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  • Popkin
    6:00 am Wed, Apr 1, 2026
    Art sculpture blows rainbow smoke donuts using mirrors and prisms Image: Nikki Zalewski / shutterstock.com

    This art piece by Adrien Miller combines sculpture and light. Upon first glance you may think you're looking at a digital effect, but this is all made by hand —… Read the rest of the article: Art sculpture blows rainbow smoke donuts using mirrors and prisms

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  • Popkin
    9:20 am Tue, Mar 31, 2026
    The world's most traveled religious artifact has her own boarding pass Our Lady of Fatima catholic Virgin Mary religious statue (Immaculate/shutterstock.com)

    The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima is a work by Portuguese sculptor José Ferreira Thedim from 1947. This sculpture is no ordinary religious icon — it… Read the rest of the article: The world's most traveled religious artifact has her own boarding pass

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  • Popkin
    9:16 am Tue, Mar 31, 2026
    This beautifully beaded art brings bodega snacks to life Keith Homan / Shutterstock.com

    A beautifully intricate beaded version of a Kids Cuisine TV dinner popped up on Instagram recently, and it took me right back to childhood. When Kids Cuisine — the TV… Read the rest of the article: This beautifully beaded art brings bodega snacks to life

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  • Popkin
    9:12 am Tue, Mar 31, 2026
    People stuck on carnival ride at 2026 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo for 10 minutes Photo: Shutterstock. Illo: Boing Boing

    A video from the 2026 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo shows passengers dangling mid-air on a carnival ride, stuck for 10 minutes. Some passengers were trapped upside down, while others… Read the rest of the article: People stuck on carnival ride at 2026 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo for 10 minutes

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  • Popkin
    11:01 am Fri, Mar 27, 2026
    Double-tipped fingernails: rare nail growth that looks almost unreal Fake fingernails (Dzha33/shutterstock.com)

    Sometimes, when a fingernail gets damaged or injured, it can grow back looking like there are two nails layered on top of each other. These double-tipped nails are rare, and… Read the rest of the article: Double-tipped fingernails: rare nail growth that looks almost unreal

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  • Popkin
    10:31 am Fri, Mar 27, 2026
    LonelyWiki shares Wikipedia's most overlooked articles

    LonelyWiki collects obscure Wikipedia articles that almost nobody reads. Each day, the site posts a new one — selected not for clicks but for quality. To qualify, an article must… Read the rest of the article: LonelyWiki shares Wikipedia's most overlooked articles

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  • Popkin
    10:15 am Fri, Mar 27, 2026
    Ancient Roman gemstone shows a grasshopper driving a butterfly-led chariot A small chariot is pulled by two butterflies and driven by a grasshopper (Bertolami Fine Art)

    This ancient Roman gemstone depicts a grasshopper driving a chariot led by two butterflies. Whoever designed it had a wonderful sense of whimsy. The way the stone glows when exposed… Read the rest of the article: Ancient Roman gemstone shows a grasshopper driving a butterfly-led chariot

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  • Popkin
    12:28 pm Thu, Mar 26, 2026
    Dinosaur light paintings that look like they came from another dimension Captured Lightning. Lichtenberg Figure created in acrylic by electron beam from linear accelerator (Wojtek Plonka/shutterstock.com)

    This dinosaur light painting series by Dariustwin is so awesome. The video starts off showing his process. He heads out to the place he wants to use as his backdrop… Read the rest of the article: Dinosaur light paintings that look like they came from another dimension

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  • Popkin
    12:14 pm Thu, Mar 26, 2026
    Delivery robot crashes into Chicago bus shelter and backs away slowly Image: Chatty G

    This surveillance footage shows a delivery robot crashing into a CTA bus shelter. The delivery robot is rolling along the sidewalk on its merry way until it runs right into… Read the rest of the article: Delivery robot crashes into Chicago bus shelter and backs away slowly

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  • Popkin
    11:58 am Thu, Mar 26, 2026
    Ceramic sugar bowl shaped like an adorable creepy head Ceramics at Daniele Lanza's Etsy shop.

