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I enjoyed this fascinating video where a doctor explains our "useless" vestigial organs and other structures in our bodies.  He explains why we have parts like wisdom teeth, an appendix, the muscles some people can use to wiggle their ears (I've always been jealous of people who can do that), and more. — Read the rest The post Vestigial organs: hear a doctor explain...

After a building exploded in Detroit, killing a man, a quest for answers began. A great place to start will be the building's owner, Noor Noel Kestou, arrested yesterday while trying to leave the country on a one-way flight to Hong Kong. — Read the rest The post Owner of exploded building arrested getting ready to board one-way flight out the country appeared first...

These frogs are White's tree frogs, also known as Australian green tree frogs or dumpy tree frogs (rude), and are absolutely characters from a Studio Ghibli film. They don't seem to be very good at distinguishing food from a person's finger, but apparently, frog bites are slimy but not painful.  — Read the rest The post These frogs look like something from Studio Ghibli...

Enjoy this video from 1957 made to show students examples of outfits deemed as proper—and improper—by the school's dress code.  The "bad taste" outfits include jeans, open leather jackets, and skirts that were too tight in the eyes of the school. — Read the rest The post 1957 school dress code video for students appeared first on Boing Boing.

The Special Cranker pedal from Earthquaker Devices is the secret weapon to my guitar tone—an "transparent" overdrive pedal that really makes it sound like someone just cranked your amp to 11 (no matter how loud you're actually playing). In fact, the circuit was originally used in an even simpler pedal called the Speaker Cranker. — Read the rest The post The Karen Speaker Manager...

Brooklyn Vegan reports that the trendy urban clothing brand known FUGAZI is opening up a flagship store on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The store, located at 55 Canal Street, will sell the brands' jackets, hats, shoes, and pants—some of which are adorned with the word "FUGAZI" in big block letters. — Read the rest The post New NYC clothing store called Fugazi is not...

As previously reported by Jennifer Sandlin, the "Thermonator" is a flame-thrower equipped robot dog from Ohio-based flamethrower manufacturers Throwflame—and now it's finally for sale to the general public! Here's how the company describes the fully legal Thermonator: Thermonator is the first-ever flamethrower-wielding robot dog. — Read the rest The post This consumer-grade flamethrowing robot dog is finally available for sale appeared first on Boing...

A truck driver in Pennsylvania pulled over for a power nap when he was rudely awakened by a shaking cab. As The Kansas City Star reports: When the driver got out of the truck to see what was going on, he saw four SUVs and 12 men, according to police. — Read the rest The post Truck driver attacked, $30k in snow crabs stolen...

When I saw chatter about an April 22 Drew Carey tweet in which he freaks out about his experience attending a Phish concert at Las Vegas's Sphere, I thought his account may have been hacked. Not only was it over-the-top and possibly out of character (?), — Read the rest The post Drew Carey's incredible rant about his rapturous sexual/religious experience seeing Phish at...

Congratulations to young Cooper [Last Name Withheld] of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, who recently travelled to the coastal Belgian town of De Panne and took home the crown in the EC Gull Screeching competition, which is apparently a real thing. Yes, that would be a seagull screeching competition. — Read the rest The post 9-year-old British boy wins Europe-wide Imitation Seagull Screeching Competition appeared first...

In 1985, Mister Rogers was a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. An audience member asked an excellent question: "Do you ever just cut loose and lose control? Do you ever yell at your wife? I just can't picture you having a knock-down drag-out with your wife." — Read the rest The post Mister Rogers answers if he ever lost his temper and flipped...

I attended a TED talk a couple of weeks ago, and the thesis of one of the speakers really stuck with me (video unavailable as of yet). Professor Miguel Basáñez, of Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, spoke about his theory that while there are around 200 countries in the world, there are three primary cultures. — Read the rest The post...

I don't know anything about Minecraft, but I was delighted to learn of this complete, detailed Minecraft Disneyland. "Mouskegamer" started the project five years ago with two friends, but others have taken up the mantle since 2023. Here is a video walkthrough of Minecraft Disneyland. — Read the rest The post An incredibly detailed Minecraft version of Disneyland appeared first on Boing Boing.

The first model for the original Star Trek (1966-1969) spaceship, the Enterprise, had been missing since 1979, but recently appeared on an eBay listing. Fans and experts immediately noticed, and once it was authenticated as genuine, was returned to the son of the Gene Roddenberry, the show's creator. — Read the rest The post The original model for Star Trek's U.S.S. Enterprise emerges after...

This clever bird doesn't play around when it comes to stirring coffee—or at least try to. Watch him grab a metal spoon in his beak and mix it up with great passion.  I'm glad this bird knows what a serious matter it is to make sure that cream and sugar is properly mixed into one's coffee. — Read the rest The post Clever bird...

Watch an incredibly talented hair artist braid her long hair into a stunning and elegant bikini top. This is one of the most creative clothing ideas I've ever seen.  If I had long hair like this, I'd want to braid all my tops. — Read the rest The post Hair artist creates amazing bikini top from her own braids appeared first on Boing Boing.

This 1972 Volkswagen Beetle Commercial proudly demonstrates how a Beetle can float in water. The commercial shows a guy driving his Beetle right into a lake, and then peacefully floating along in the Beetle as if it's a boat. I wonder if anyone followed suit and then found themselves in a pickle.  — Read the rest The post 1972 Volkswagen Beetle ad shows that...

If I didn't know these were fern spores, I'd think I was looking at a mountain of squirming insects. It's freaky and mesmerizing to watch! The video embedded below explains why the spores behave this way. "Look at the underside of a fern leaf. — Read the rest The post Fern spores wiggle around like insects appeared first on Boing Boing.

NBC News reports that carmaker Hyundai has paused its ads on Twitter, citing the presence of neo-Nazi material alongside its own posts. "We have paused our ads on X and are speaking to X directly about brand safety to ensure this issue is addressed," Hyundai said in the statement.  — Read the rest The post Hyundai suspends advertising on Twitter after Nazi material runs...

To the surprise of no one, Kotaro and Hana, the unbearably cute Asian small-clawed otters, have a corgi friend. When it is time to head out for a walk, Kotaro is anxious to put on his harness, but Hana has to be coaxed out of bed. — Read the rest The post Adorable otters swim with a friend appeared first on Boing Boing.

Shane Patrick White has an excellent video detailing the process of inking an original panel of comic book art on his channel. Watching any level of artistic mastery is always a delight, and White is no exception. In the video, he details each step and nuance to creating a work of art like this—warming up by outlining black areas, rotating the page, when and...

9-year-old Cal Clifford had been begging his parents for years: "please get me a pet octopus, please!" Eventually, his parents acquiesced to his demands, and brought him a cute little cephalopod named Terrance. But, as The Washington Post reports: Terrance was not a male octopus, as they had first thought. — Read the rest The post 9-year-old boy discovers 50 reasons why you shouldn't...

The city of Anaheim, California, just announced that its City Council voted to approve a Disney project called Disneyland Forward, giving Disney zoning approval to transform parking lots across the street from and near its existing theme parks into new theme park, hotel, and entertainment and retail areas. — Read the rest The post Anaheim City Council votes to approve Disney's 10-year, $2 billion...

Earlier this year, comics publisher Oni Press announced that it would be raising the legendary horror comics imprint EC Comics from the grave. EC Comics was perhaps best known for such spine-chilling anthologies as Tales From The Crypt and The Vault of Horror — both of which drew the ire of Frederic Wertham and his infamous Seduction of the Innocent crusade against comic books....