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TL;DR: The Toybox kid-friendly 3D printer deluxe bundle is on sale for $329.97 (reg. $439) until December 22. Gift shopping for a child is completely different from shopping for an adult. There's SO much out there, so you usually have to narrow your options if you're not a...
When social security numbers first came into existence in the mid-1930s, you couldn't give those numbers away. Or at least not the lowest possible SSN of them all: 001-01-0001. Like phone numbers, social security numbers are grouped by the first three 'area' numbers, which...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Google claims that 'Willow', its quantum computing chip, cracks a key challenge in the experimental field. It solves, within minutes, a computing problem that standard processors cannot complete in any...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Cuddle up in front of a roaring rocket engine with NASA's Rocket Engine Fireplace video below, featuring eight hours of 4K virtual flames for your digital hearth. 'Technically, this fireplace packs the...
Monday December 9, 2024. 11:43 PM
Larry's Plumbing in Marysville, Washington, proudly displayed a replica of the legendary leg lamp from 'A Christmas Story' for the neighbors to see. A thief, however, shattered the window and made off with the fragile sculpture. While the police are seeking information...
TL;DR: The Seido™ Japanese Master Chef's 8-Piece Knife Set is on sale for $109.97 until January 12. Alright, so you're in the kitchen, right? It's a big dinner affair. Maybe it's the holidays. Maybe you just managed to get more than three friends to hang out at the same t...
A monument in Enterprise, Alabama, dedicated to a beetle that tanked its town's economy by devastating its cotton crops. The Boll Weevil Monument, erected in 1919, stands proudly in downtown Enterprise as 'the world's first monument built to honor an agricultural pest.' —...
Like toddlers — and humans of all ages, for that matter — a doggo wants what another doggo has. But one golden retriever suffering from a case of toy envy saw a golden opportunity to take what wasn't his when his bestie fell asleep. — Read the rest The post Doggo wants...
Ever wonder what hurts more — a honey bee sting or a paper wasp's jab? Justin O. Schmidt did more than wonder. This intrepid entomologist volunteered to get stung by nearly every stinging insect on Earth to create what might be science's most masochistic measuring system:...
Remember the time a a former US president was convicted of a felony? The New York Times compiled a curious collection of '24 Things That Happened for the First Time in 2024.' The selections range from groundbreaking scientific moments to technological breakthroughs and, of...
The New York Police Department is praising themselves for the work of a McDonald's employee who gave them a break today. Failing to keep the cool side cool, a McDonald's employee's tip, not all this puffery by New York's finest, caught the suspect in the United Health Care...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Dr. Jon T Kosloski is the new head of the US defense department's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office that's responsible for investigating UFOs or, as they prefer to call them, Unidentified Aerial...
Of the two notable things the president-elect said last night, media were most interested in his threat to jail political foe Liz Cheney. But the thing normal people were most interested in is his admission that his tariffs could make everything more expensive. — Read the...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Grab your calculators and head for New Cuyama, California — a spunky little desert hamlet proudly displaying a sign that's either a mathematical cry for help or a ruse to scare away city folk who want...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Marco McDewey placed a trail-cam in the Newport, Washington woods. When he later reviewed the video it captured, he noticed something rather unusual. Three deer were calmly grazing until a hazy form...
A man's beloved hobby, which he's practiced 'more than 1,000 times' to help him relax, got him arrested two weeks ago. Because much to his dismay, breaking into people's properties — as pleasurable as it might be — is against the law. — Read the rest The post Man caught...
Stealing the famed Madonna Inn's welcome mat seems to have become a local tradition among young men who want the excitement of stealing a welcome mat. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Young men with little fear of reprisal have taken to stealing ...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! When scientists want to understand how dangerous a toxic substance is, they use something called the 'median lethal dose' or LD50. This tells us how much of the substance it takes to be deadly. — Read...
What a letdown — this video tour of what is alleged to be Syrian dictator Assad's brother's sad-sack hidey-hole reveals a Spirit Airlines VIP lounge aesthetic when we were expecting Doctor Evil's summer home. The videographer (who apparently went to the Blair Witch Project ...
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