finance What happened to the 2008 bailout money? Cory Doctorow

toilets Holy crap! Watch this plumber flush an entire chicken down fancy toilets Jennifer Sandlin

Technology Dystopia for kids: this $249 stuffed dinosaur reports everything your child says back to you Ellsworth Toohey

Ron Howard's surprising revelation about his relationship with Andy Griffith Show co-star Don Knotts Allan Rose Hill

top talent Primus' new drummer submitted an awesome audition—Hear it for yourself! Jennifer Sandlin

travel Take a trip to the Mountain Dew headstone in Johnson City, Tennessee: visit the resting place of the original bottle design Popkin

tories AI-generated politician running for UK Parliament Thom Dunn

music Before Phil Hartman was on SNL, he designed some pretty famous album covers Ruben Bolling

soul-sucking aardvarks Florida district pulls "Arthur's Birthday" from schools because it might lead to "damaged souls" Carla Sinclair

Science Watch caterpillars "dancing" in sync Popkin

creeps What should Ron DeSantis use for his campaign song? Here are the winners so far Carla Sinclair

VHS VHS collector says this dog wedding is the weirdest thing he's found on a tape Rusty Blazenhoff

qanon Listen to some gems from QAnon: The Musical Jennifer Sandlin

music Former jail guards busted for playing loop of "Baby Shark" song for hours to torture inmates David Pescovitz

dum, Florida principal fired after parents of sixth graders complained Michelangelo's David statue is "pornographic" David Pescovitz

television Barney, purple dinosaur of 90s vintage, to return in CGI reboot Rob Beschizza

movies Bad Robot is gearing up to make a Hot Wheels movie Devin Nealy

wonderful creatures Cat proves to be surprisingly competent piano player Grant St. Clair

video games Why, yes, Barney did appear in a fighting game Devin Nealy

music Music for crime prevention and torture David Pescovitz