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  • Woman cheers Knicks win, LAPD bursts in and kills her dog LAPD

    A Black woman yelled, "Oh my god," because the Knicks won, someone called the LAPD, and police reportedly responded by bursting into her apartment and killing her golden doodle. According… Read the rest of the article: Woman cheers Knicks win, LAPD bursts in and kills her dog

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  • Keystone Kops get a physics lesson from falling bear brown bear on green grass

    A bear rescue in Rancho Sahuarita, Arizona, turned into a live-action cartoon when a tranquilized bear dropped from a tree, hit the tarp, and one of the humans went down… Read the rest of the article: Keystone Kops get a physics lesson from falling bear

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  • Man who hates paying taxes loves government handouts Judge slams Twitter's attempt to silence hate speech

    Elon Musk hates taxes, government, regulation, and the public sector right up until the check clears. CNN's Chris Isidore lays out the part of the Musk myth that gets buried… Read the rest of the article: Man who hates paying taxes loves government handouts

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  • Violet Jessop survived the Titanic, the Britannic, and a collision on the Olympic Violet Jessop in Voluntary Aid. Public domain (via Wikipedia)Detachment uniform

    Violet Jessop was born in Argentina in 1887, the eldest of nine children. She survived tuberculosis as a child, contrary to doctors' predictions. At 21, she became a stewardess for… Read the rest of the article: Violet Jessop survived the Titanic, the Britannic, and a collision on the Olympic

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  • Watch an inebriated Bob Dylan troll a bored John Lennon about stealing "Norwegian Wood"

    In a great interview on Frank Santopadre's podcast, "Fun for All Ages" promoting his book Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other… Read the rest of the article: Watch an inebriated Bob Dylan troll a bored John Lennon about stealing "Norwegian Wood"

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  • Grandpa Pudding Brains algae-filled improvements

    After weeks of regaling us with his knowledge of great pool guys and shades of blue, The Orange Menace's taxpayer-funded vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is complete. By… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains algae-filled improvements

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  • PointlessQuest puts a full MMO on Playdate's 2.7-inch screen

    The Playdate is a one-of-a-kind game console with a 2.7 inch screen, not a device on which one might expect to play an MMO. It has everything you would expect… Read the rest of the article: PointlessQuest puts a full MMO on Playdate's 2.7-inch screen

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  • T-Rex leather handbag failed to sell at auction for $500k T. Rex Handbag

    The public's desire for a handbag made of leather created in a lab using cells from a T. Rex was vastly overestimated by the auction house tasked with its sale.… Read the rest of the article: T-Rex leather handbag failed to sell at auction for $500k

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  • Kristi Noem begs Yakko Warner to explain South America Noem on a horse. $220m.

    Kristi Noem was asked on Newsmax who America's best friend is in South America and answered with El Salvador and Costa Rica, which is a problem because maps exist. Noem… Read the rest of the article: Kristi Noem begs Yakko Warner to explain South America

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  • The thought experiment that says you can't die (from your own perspective) Le Suicidé by Édouard Manet, circa 1877 / Public domain (via Wikipedia)

    Quantum suicide is a thought experiment that takes Schrödinger's cat and puts you inside the box. The setup: a device kills you based on a quantum measurement with a 50/50… Read the rest of the article: The thought experiment that says you can't die (from your own perspective)

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  • Fox buys the henhouse

    I've used Roku since 2014, when a friend explained why this weird little purple box was the best way to escape cable. He was right. Now Fox is buying it.… Read the rest of the article: Fox buys the henhouse

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  • Robert Wadlow stood 8 feet 11 inches tall and refused to be a sideshow act Robert Wadlow, the tallest person in recorded history Public domain (via Wikipedia)

    Robert Wadlow of Alton, Illinois, was born on February 22, 1918, at a typical 8 pounds 5 ounces. By age eight, he was taller than his father. By his 1936… Read the rest of the article: Robert Wadlow stood 8 feet 11 inches tall and refused to be a sideshow act

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  • In 532 AD, a chariot racing riot nearly toppled the Byzantine Empire Hippodrome of Constantinople ruins in Istanbul

    On January 13, 532 AD, fans of Constantinople's chariot racing factions — the Blues and the Greens — stopped fighting each other and turned on Emperor Justinian I. The Nika… Read the rest of the article: In 532 AD, a chariot racing riot nearly toppled the Byzantine Empire

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  • Buy Office and Windows once, then stop thinking about them for $35 The Ultimate Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows

    TL;DR: The Ultimate Microsoft Office Professional 2021 + Windows 11 Pro Bundle includes lifetime licenses for both products and is on sale for $34.97 (reg. $418.99) through June 28 during Deal Days.… Read the rest of the article: Buy Office and Windows once, then stop thinking about them for $35

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  • A ship found drifting in the Pacific was still afloat but all 25 passengers had vanished MV Joyita found drifting in the Pacific, 1955

    On October 3, 1955, the motor vessel Joyita left Apia, Western Samoa, bound for the Tokelau Islands with 25 people aboard — 16 crew and 9 passengers, including a government… Read the rest of the article: A ship found drifting in the Pacific was still afloat but all 25 passengers had vanished

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  • A Navy blimp landed in San Francisco with its engines running and its crew gone Navy blimp L-8 deflated after landing in Daly City, 1942

    On August 16, 1942, the Navy blimp L-8 lifted off from Treasure Island, San Francisco, on a routine antisubmarine patrol with Lieutenant Ernest DeWitt Cody, 27, and Ensign Charles Adams,… Read the rest of the article: A Navy blimp landed in San Francisco with its engines running and its crew gone

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  • A 14-year-old Japanese sailor drifted across the Pacific for 14 months and could never go home Portrait of Otokichi

    In 1832, a 14-year-old crew member named Otokichi left Japan on a rice transport ship bound for Edo. A storm blew the vessel off course, and it drifted across the… Read the rest of the article: A 14-year-old Japanese sailor drifted across the Pacific for 14 months and could never go home

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  • Get better results from your favorite AI models with this $30 prompt tool (MSRP $179) VibeFarm - AI Prompt Composition Workspace

    TL;DR: Get the best prompts for your AI needs with this lifetime subscription to VibeFarm AI Prompt Composition Workspace, on sale now for just $29.99 (MSRP $179) through June 14 with… Read the rest of the article: Get better results from your favorite AI models with this $30 prompt tool (MSRP $179)

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  • Two Italian brothers claimed to have recorded dying Soviet cosmonauts that Moscow erased from history Gagarin spacesuit on display

    The Lost Cosmonauts theory alleges that the Soviet Union launched humans into space before Yuri Gagarin's 1961 flight — and that the cosmonauts onboard died. The strongest piece of supposed… Read the rest of the article: Two Italian brothers claimed to have recorded dying Soviet cosmonauts that Moscow erased from history

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