iceland Iceland prime minister resigns over Panama Papers revelations Rob Beschizza

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

History Sid Caesar built the writers' room that taught Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Carl Reiner, and Woody Allen how to be funny Ellsworth Toohey

Science Sally Ride flew to space 43 years ago today. She still has the best astronaut name. Séamus Bellamy

DIY Man supercharges a child's pink ride-on car, sends it flying Popkin

Science In 1986, a Cameroonian lake released a CO2 cloud that killed 1,746 people overnight Ellsworth Toohey

History The ancient practice of mummifying a man in honey to sell as medicine Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1888, a French adventurer convinced Vietnamese tribes to crown him king Ellsworth Toohey

Cat crashes Romeo and Juliet ballet in Turkey, bites Romeo mid-death scene, steals entire show Popkin

comedy Watching a middle-aged English woman enrage romance scammers is my new favorite pastime Grant St. Clair

animals In a Honduran town, fish appear on the ground after every major rainstorm Ellsworth Toohey

History The turnspit dog was bred to run on a wheel and roast meat, then went extinct Ellsworth Toohey

History Violet Jessop survived the Titanic, the Britannic, and a collision on the Olympic Ellsworth Toohey

music Watch an inebriated Bob Dylan troll a bored John Lennon about stealing "Norwegian Wood" Ruben Bolling

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

History The WWII commando who fought with a broadsword, longbow, and bagpipes Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction Jason Momoa won't touch the Escape from New York remake Séamus Bellamy

mistakes College president suggests graduates "put a quick end" to themselves in commencement speech Rob Beschizza

Games The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser is now eight years old and counting Grant St. Clair