creative and funny ways. There's no rule requiring these containers from the Super Mario Galaxy movie to be used for… Read the rest of the article: Yoshi popcorn buckets are being repurposed in the funniest ways imaginable

Artist Aris Moore draws quiet, moody faces on stones, and each one uses the rock's own texture, shape, and indentations as part of the face. A crack becomes a nose.… Read the rest of the article: What happens when an artist draws faces on the rocks she finds?

This spinny toy video tickles my brain in the perfect way. The sounds are heavenly, and I want to play them on repeat in my headphones. The spinning colors and… Read the rest of the article: The retro toy I can't stop listening to

These antique page turners were used to separate the pages of newspapers that were printed without being cut. Instead of being simply utilitarian, these gorgeous tools are intricately carved. Their… Read the rest of the article: 19th-century page turners were carved to look like human hands

A sepia photograph has been making the rounds on Instagram, Reddit, and Facebook again, captioned as an 1890s headache cure called "vibration therapy." In the image, a man's head is… Read the rest of the article: Did Victorians really treat headaches by hammering metal helmets?

This magnificent stone robot was created by Hisashi Nakagawa. This little robot looks like a simple stone, but with enchanting glowing eyes and little metal legs. In this video you… Read the rest of the article: Whimsical stone-like robot by Hisashi Nakagawa comes alive with glowing eyes and mechanical legs

The annual Floating Bosch Parade celebrates the fantastical painter Hieronymus Bosch. People make incredible, surreal, floating displays and send them down a stream. You can see last year's marvelous creations… Read the rest of the article: Floating Bosch Parade returns to the Netherlands in June