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How hackers faked a zombie apocalypse alert on live TV
On February 11, 2013, someone hacked into the Emergency Alert Systems of at least five TV stations and broadcast a message warning viewers that “the…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
What do you read when you’re locked up in a Japanese jail for 23 days?
Playwright Jeremy O.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
The caganer: Catalonia’s defecating nativity figure
Tucked behind the manger in traditional Catalan nativity scenes, almost hidden, is a little figurine with his trousers down, squatting.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
The tofu product marketed as “the healthy human flesh alternative”
In May 2005, a Tuck School of Business student named Mark Nuckols launched Hufu, a tofu product marketed as “the healthy human flesh alternative for the…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
A petroleum engineer’s joyless lunches went viral in China
Keith Brown, a British petroleum engineer, ate the same cheerless sandwiches for lunch every day — dry bread, a slice of something, no condiments — and…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
USGlobal Airways: a 29-year airline that never flew
For 29 years, Baltia Air Lines — later renamed USGlobal Airways — existed as a real company with real investors, real Boeing 747s, and real executives.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
America forgot how to make a classified nuclear warhead ingredient
The U.S.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Watch the Attwater’s prairie chicken do his mating dance (he’s really going for it)
The mating dance of the Attwater’s prairie chicken is truly a display of beauty and grace.
 • Jennifer Sandlin
A website that lets you roleplay as an AI chatbot
Continuing my trend of writing about Really Cool Websites You’ve Probably Never Heard Of, here’s another, perfect for anyone who’s sick of the current…
 • Grant St. Clair
FEMA official claims divine Waffle House teleportation, somehow keeps job
At this point, it’s just silly to ask whether any of this is disqualifying.
 • Jason Weisberger
Historic cemetery honors circus performers and train victims
In Hugo, Oklahoma, you can visit the Showmen’s Rest area of the Woodlawn Cemetery to see the graves of circus performers from the Showmen’s League of…
 • Popkin
Med Beds: the QAnon miracle cure that costs $200 a night
In case you haven’t heard of Med Beds — well, first off, I’m jealous of you, because you clearly aren’t cursed with knowledge of what the QAnon right is…
 • Grant St. Clair
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