video Fascinating video compares the heights of famous people throughout history Mark Frauenfelder

world records Meet the world's shortest man David Pescovitz

dutch The Dutch are shrinking Annie Rauwerda

trump The Trump 63-second press briefing Kevin Reome

world records Incredible rare 1930s color footage of the World's Tallest Man David Pescovitz

Science This map shows where the tallest people live David Pescovitz

world records Chandra Bahadur Dangi , the world's shortest man, RIP David Pescovitz

Louisville Louisville's Can Opener gives 11foot8 a run for its money, peeling open trucks at a rate of about 1 per day Gail Sherman

History Star Tiger sent its last radio message at 3:17 a.m. in 1948. No wreckage was ever found. Ellsworth Toohey

Games Firewood chopping simulator Rob Beschizza

books In 1932, John W. Campbell imagined machines outliving humanity Ellsworth Toohey

movies Fall, the movie about not falling, gets a sequel about an even bigger fall this fall Grant St. Clair

Games Until Dawn gets a surprise sequel announcement Grant St. Clair

pool Grandpa Pudding Brains unveils "our pool is bigger than skyscrapers" chart Jason Weisberger

maker A hobbyist projects SFO's overhead planes onto his ceiling in real time Ellsworth Toohey

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

books Cartoonist Jeff Smith, author of "Bone," is getting comics' most prestigious honor Ruben Bolling

Austrian plane clips paraglider mid-air; emergency chute saves pilot Popkin

mistakes Another graduation speaker hypes AI to boos, tells students their education is already obsolete Rob Beschizza

Comic Books Revisiting the strange world of Dick Tracy Gareth Branwyn