music Ella Fitzgerald sings a beautiful ballad about… Satan David Pescovitz

christian nationalism 180 religions dropped from Pentagon's approved list of faiths Séamus Bellamy

bad idea A Bluetooth speaker named "BOMB" ruined everyone's flight to Mallorca Jason Weisberger

crowdfunding An artist painted a monster, an occult poet conjured it to life, and now it wants to kill your Mörk Borg character Gareth Branwyn

books The Tokyo Vice author digs into cryptocurrency's darkest chapters Roger Park

fashion Valentino, Italian fashion legend, dead at 93 Rob Beschizza

science fiction From vibranium to unobtainium: the periodic table of made-up stuff Ellsworth Toohey

music "Stranger Than Kindness" is the incredible new Nick Cave virtual exhibition Jennifer Sandlin

stunt Man water skis down drainage ditch at breakneck speed Popkin

Weird In 1678, a fiery field and a devil with a scythe made crop circle history Popkin

bike Watch a fearless cyclist bomb down an outdoor stairset Popkin

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

ai art Fake AI "true crime" documentaries are taking over YouTube Thom Dunn

fish Black demon of the sea caught on video Allan Rose Hill

education Meet the Depression-era vaudeville family that set a world record for school-hopping Ellsworth Toohey

Disney Netflix's Daredevil is back and MCU-ified in new trailer Grant St. Clair

This hodgepodge of animal bones became a legendary cryptid Popkin

music When you listen to Spotify, are you listening to ghost musicians? Ruben Bolling

Science Off by an order of magnitude, scientists shrug Jason Weisberger

late stage capitalism This holiday season, do yourself a favor and (re)watch Reverend Billy's "What Would Jesus Buy?"  Jennifer Sandlin