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gadgets CrankGPT is an offline AI box for the apocalypse Rob Beschizza

mistakes British police officer accused of using AI to fabricate evidence Rob Beschizza

politics Trump Arch in D.C. to be tremendously large and golden Rob Beschizza

movies Moneroeville Mall hosts final Dawn of the Dead tour Rob Beschizza

lapd Woman cheers Knicks win, LAPD bursts in and kills her dog Jason Weisberger

Delightful Creatures Keystone Kops get a physics lesson from falling bear Jason Weisberger

comic book villains Man who hates paying taxes loves government handouts Jason Weisberger

History Violet Jessop survived the Titanic, the Britannic, and a collision on the Olympic Ellsworth Toohey

growth Grandpa Pudding Brains algae-filled improvements Jason Weisberger

Games PointlessQuest puts a full MMO on Playdate's 2.7-inch screen Gail Sherman

History Robert Wadlow stood 8 feet 11 inches tall and refused to be a sideshow act Ellsworth Toohey

History In 532 AD, a chariot racing riot nearly toppled the Byzantine Empire Ellsworth Toohey

aviation A Navy blimp landed in San Francisco with its engines running and its crew gone Ellsworth Toohey

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

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Space Two Italian brothers claimed to have recorded dying Soviet cosmonauts that Moscow erased from history Ellsworth Toohey

History Japanese officers cannibalized four American POWs on a Pacific island in 1944 Ellsworth Toohey

religion A cargo cult in Vanuatu has been waiting for an American named John Frum since the 1930s Ellsworth Toohey