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Gillian Anderson—star of the show Sex Education—turned up at last night's Golden Globes award wearing a beautiful dress subtly embroidered with vulvas. See it below. The gown was a collaboration with designer Gabriela Hearst. "Since my Instagram presence has been highlighting yonis since Sex Education landed on Netflix, and with the mantra of my brand G-Spot being to 'prioritize pleasure,' I wanted to bring...

Please allow me the honor of presenting to you one of the great moments in the history of television in the 1970s. Up there with the Watergate Hearings, Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King, and Sammy Davis, Jr. kissing Archie Bunker. — Read the rest The post The most 1970s moment in TV history: Gabe Kaplan vs. Robert Conrad in the Battle of the...

In 1983, the video game market in the United States crashed in due to market saturation, an onslaught of crappy games, and the rise in personal computers. In Japan, it was referred to as the "Atari Shock." But before that, Atari ruled the 8-bit landscape with the Atari VCS (Atari 2600). — Read the rest The post Inside Atari's headquarters just before the 1983...

Check out these two videos that demonstrate a variety of very cool traps, or sound effect instruments, that percussionists used in the silent film era to bring realistic sounds to the action on the screen. Theaters hired percussionists to sit behind movie screens and create sounds approximating train whistles, trains, police sirens, horses clomping down the road, and more. — Read the rest The...

These baby opossums eating fruit will likely overwhelm your heart with joy, so proceed with caution. I'm someone who usually can't stand chewing sounds, but the sound of these little guys chewing with their mouths open is truly adorable.  Sometimes I get down on the internet, but then I see a video like this and I'm very thankful to have a wifi connection. —...

New York City may soon be getting a floating pool in its East River. It will be an innovative floating platform, with the walls of the cross-shaped pool comprised of special filters that will allow river water to flow through, while filtering out debris and microbes. — Read the rest The post NYC to put a floating pool in the East River appeared first...

At a campaign event in Iowa today, former President Donald Trump explained that the Civil War didn't have to happen. "So many mistakes were made," Trump said. "I think you could have negotiated that." Watch the clip below. "This is something that could've been negotiated," he added. — Read the rest The post Trump: Civil War didn't need to happen, could have been "negotiated"...

This Simpsons enthusiast demonstrated their love for Abraham Jebediah "Abe" Simpson II, aka Grampa, by having the entirety of one of his rambling stories tattooed on a limb. Now that's commitment. See below. We can't bust heads like we used to—but we have our ways. — Read the rest The post Tattoo of Grampa Simpson's rambling"bust heads" story…. all of it appeared first on...

In a world where scams seem to be more pervasive every day—and those perpetrating them can take advantage of sophisticated, ever-evolving technology to help them—it can be extremely cathartic to see someone take the fight to the scammers. Scambaiting is my latest guilty pleasure (of which I have many) and it doesn't get much better than watching scammers have a complete meltdown over money...

This video is so cool! It features a marble bouncing through a giant, elaborate musical Rube Goldberg machine made out of colorful xylophone keys, bananas, and coconuts, playing the song "I Wanna Be Like You" from Disney's The Jungle Book.  If I didn't know better, I'd think this "marble music" was real, and that someone had spent an incomprehensible number of hours building it. —...

Cayton Law of Pittsburgh, PA left an envelope on his kitchen counter containing $4,000 in cash as payment for contractors working on his home. When he returned, he found his family's goldendoodle, Cecil, chewing on the $100 and $50 bills. "He doesn't do many dog things, he doesn't chew furniture or clothing, that's why we're extra shocked when he decided to do this," Law...

In Edmond, Oklahoma, the Dyer family dog Oakley ventured into the backyard at night when nature called. Then, out of nowhere, a coyote pounced on him. Moments later, another coyote came in for a bite. Fortunately, not all heroes wear capes. — Read the rest The post Cat rescues dog from coyotes attacking him (video) appeared first on Boing Boing.

We've brought you content from Ozzy Man Reviews in the past, and I'm back with another one of his funny videos. This time, Ozzy Man (who is an Australian comedian named Ethan Marrell) is taking on the persona of a Highland Cow named Rocco who is absolutely delighted to eat some pumpkin—and to keep it all to himself without sharing it with his brother Sunny. — Read the...

Although Great Pyrenees dogs are known for their reputation as stellar protectors of goats and other livestock, one goose didn't get the memo. "Sally doesn't know the goats are actually SUPPOSED to stay with the dogs," says her TikTok page. And so she takes it upon herself to protect her Great Pyrenees sibling from the family-friendly goats, chasing the little guys away every time...

"Regulate" is the classic 1994 hip-hop number by Warren G (featuring Nate Dogg). Along with samples of Bob James's "Sign of the Times" and Dr. Dre's "Let Me Ride," the track most prominently features Michael McDonald's killer 1982 yacht rock tune "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)." — Read the rest The post Warren G and Kenny G perform "Regulate" (video) appeared first...

I could watch this video all day long. It features some of the fanciest, most elaborate steamed buns I've ever seen fluffing up as they cook. It was posted on one of my favorite subreddits, "Oddly Satisfying" ("For those little things that are inexplicably satisfying"), where it definitely belongs. — Read the rest The post Watching these steamed buns expand as they cook is mesmerizing appeared...

A frisky young golden retriever plays and acts just like her much older four-legged sibling — who just happens to be a cat. From taking a snooze on the highest flat surface in the room to play-fighting with her paws to lounging on a window sill, it's pretty clear who raised this feline pooch. — Read the rest The post Feline doggo shows all...

There are plenty of adults who are 4 feet tall, and there are quite a few who are over 7 feet eight. But only one adult in recorded history has been both 4 feet tall and 7 feet eight. Adam Rainer was born in 1899 in Graz, Austria. — Read the rest The post How the world's only dwarf-giant grew from 4'10" to 7'8"...

In December 1993, just down the road from Disney World in Orlando, Florida, another theme park opened. Splendid China was owned by a travel agency called China Travel Services and a US company called American Eastern International. "Its only tie to China is that the government licenses the company to operate a park near Hong Kong," according to the Orlando Sentinel at the time....

"People making food edited to be synced with theme-appropriate music" is practically a genre unto itself nowadays, but lately there's been one Internet chef in particular I enjoy as my latest guilty pleasure- and no, I'm not talking about Binging with Babish. — Read the rest The post Canadian chef recreates outrageous recipes from movies and TV appeared first on Boing Boing.

A Japan Airlines flight full of passengers burst into flames after it collided with an earthquake-relief plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday. Although everyone on the domestic flight — flying in from Japan's northern city of Sapporo — safely evacuated, five out of the six people on the relief plane were killed, according to CNN. — Read the rest The post Japan Airlines...

From Mark Evanier's very fine blog News from ME: In 1962, Screen Gems, the television division of Columbia Pictures, tried to produce a Marx Brothers television show. The fact that Chico had passed away in 1961 did not deter the project, as it was intended to be done in Claymation animation (called Tri-Cinemation by the production). — Read the rest The post A 1962...

These real life rocking horses are way too precious. Watch as these two horses stand on curved platforms and have a great time rocking back and forth. I love how the baby horse has a tiny little rocking device so they can join in on the fun too.  — Read the rest The post Real-life rocking horses appeared first on Boing Boing.