magic Weird party trick: rub garlic on your fingers to pick up an egg yolk without it breaking Rusty Blazenhoff

Engineering Listen to the sound of one screw falling into a turbine engine Xeni Jardin

coca-cola How to catch a subterranean catfish using mentos, eggs, and Coca-cola Thom Dunn

History 18 million weird old books are waiting for you in this free online archive Ellsworth Toohey

music 27 musicians try to interpret "Hit 'Em," a baffling song from a stranger's dream Thom Dunn

Strange "pillar to heaven" photographed in sky over Thailand Allan Rose Hill

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

books Band People: the artistry and economics of supporting musicians Thom Dunn

Funny Horses look weird from this angle Popkin

Funny Dial an Insult: The bizarre 90s ad that feels like a fever dream Popkin

News The New York Times: a FOX in journalists' clothing Jason Weisberger

facebook Facebook is paying people to make the AI slop that infests it Rob Beschizza

politics Weird MAGA is the meme of the hour Rob Beschizza

Science This animation explains the weird science behind worm charming Popkin

maga MAGA senate candidate's "Crime Map" turns out to just show drinking fountains Ellsworth Toohey

History How Ibram X. Kendi's STAMPED became a stunning graphic novel history of racism Thom Dunn

art AI-generated spectrogram looks like a corgi and sounds like one too Rob Beschizza

Weird and fantastic vintage photos of people dreaming David Pescovitz

coneheads RFK Jr may need a phrenologist Jason Weisberger