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Boing Boing, June 10, 2026
Squirrels twice, a Steam Machine, and Stonehenge
 • Boing Boing
Kim Jong-il had a South Korean actress kidnapped to make him movies
Choi Eun-hee was one of South Korea’s biggest film stars of the 1960s and 1970s.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
In 1803 a woman in a strange round vessel washed ashore in Japan
The Utsuro-bune (”hollow boat”) was an object that “allegedly washed ashore in 1803 in Hitachi province on the eastern coast of Japan.” According to the…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
The spy who ate live animals, documents, and possibly a toddler
Tarrare was an 18th-century French showman and soldier who could eat almost without limit and was “constantly hungry.” As a performer, he “swallowed…
 • Mark Frauenfelder
Lal Bihari was legally dead for 18 years and fought to undo it
In parts of Uttar Pradesh, India, one way to seize a relative’s land is to bribe an official to declare them dead.
 • Mark Frauenfelder
Tomatoes do not need to die on the vine for flavor
Reading r/tomatoes taught me that “first blush” started life as a gardening term, and now my tomato yield is up because the local birds and mammals have…
 • Jason Weisberger
MAGA Mike is sneaking around your Social Security
MAGA Mike Johnson is doing that thing Republicans do when they stand near Social Security with a wrench and insist they are only here to help.
 • Jason Weisberger
Iran has American theme bars because people are better than governments
The people are usually better than the countries pretending to speak for them.
 • Jason Weisberger
Grandpa Pudding Brains loves the inflation
Nothing says affordability like falling in love with higher prices.
 • Jason Weisberger
Santa Monica created a squirrel buffet and got a squirrel problem
Santa Monica accidentally opened a cliffside squirrel casino.
 • Jason Weisberger
Ancient squirrel droppings unlock Ice Age DNA goldmine
There is still so much about the Earth that we do not know.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Ocarina of Time is getting a ground-up remake on Switch 2
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is one of those watershed moments in gaming that needs no introduction.
 • Grant St. Clair
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