gadgets Timex reissues its first LCD digital watch Rob Beschizza

los angeles "The Game of Jaws" celebrates Jaws' 50th anniversary Jennifer Sandlin

music Funky Friday: "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" Elvin Bishop, 1976 Xeni Jardin

History The Vietnamese monk who ate only coconuts and built a Coconut Kingdom Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment Disney World's "Carousel of Progress" now to include progress Ruben Bolling

the bad old days I have seen the face of death on a piece of toast Séamus Bellamy

History 19-year-old got 12 years for selling $5 of pot in 1975 Ellsworth Toohey

movies Anthony Bourdain biopic a fresh take on the genre Grant St. Clair

military America forgot how to make a classified nuclear warhead ingredient Ellsworth Toohey

Science Chemist James Schlatter licked powder off his finger in 1965, accidentally discovering aspartame. Gail Sherman

art Robert Tinney, who painted iconic Byte magazine covers, RIP Ellsworth Toohey

"Cookin' with Congress" reveals the favorite meals of politicians from all eras (prune souffle, anyone?) Jennifer Sandlin

law America had laws banning ugly people from public until 1974 Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment The Wicked Witch's flying hat just sold for $575,000 Ellsworth Toohey

Science Documented cases of people who literally died laughing Ellsworth Toohey

architecture Canberra's brutalist bus shelters are so beloved they've been turned into earrings and tattoos Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Elon Musk threatens to buy D&D after company removes racist content Ellsworth Toohey

News FBI sources say Epstein files "worse" than photos "showing Trump with half naked teenage girls," says journalist Ellsworth Toohey

Space Signal from last orbiting Venus probe dies Rob Beschizza

Games Elon Musk promises to release a "great" AI-generated video game next year Grant St. Clair