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

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

Games Games matter because games don't matter, says a philosopher Ellsworth Toohey

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UFOs JD Vance believes demons responsible for UFOs Séamus Bellamy

Weird 1940s miner crafted dentures from toothbrush handles and coyote teeth Popkin

Sober DUI Another Tennessee "DUI" case with no alcohol ends in lawsuit Jason Weisberger

Same old song and dance Trump returns to his reality TV roots. Who gets fired next? Jason Weisberger

travel "Weird Al" Yankovic among the celebrities joining the Muppets on Disney World's upcoming Rock 'n' Roller Coaster ride Ruben Bolling

art Thousands of plastic straws turn a face into an alien apparition Popkin

politics JD Vance says he thinks aliens are "demons" Ellsworth Toohey

books The Tokyo Vice author digs into cryptocurrency's darkest chapters Roger Park

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

law Cops' new weird trick: fake DUI charges for everyone they pull over Rob Beschizza

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