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Michigan man running late calls in bomb threat to delay his flight (the plan backfires)
When a man in Detroit realized he was running late for his Spirit Airlines flight, he thought he could stall the plane's departure by calling in a bomb…
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Carla Sinclair
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I've seen photos of "topless girls of an uncertain age sitting on Trump's lap," says biographer
Michael Wolff, the author of multiple Trump books, including Fire and Fury, has made extraordinary claims about alleged compromising photos of Donald…
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Ellsworth Toohey
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Boing Boing, June 06, 2025
Police accountability, an AI-powered fish, and Tesla's Musk-Trump drama
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Boing Boing
Beyond the looks: The amazing world of of the eerie-looking aye-eye and other "repulsive" creatures
Have you ever considered that the creatures we find most repulsive might actually be the ones we should appreciate most?
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Ellsworth Toohey
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The Secret World of Denisovans: New book about our long-lost human relatives
A finger bone fragment, discovered in 2010 changed our understanding of human existence, The Secret World of Denisovans (August 2025), by Silvana…
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Ellsworth Toohey
"It is probably better not to drink your pee" (video)
Science has discovered that pee is not sterile, and you ought not to drink it.
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Jason Weisberger
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A cop was shot and killed while chasing a suspect. Can you guess the key fact that media omitted?
Chicago media ran stories today about a police officer there who was shot and killed while pursuing a fleeing suspect. They name the 36-year-old…
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Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing
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Denver residents renew legal battle over stinky Purina pet food plant
A lawsuit filed last year against Denver's Purina pet food plant, alleging it smells terrible, was oddly dismissed and then refiled by new plaintiffs.
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Jason Weisberger
90s Flashback – Get your weather from WeatherStar 4000+
WeatherStar is the technology the Weather Channel uses to produce its "local on the 8s" weather forecasts.
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Gail P Sherman
Lincoln Project on Trump chickening out
This ad seems sure to get under the Orange Chicken's skin.
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Jason Weisberger
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Watch: Man allows world's heaviest insect to bite him
The Tree Weta is an insect the size of a gerbil. It looks like a cricket, but in XXL. This nocturnal critter, native to New Zealand, is considered the…
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Popkin
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Thousands of tiny worms form eerie tentacle-like structure to find food
Recently, scientists observed a living tower of worms in nature for the first time.
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Popkin
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