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

christ Disruptive preacher boasts that 200 trapped airline passengers heard her sermon Jason Weisberger

gadgets New video card has only 4GB of RAM Rob Beschizza
History Prague settled political fights by throwing officials out windows Ellsworth Toohey
gadgets PocketByte: a modular handheld gadget for "play, life, and tinkering" Rob Beschizza
Science These cosmic blasts outshine supernovas and no one knows what they are Ellsworth Toohey
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
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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

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