books Why this badly written back pain book has a cult following Mark Frauenfelder

History At a medieval church festival, the priest brayed like a donkey and the congregation brayed back Ellsworth Toohey

youtube Why are car keys always kept in the visor in movies? Grant St. Clair

News Washington Post sued over alleged surveillance pricing Séamus Bellamy

Business Microsoft may spin off struggling XBox division Rob Beschizza

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

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

Science A 1977 trawler hauled up a carcass that Japan took for a sea monster Ellsworth Toohey

Internet An anonymous group posted internet puzzles to recruit code-breakers, then vanished Ellsworth Toohey

History Estonian supermarket built around a 10,000-year-old Ice Age boulder Popkin

science fiction Mark Russell's new graphic novel explores the strange comfort of cults Gareth Branwyn

guns Pasadena cops discover "just joking" does not stop bullets Jason Weisberger

Science Decoding whale language could unlock new legal rights for them Ruben Bolling

film Kim Jong-il had a South Korean actress kidnapped to make him movies Ellsworth Toohey

History The spy who ate live animals, documents, and possibly a toddler Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1896 a railroad crashed two trains head-on for fun and killed two spectators Ellsworth Toohey

art A whole book about That One Matt Bors Comic Rob Beschizza

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Republicans MAGA Mike is sneaking around your Social Security Jason Weisberger

war Iran has American theme bars because people are better than governments Jason Weisberger