The lining of the Reflecting Pool at Washington D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial was painted blue to please Trump: a no-bid $14.7m contract that went to a company that had worked on… Read the rest of the article: New blue paint under Reflecting Pool already peeling
TL;DR: This 1-year Intuit QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus 2024 subscription for Windows gives you all the financial tools you need to manage your business in one place for just $299.99 (reg. $536). … Read the rest of the article: Centralize essential accounting tasks with QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus for $300 during Deal Days
On the night of 21 August 1986, Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon released between 100,000 and 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide in a single outgassing event. The cloud rose at… Read the rest of the article: In 1986, a Cameroonian lake released a CO2 cloud that killed 1,746 people overnight
According to the Bencao Gangmu, a 16th-century Chinese medical compendium, elderly men in Arabia would voluntarily mummify themselves in honey. The donor would stop eating all food except honey, bathing… Read the rest of the article: The ancient practice of mummifying a man in honey to sell as medicine
Watching a cow eat grass probably sounds boring, but this video proves that it can be made into something fabulous. Thanks to the right angle and sounds, this cow video… Read the rest of the article: Cow chewing grass through a fish-eye lens becomes strangely addictive
Severe storms in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood sent several pool chairs flying off a high-rise balcony and into the traffic below. The video of the incident shows the lightweight lounge… Read the rest of the article: Chicago storm hurls rooftop pool chairs into Lincoln Park traffic
This sweet video shows a honeybee curled up inside of a flower bed. The timelapse shows the bee wrapped around the inner part of the flower, as the petals slowly… Read the rest of the article: Honeybee curls up inside closing flower in timelapse video
As I've stated, I did not watch Donald Trump's masturbatory UFC Freedom 250 fight. I spent the day kicking my heels and giggling over Bob Odenkirk returning to his most… Read the rest of the article: The Good Liars went to Freedom 250 so the rest of us didn't have to
In colorful, funny, and appealing comics, Perrin Roosevelt Ireland's new book Poking the Squid describes the incredible, diverse array of sexual behaviors and anatomies in the animal kingdom. For years,… Read the rest of the article: A new book, Poking the Squid, tells the scandalous, salacious truth about animal sex, in comics form
The Vatican Observatory has operated continuously since 1774, when the Papacy established the Observatory of the Roman College in Rome. The Church's interest in astronomy predates that: the Gregorian Calendar,… Read the rest of the article: The Vatican has run an astronomical observatory since 1774
While chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan developed what economist Alan Blinder called "a turgid dialect of English" — deliberate obscurantism designed to prevent financial markets from overreacting to… Read the rest of the article: Fed Chair Alan Greenspan intentionally babbled meaningless slop and got away with it
Between 1993 and 2009, investigators across Austria, France, and Germany found DNA from the same unknown woman at 40 crime scenes — murders, burglaries, a police officer shot in Heilbronn.… Read the rest of the article: The 'Phantom of Heilbronn' serial killer turned out to be a cotton swab factory worker
In 1888, a French government official named Charles-Marie David de Mayréna was sent into the highlands of what is now Vietnam to negotiate treaties with local tribes. Instead, he convinced… Read the rest of the article: In 1888, a French adventurer convinced Vietnamese tribes to crown him king
"The greatest diplomatic troll of all time" Grandpa Pudding Brains signed a peace deal at Versailles, because apparently nobody in the room had a history teacher, a calendar, or access… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains announces another Treaty of Versailles
MAD Magazine published its 600th issue this week, and celebrated with a gorgeous cover (and back cover) by the reigning champ of MAD cartooning, Sergio Aragonés. Aragonés's first appearance in… Read the rest of the article: MAD hits 600 issues; still, thankfully, hilariously juvenile
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Max Fosh is the only YouTube prankster out there worth a damn. He's not obnoxious, he isn't self-centered, and most rare… Read the rest of the article: Becoming a British royal with nothing more than confidence and an accent
How many times do you think I can get away with saying Spider-Man in this post? You know, for maximum SEO points? Let's give it a shot: The upcoming Avengers:… Read the rest of the article: Spider-Man continues to do the things only a spider can in the new trailer for the latest "Spider-Man" movie
Meta laid off thousands of workers, started monitoring employees' computers, assigned people to train the AI that may replace them, and then discovered the real missing ingredient: snacks. Meta CTO… Read the rest of the article: Meta lays off thousands, monitors workers, increases the snack budget
Grandpa Pudding Brains tried to sound tough about America and somehow wandered into saying that strength is based on stolen elections. "Nobody plays rougher than the United States," Trump said.… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains brags about how rigged U.S. elections are
The HP 16c Collector's Edition [HP via Adafruit] revives a mundane but well-loved tool. In 1982, the original 16c was designed specifically for programmers and engineers; after three decades, only… Read the rest of the article: HP 16c programmer's calculator returns in collectible form
