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History A 14-year-old Japanese sailor drifted across the Pacific for 14 months and could never go home Ellsworth Toohey

History The WWII commando who fought with a broadsword, longbow, and bagpipes Ellsworth Toohey

News Washington Post sued over alleged surveillance pricing Séamus Bellamy

minneapolis Minneapolis has been hearing unexplained booms for decades and nobody can figure out why Ellsworth Toohey

aliens Catholic church fires exorcist who said UFO sightings mostly the work of demons Rob Beschizza

activism "Laxative" brownies turn Nantucket School Committee meeting into Schrodinger's shitshow Rob Beschizza

A tanker of molten sulphur vanished with 39 crew in 1963 Ellsworth Toohey

Funny HowToBasic's omurice attempt ends in familiar, egg-covered ruin Grant St. Clair

animals A beetle that hijacks wasps, then impersonates them by smell Ellsworth Toohey

art The strange economics of setting your own cash on fire Ellsworth Toohey

law Cop fired and arrested after pulling gun on colleague who microwaved fish Rob Beschizza

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Games 007: First Light review: From Denmark with love Grant St. Clair

Entertainment Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam? Ruben Bolling

art Artist paints Zuckerberg's yacht on fire Rob Beschizza

LAPD discovers huge fireworks cache, raising fears of another LAPD fireworks disaster Jason Weisberger

Games Ubisoft lost a billion and a half dollars last year Grant St. Clair

News Tennessee man jailed 37 days for a Trump meme wins $835,000 Ellsworth Toohey

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