Boing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things

History For centuries, a cracked Egyptian statue sang at dawn Ellsworth Toohey

Science Mysterious glowing balls rise from the Mekong every year Ellsworth Toohey
History The masked prisoner of Louis XIV whose name was never spoken Ellsworth Toohey
politics There is a real Swiss political party devoted to abolishing PowerPoint Ellsworth Toohey
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Delightful Creatures California's vanished sunflower sea stars are not totally vanished Jason Weisberger
pools Grandpa Pudding Brains is hunting for vandals in his $14.7 million algae farm Jason Weisberger
DHS ICE pepper-sprays Father's Day protest after woman is run over Jason Weisberger
music The schizophrenic Chicago artist who became an outsider rock legend Ellsworth Toohey
film For 32 years, every director who disowned a film became Alan Smithee Ellsworth Toohey
art For 60 years, an 84-year-old has let a deck of cards build his map Ellsworth Toohey
History A 20-mile maze under Budapest hid a secret WWII aircraft engine plant Ellsworth Toohey
History An expedition spent years looking for an Arctic island that didn't exist Ellsworth Toohey
tesla Tesla's driver-assist nightmare bursts through living room wall Jason Weisberger
History In 1835 a New York paper put bat-men and unicorns on the moon Ellsworth Toohey
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Games Call of Duty shrugs, reheats its leftovers with Black Ops remaster Grant St. Clair
movies Bob Odenkirk stars in straight-faced remake of The Room Grant St. Clair

Games Grand Theft Auto 6 opens pre-orders, reveals cover art Grant St. Clair

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mechanical keyboards Cyberdeck with punishingly minimal 30% keyboard Rob Beschizza

websites The obscure airfields of America Rob Beschizza

Science A star discovered in 2014 has exploded six times and none of the theories explain it Ellsworth Toohey

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

Science In 1985, a Japanese woman wrote a letter about bookstores making her need to use the bathroom. It became a phenomenon. Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1974, Turkish forces fenced off a Cyprus beach resort. It's still empty. Ellsworth Toohey

History Sid Caesar built the writers' room that taught Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Carl Reiner, and Woody Allen how to be funny Ellsworth Toohey

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