police Video: Father's unlicensed ear piercing on son triggers bizarre police showdown in Arkansas Mark Frauenfelder

horror Doc Copper's nose ring in The Thing was the actor's own idea Ellsworth Toohey

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

medicine Why those indentations above your butt are named after Venus Ellsworth Toohey

world record Meet the man who stretched his ears past the limit Popkin

shopping Mallrat haven Claire's files for bankruptcy Rob Beschizza

animals This baby armadillo screams like it's auditioning for Super Mario (video) Popkin

Science Why a horse fly bite hurts so much more than a mosquito sting Ellsworth Toohey

sounds Star Wars sound designer on all those "Wilhelm Screams" Thom Dunn

music A racist lie about kidnapping and torture helped make a #1 hit in 1971 Ruben Bolling

Useful idiot Post-interview Putin trashes Tucker Carlson Jason Weisberger

999 Welsh Ambulance Service's transcripts of "inappropriate" emergency calls David Pescovitz

theme parks Woman repeatedly faints on terrifying slingshot ride Mark Frauenfelder

military US to send bullets laced with depleted uranium to Ukraine Thom Dunn

accidents A long list of penis mishaps in 2022 Mark Frauenfelder

dancing bugs Watch these Boogie Woogie Aphids getting down! Jennifer Sandlin

tsa Florida man didn't fool TSA with gun hidden in a raw chicken Devin Nealy

gurus Watch The Deep End, a documentary about cultish spiritual guru Teal Swan Jennifer Sandlin

Spoken Word with Electronics Making Music with an Anti-Theft Device and a Hammer Ethan Persoff

metal Arch Enemy's new music is some of their best Devin Nealy