dune Check out these stunning illustrated Japanese translations of Dune Thom Dunn

distraction-free writing I found the perfect distraction-free writing device Séamus Bellamy

Weird In 1971 two campers recorded what a Navy linguist calls a nonhuman language in the Sierra Nevadas Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1942 Los Angeles fired 1,440 anti-aircraft rounds at nothing Ellsworth Toohey

History A Japanese doomsday cult bought a million-acre Australian sheep ranch to test sarin gas Ellsworth Toohey

art Duplicate Content splices 1960s video art with today's TikToks Ellsworth Toohey

History Japan's greatest sword was surrendered to a US sergeant in 1946. Nobody knows where it is. Ellsworth Toohey

Science In 1985, a Japanese woman wrote a letter about bookstores making her need to use the bathroom. It became a phenomenon. Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Stop relying on Google Translate — Rosseta Stone can help you learn for real Boing Boing's Shop

art San Francisco's wind phone lets visitors talk to lost loved ones Popkin

mystery A ship found drifting in the Pacific was still afloat but all 25 passengers had vanished Ellsworth Toohey

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

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

Science A 1977 trawler hauled up a carcass that Japan took for a sea monster Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1803 a woman in a strange round vessel washed ashore in Japan Ellsworth Toohey

garden Tomatoes do not need to die on the vine for flavor Jason Weisberger

Games Stranger Than Heaven adds Tupac Shakur to its sprawling cast Grant St. Clair

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

Delightful Creatures Bears in Japan also sick of humans Jason Weisberger

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