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
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)
TL;DR: 1min.AI Advanced Business Plan is $59.97 (reg. $540) through June 14 at 11:59PM — lifetime access, no subscription. Most people paying monthly for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini separately don't realize there's… Read the rest of the article: GPT, Claude and Gemini for life — all for $60 during Deal Days
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
In September 1944, nine American pilots were shot down during bombing raids on Chichijima, the largest island in the Bonin chain. Eight were captured. The ninth, who evaded capture, was… Read the rest of the article: Japanese officers cannibalized four American POWs on a Pacific island in 1944
The John Frum movement arose on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu no later than the late 1930s. Followers believe John Frum — often depicted as an American serviceman —… Read the rest of the article: A cargo cult in Vanuatu has been waiting for an American named John Frum since the 1930s
Emojli launched on August 29, 2014 — a social media app that restricted usernames and messages to emoji only. No letters, no numbers, no punctuation. YouTubers Tom Scott and Matt… Read the rest of the article: Emojli was a social network where the only language allowed was emoji
The Feast of the Ass was a medieval Christian celebration held on January 14, honoring the donkey that carried the Holy Family into Egypt. A girl and a child riding… Read the rest of the article: At a medieval church festival, the priest brayed like a donkey and the congregation brayed back
At some point, free tools and good-enough alternatives like Pages and Google Docs stop being scrappy and start being annoying. You know what actually works? The real Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft Office 2024 is $105 for life—that's less than one year of 365
TL;DR: Undetectable Humanizer Basic is $39.99 (reg. $1,080) through June 28 at 11:59 PM as part of Deal Days — lifetime access, no subscription. AI text has a tell. It's not always… Read the rest of the article: ChatGPT writes it, this $40 tool makes it sound like you did
John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill — nicknamed "Fighting Jack" and "Mad Jack" — fought through the entire Second World War armed with a Scottish broadsword, a longbow, and a set… Read the rest of the article: The WWII commando who fought with a broadsword, longbow, and bagpipes
Surely, you've seen the old movie trope where our plucky heroes duck into an abandoned car to flee from some encroaching danger, fold down the visor, and have the keys… Read the rest of the article: Why are car keys always kept in the visor in movies?
Kingdom Hearts is one of those weird franchises I've never understood, and which becomes more obscure every time I've attempted to do so. So it's like Final Fantasy, but there… Read the rest of the article: I still don't know what Kingdom Hearts is about, but there's a new one coming
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Larry David has been the master of awkward, people-talking-over-each-other comedy since Seinfeld, a talent he later honed on his long-running series Curb Your… Read the rest of the article: Larry David's new HBO show is basically historical Curb
If you were fired or excluded from a job due to your race, age, or other demographics unrelated to the work you're being paid to do, it's called discrimination. But… Read the rest of the article: Washington Post sued over alleged surveillance pricing
Zack Snyder is known for many things. He brought an innovative, visually provocative rendition of Frank Miller's 300 to theatres! He was responsible for bringing Superman back to the big… Read the rest of the article: Jason Momoa won't touch the Escape from New York remake
Lowtein is a simple website that geolocates you and tells you about the cheapest proteins available in your location. Here in Pittsburgh, for example, it informs me that Giant Eagle… Read the rest of the article: Website tracks protein meal deals for 171 cities in U.S. and Canada
The Information reports that Microsoft is considering several ways to set loose its XBox gaming division, including spinning it out as a separate company, restructuring it as a subsidiary, or… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft may spin off struggling XBox division
An early, sticker-sealed copy of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. sold for $3m at auction today, stomping the record set in 2021. Chris Kohler writes on Bluesky that it's the first… Read the rest of the article: Sealed 1985 Super Mario Bros game fetches record $3m at auction
TL;DR: If you're in the market for a budget-friendly alternative for desk-based work, this refurbished 2019 21.5-inch iMac offers a 4K display, solid everyday performance, and 1TB of storage for just… Read the rest of the article: Turn your desk into a 4K workstation with this iMac for under $350
