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

police Road sign reprogrammed to protest ICE killings Rob Beschizza

Science Surgeons can rebuild an eye's window out of one of your own teeth Ellsworth Toohey
Weird The endurance sport where you drop live ferrets down your pants Ellsworth Toohey
animals This unusually tall duck went viral and got a bronze statue Ellsworth Toohey
History In 1996, hundreds of gibberish messages flooded Usenet unexplained Ellsworth Toohey
Science A tree has been floating upright in this lake since 1896 Ellsworth Toohey
diarrhea The many brands of Taylor Farms, suspected source of America's diarrhea lettuce Rob Beschizza
websites Online Tower of Babel gets a new brick for every Wikipedia edit Rob Beschizza
surveillance Look up your local cops on the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance Rob Beschizza
Games Online museum of handheld electronic games Rob Beschizza
apple Decker is Hypercard for the modern web Rob Beschizza
Culture Cyberpunks, mutants, and mondoids gather in San Francisco in August Ellsworth Toohey
spineless weasels MAGA Mike shares the Republican plan for midterm success: intercessory prayer Jason Weisberger
nazi bar Actual neo-Nazis demonstrate Elon Musk's heartfelt salute Jason Weisberger
seattle Two men rode the elevator to the top of the Space Needle and jumped off Jason Weisberger
blinded me with science Woman charged with smothering her twins claims the vaccines did it Jason Weisberger
DHS ICE made its costume easy to counterfeit Jason Weisberger
History The legend of India's "breast tax" and the woman who defied it Ellsworth Toohey
lawlessness ICE arrested a green-card holder while she was gardening and kept her for a year Jason Weisberger
History The oldest surviving Book of Revelation says the beast's number is 616 Ellsworth Toohey

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music A song charted on Billboard in 1979 without ever being released Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Four bytes could freeze any Pentium in 1997 Ellsworth Toohey

video games "I am Error" was never a mistranslation — it was a programmer's joke Ellsworth Toohey

Science The math-solving horse who fooled scientists still haunts AI research Ellsworth Toohey

art Renaissance painters kept adding a realistic fly to their portraits Ellsworth Toohey

History France once had a king who reigned for four days — his entire life Ellsworth Toohey

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