pranks Gingerbread monolith appears on San Francisco hilltop Gareth Branwyn

vandalism Christians censor monoliths, vandalizing property and tearing down monuments Thom Dunn

sculpture Mysterious genitalia sculpture swapped in Bavarian mountains for bigger phallus Kevin Reome

my god it's full of stars 2001: A Space Odyssey spacesuit up for auction David Pescovitz

florida 101.1 degree sea temperature in Florida a global record if confirmed Rob Beschizza

sesame street 'Sesame Street' introduces TJ, their first Filipino muppet Rusty Blazenhoff

video games Monolith Soft becomes latest developer to raise employee pay Grant St. Clair

Ukraine Miss Ukraine's 'Warrior of Light' costume took four months to build under extreme conditions Rusty Blazenhoff

what music does cheese like? What music makes the best cheese? Hip-hop! Jennifer Sandlin

lake mead The "Monolith of Lake Mead" is a sunken speedboat sticking straight up out of the dry lakebed Jennifer Sandlin

counterfeiters Watch counterfeiter Jeff Turner describe how he perfected his pseudo-Supernote Andrew Yi

vandalism Mysterious Georgia Guidestones were partially destroyed in a bombing Jennifer Sandlin

movies The fine line between representing and appropriating Asian culture Devin Nealy

History Today is the birthday of abolitionist John Brown Devin Nealy

rap Vanilla Ice and the birth of inauthentic hip hop Devin Nealy

The Ultimate Scratching Post was designed to be the central axis of your home, around which all things revolve Mark Frauenfelder

punk rock KEXP has a great retrospective on G.L.O.S.S. (Girls Living Outside Society's Shit) Thom Dunn

sound effects Check out this demo of Plate Echo — "the greatest studio effect of all time" Mark Frauenfelder

futility closet In the 1800s, France, England, and the United States each undertook to move a massive Egyptian obelisk Futility Closet