Boing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things

Technology The hoaxter who claimed he could fit a whole movie in one kilobyte Ellsworth Toohey
History A paranoid dictator built 750,000 bunkers no one ever used except for sex Ellsworth Toohey
In 1907, a sailor watched the North Atlantic mysteriously change color forever Jason Weisberger

Science In 1978, a physicist took a particle accelerator beam through his brain and went back to work Ellsworth Toohey
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music Remember Tara, the singing android that terrified the internet Ellsworth Toohey
Science In the year 536, the sun dimmed for 18 months: "one of the worst periods to be alive" Ellsworth Toohey
History A homesick mechanic stole a C-130 to fly home to his wife Ellsworth Toohey
Technology The sci-fi machines that talk, but only about one thing Ellsworth Toohey
gadgets A tiny keypad for chatting with chatbots Rob Beschizza
Science The "polar bear sea monster" that fought whales was a blob of whale Ellsworth Toohey
design Decoy is an ambigious font that "hides" from AI Bobson Dugnutt
books The A Clockwork Orange origin story may be a total fabrication Ellsworth Toohey
trains Live map of Britain's trains Rob Beschizza
serious business Anti-Forbes list ranks wealthy by the wealth their companies generated for others Rob Beschizza
tools Collection of useful text art tools Rob Beschizza
stranger things Watch the first season of Stranger Things in full 1980s pan and scan VHS glory Gail Sherman
travel The country that hands you a one-year tourist visa at the airport Ellsworth Toohey
china Cuba's surviving Trump's oil embargo with solar powered tuk-tuks Séamus Bellamy
books The Newest Complete Carl Barks Library volume has Donald Duck lost beneath the sea Ruben Bolling
anime New documentary explores the astonishing legacy of manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka Gareth Branwyn
Business Bloomberg calls chargebacks "friendly fraud" — but it's often the only option Ellsworth Toohey
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Science The Peking Man fossils vanished in 1941 and are still missing Ellsworth Toohey

religion When six people in a Kansas thrift store elected their own pope Ellsworth Toohey

History The time Spike Milligan refused to pay a parking fine: "send me to prison" Ellsworth Toohey

Technology The keystroke that hid your game behind a fake spreadsheet Ellsworth Toohey

puzzles The NY Times' crossword editor kept building puzzles from his hospital bed Ellsworth Toohey

Science Scientists baked sourdough with yeast from a 5,300-year-old mummy Ellsworth Toohey

Culture Six American habits that baffle the French Ellsworth Toohey

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News Swiss Yodelers retreat to fountains to beat brutal heat Séamus Bellamy

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