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Call of Duty shrugs, reheats its leftovers with Black Ops remaster
There are now seven Call of Duty: Black Ops games, which is honestly fewer than I thought.
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Grant St. Clair
Bob Odenkirk stars in straight-faced remake of The Room
Tommy Wiseau’s 2004 masterpiece The Room is, perhaps, the most infamous bad movie ever made.
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Grant St. Clair
Grand Theft Auto 6 opens pre-orders, reveals cover art
If at any point you’ve ever doubted that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be the biggest entertainment product since the Epic of Gilgamesh, look no further than…
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Grant St. Clair
Cyberdeck with punishingly minimal 30% keyboard
A cyberdeck is a homemade portable computer in the cyberpunk mold (exposed, utilitarian, built to suit its maker rather than to sell) and NickZero’s…
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Rob Beschizza
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The obscure airfields of America
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields [airfields-freeman.com] collects America’s half-forgotten strips and reconstructs each one’s history from old…
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Rob Beschizza
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In 1974, Turkish forces fenced off a Cyprus beach resort. It’s still empty.
From 1970 to 1974, the Varosha district of Famagusta, Cyprus, was “one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world,” a favorite of Elizabeth…
Jun 19
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Ellsworth Toohey
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In 1985, a Japanese woman wrote a letter about bookstores making her need to use the bathroom. It became a phenomenon.
In February 1985, a 29-year-old woman from Tokyo’s Suginami neighborhood sent a letter to the Japanese magazine Book Magazine.
Jun 19
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Ellsworth Toohey
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Japan’s greatest sword was surrendered to a US sergeant in 1946. Nobody knows where it is.
The Honjō Masamune, forged in the 13th or 14th century and passed from shōgun to shōgun as a symbol of the Tokugawa dynasty, is considered one of the…
Jun 19
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Ellsworth Toohey
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A star discovered in 2014 has exploded six times and none of the theories explain it
When astronomers first observed iPTF14hls in September 2014, they identified it as a supernova and expected it to dim within 100 days.
Jun 19
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Ellsworth Toohey
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Nebraska supercell near Lorenzo looked almost too perfect to be real
This powerful storm rolled through near Lorenzo, Nebraska, on June 7th, 2026.
Jun 19
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Popkin
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Lemur makes an alarming sound when communicating
The Indri is the largest living lemur and one of the most distinctive primates in Madagascar.
Jun 19
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Popkin
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Man supercharges a child’s pink ride-on car, sends it flying
A dude who goes by Marketplace Builds on Instagram uploaded this hilarious video of a pink toy car that has been hacked to go much faster than normal…
Jun 19
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Popkin
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