Muhammad Ali Watch this wonderful clip of Muhammad Ali learning about Mount Everest David Pescovitz

music Hear Muhammad Ali sing out against tooth decay David Pescovitz

books Carlos Castaneda faked an anthropology classic, then built a cult Ellsworth Toohey

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

History Grandpa Pudding Brains announces another Treaty of Versailles Jason Weisberger

Comics MAD hits 600 issues; still, thankfully, hilariously juvenile Ruben Bolling

History In 1810, a prankster sent 4,000 letters to flood one London address with chimney sweeps, coffins, and the Lord Mayor Ellsworth Toohey

Games Sealed 1985 Super Mario Bros game fetches record $3m at auction Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Turn your desk into a 4K workstation with this iMac for under $350 Boing Boing's Shop

politics Giant inflatable Elon Musk appears in Times Square, protesting Grok's lack of limits Grant St. Clair

Dementia Donnie Grandpa Pudding Brains says the Supreme Court he rigged is rigged Jason Weisberger

stupid Trump promised cheap gas and no new wars. Thanks, MAGA! Jason Weisberger

Grandpa Pudding Brains pauses Memorial Day tribute to workshop a joke about dead soldiers named Donald Jason Weisberger

UFOs JD Vance believes demons responsible for UFOs Séamus Bellamy

youtube 11foot8+8 bridge claims another victim Grant St. Clair

toys Stretch Armstrong: the gloriously goo-filled toy that shouldn't have worked (but did) Jason Weisberger

china China outlaws drones within Beijing city limits Séamus Bellamy

neuroscience Neuroscientist explains why Harry Mack's freestyle brain is different Jennifer Sandlin

Games Can you find any location in Zelda's Hyrule from a single screenshot? Grant St. Clair

books What do you read when you're locked up in a Japanese jail for 23 days? Ellsworth Toohey