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Japan What happened to the 2.5 mile high building designed to be taller than Mount Fuji? Ellsworth Toohey

brains The brain-in-a-bucket drug lab is here Jason Weisberger

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

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History Two green-skinned children appeared in a 12th-century English village Ellsworth Toohey

Space Blue Origin rocket explodes during Florida test Rob Beschizza

circus Dashcam shows Los Angeles cops dangerously lose their suspect Jason Weisberger

History Medieval dragon drainpipe from 1393 makes modern gutters look boring Popkin

cats Louis Wain cat paintings found in dumpster Rob Beschizza

retrocomputing ZX Spectrum basic interpreter remade from scratch on the web Rob Beschizza

Blingphone brand Vertu folded years ago, but now has a folding phone Rob Beschizza

star wars "The Mandalorian and Grogu" looks incredible until you realize almost nobody is actually acting Jason Weisberger

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

spacex The most alarming parts of Elon Musk's SpaceX filing, ranked Jason Weisberger

movies Films more likely to star talking animals than older women Rob Beschizza

Space The International Space Station has sprung a new leak Séamus Bellamy

reddit "Smosh Reads Reddit Stories" is my new podcast obsession Jennifer Sandlin