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LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid used in veterinary medicine to knock out huge animals like elephants and rhinoceroses for surgery. It's apparently 10,000 times more stronger than morphine and 100 times ...
A vulture crashed into the cockpit of a small plane carrying five passengers, gruesomely hanging in front of the pilot's face for the rest of the flight. But the pilot, whose view was partially blocked by the dead bird, remained incredibly calm as he landed the plane at an...
There's a scene in Quentin Tarantino's 2015 Western, The Hateful Eight, where Kurt Russell grabs Jennifer Jason Leigh's guitar and smashes it against a wooden column. Turns out that wasn't just any old guitar — it was a priceless 1870s Martin acoustic on loan from the...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! New analysis of tiny spoons found attached to belts of Barbarian warriors at ancient burial sites suggest that the Roman-era Germanic soldiers snorted stimulants and other drugs to embolden them in...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Road workers on Federal Highway 105 in Hidalgo, Mexico were surprised when their construction project revealed an ancient pyramid dating back more than 1,000 years. The pyramid was part of a pre-Hispanic ...
Trump-pick for secretary of defense Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News host accused of drinking on the job and sexual misconduct, is a 'WINNER' according to Donald Trump. And if this MAGA champ loses his confirmation, he may sue the woman who accused him of sexual assault in...
'I'm acutely aware that I could go any day now but — I don't know why — it doesn't concern me. I'm not afraid of it. I have that feeling — totally against anything intellectual — that I'm going to be all right.' — Read the rest The post 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke...
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The design language of body armor in science fiction has attained an optimum of implausibility. Form-fitting rigidity somehow allows unrestrained mobility in ways no fantasy of material science can entertain. Will someone involved please look for one moment at a real suit of ...
Muhammed is the most popular baby name in England for the first time. It pipped Noah for the top spot by less than 100, though when you include variants such as Mohammed it's been way ahead for years. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? — Read the rest The post...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Skeleton Crew is pure 80s Star Wars fun. The kids are a classic 80s crew who ride (speeder) bikes and go on an accidental adventure. Major Tom (Coming Home) is a classic new wave song released in 1983....
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral has been closed since it was hit by a fire in 2019. It's now been restored and is set to reopen on Saturday. Among the celebrations of the event is a new nighttime sky show...
Britain developed an AI-based system for detecting benefits fraud. The AI determined that some groups are more likely to commit benefit fraud than others. A review shows that the AI was wrong. An artificial intelligence system used by the UK government to detect welfare...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! This baby name visualizer aligns oversized versions of the letters in your name to a graph of the popularity of the name over time. I was having a conversation recently about how every third girl in my...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! After years of cost-cutting, lobbying and mismanagement, Boeing finally sent hundreds of passengers to their deaths in 737 MAX jets that were hard to fly without training the pilots didn't receive. —...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Did you know about the bald eagle death spiral? It's a weird behavior where two eagles that have been put at odds will lock talons and simply plummet toward the ground, presumably as a high-stakes game...
Whenever Gen X's slacking, odd behavior and political derangement is noted, people wonder: was it all the lead? Experts have often been quick to say that no, it was not the lead. Well, guess what. A new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry found...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Video games can't always be perfect representations of the world around you, unless your name is Arthur Morgan. Luckily, YouTuber Void Darc is here to put things into perspective. — Read the rest The...
An analysis of Venus's atmosphere concludes that the planet was never home to life as we know it on Earth. As inhospitable as its lead-melting surface and sulphuric atmosphere now is, the world's past was no more amenable to survival: there simply wasn't enough water there...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Noble Signs, a fantastic sign making company in New York City has been rescuing old and classic signs destined for the junkyard for years, and is now making their Sign Museum collection accessible to the ...
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