    I adore this functional ceramic sugar bowl made by artist Jimmy D Lanza. The bowl is made to look like a little face and is both cute and creepy. There… Read the rest of the article: Ceramic sugar bowl shaped like an adorable creepy head

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  • Popkin
    10:53 am Wed, Mar 25, 2026
    Clermont-Ferrand's cathedral is built entirely from black lava stone Portal of the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral in Clermont-Ferrand, France, built in black Volvic stone (HJBC/shutterstock.com)

    The Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption isn't just any old example of Gothic architecture. It screams gothic in striking, volcanic black. Situated in Clermont-Ferrand in France's Auvergne region, It is built entirely from… Read the rest of the article: Clermont-Ferrand's cathedral is built entirely from black lava stone

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  • Popkin
    10:48 am Wed, Mar 25, 2026
    Storks build enormous nests on rooftops that weigh hundreds of pounds Stork nest (Topillo/shutterstock.com)

    These giant stork nests add beauty and charm to every structure they're built on. White storks rank among the largest nest builders, and their creations often appear on rooftops, power… Read the rest of the article: Storks build enormous nests on rooftops that weigh hundreds of pounds

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  • Popkin
    10:42 am Wed, Mar 25, 2026
    Pizza Voter: the easy way to settle group topping debates Pizza (Rawpixel.com/shutterstock.com)

    Deciding on pizza toppings for a group can spiral into a 20-minute negotiation. Pizza Voter is a free tool built to end the debate. Pizza Voter is the result of… Read the rest of the article: Pizza Voter: the easy way to settle group topping debates

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  • Popkin
    2:59 pm Tue, Mar 24, 2026
    These pencils were loved down to the very last nub Pencil stub (Robyn Mackenzie/shutterstock.com)

    An Instagram collection of pencils sharpened and used until almost nothing remains — just fingertip-sized stubs, some barely long enough to hold. The photos show dozens of them: gnawed, tapered,… Read the rest of the article: These pencils were loved down to the very last nub

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  • Popkin
    2:54 pm Tue, Mar 24, 2026
    Slackliner over a foggy lake looks like someone bouncing on the moon JLStock/Shutterstock.com

    A slackliner set up a line above a lake blanketed in low fog, and a photographer positioned the camera so the moon sat right at the horizon behind them. The… Read the rest of the article: Slackliner over a foggy lake looks like someone bouncing on the moon

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  • Popkin
    2:50 pm Tue, Mar 24, 2026
    Macro photos of tiny mushrooms make them look like alien architecture image: Serrgey75/Shutterstock

    Photographers @cho_fungi and @cyanesense shoot miniature mushrooms with macro lenses, and the results look like renderings from another planet. Translucent caps glow amber and violet. Gills fan out in geometric… Read the rest of the article: Macro photos of tiny mushrooms make them look like alien architecture

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  • Popkin
    11:44 am Sat, Mar 21, 2026
    Each slice of this bread loaf reveals a hidden creature inside MShev/Shutterstock.com

    Japanese bread artist konel_bread bakes loaves with colorful characters embedded all the way through the dough. Cut a slice and a tiny creature stares back at you — same face,… Read the rest of the article: Each slice of this bread loaf reveals a hidden creature inside

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  • Popkin
    11:40 am Sat, Mar 21, 2026
    Wisconsin's fiberglass mold graveyard lets you climb inside a whale lynn friedman/shutterstock.com

    A field in Wisconsin is filled with retired fiberglass molds — giant whales, frogs, castles — and visitors can climb on and inside them. Atlas Obscura shared a walk-through video… Read the rest of the article: Wisconsin's fiberglass mold graveyard lets you climb inside a whale

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  • Popkin
    11:36 am Sat, Mar 21, 2026
    Tiny pea pods that look like dollhouse produce image: Marian Weyo/Shutterstock

    This photo series of miniature pea pods shows just how small they can get when they don't reach full maturity. Each pod is perfectly formed but scaled down — same… Read the rest of the article: Tiny pea pods that look like dollhouse produce

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  • Popkin
    2:44 pm Thu, Mar 19, 2026
    Inside Pennsylvania's hidden time capsule of Americana: a 100,000-square-foot wonderland of vintage oddities John Arehart/shutterstock.com

    After watching this video of The American Treasure Tour Museum in Oaks, Pennsylvania, I'm officially obsessed — this might be one of the most delightfully eccentric museums in the country.… Read the rest of the article: Inside Pennsylvania's hidden time capsule of Americana: a 100,000-square-foot wonderland of vintage oddities

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