Eight times the A-Team tricked B.A.
By Jason Weisberger / November 09, 2024
Member of a crack commando unit that escaped from a maximum security stockade to take refuge in the Los Angeles underground way back in 1972, B.A. Baracus famously had a fear of flying.
Happy Birthday to the grandson of America's 10th president
By Ruben Bolling / November 09, 2024
Just a tidbit of American History information just as American History is about to end.
Meet Short Run Comix Festival's women creators
By Boing Boing / November 09, 2024
The gathering of indie comics and illustrators is now in it's 20th year. Posted by Bob Knetzger
YouTuber uses worthless currency to trick notorious Paris street scammers
By Mark Frauenfelder / November 09, 2024
The Honest Guide YouTubers, known for their tips and advice for people visiting Prague, traveled to Paris to reveal the "cups and ball" scammers who target tourists around landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and Sacré-Cœur Basilica.
Watch these cannibalistic corn figures roast their own kind in bizarre cooking video
By Popkin / November 09, 2024
In this corny video, two cute anthropomorphic figures made of real-life corns on the cob roast a corn on the cob.
World's deadliest spot: the horror of Lake Karachay
By Ellsworth Toohey / November 08, 2024
Standing for just one hour at the shore of Russia's Lake Karachay ("black water") in 1990 would have killed you.
Plumber's car explodes in NY, damaging 5 houses and 5 cars (video)
By Carla Sinclair / November 08, 2024
A car exploded this morning before 7:00 a.m.
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Man's account of ordering a live monkey from comic book ad
By Mark Frauenfelder / November 08, 2024
A BB classic post from 2008!
The secret of consciousness may be found in the strange electric fields inside our skulls
By Allan Rose Hill / November 08, 2024
For decades, neuroscientists have focused on neuron firing—tiny "spikes" of voltage—as the way information is transmitted in the brain.
Umberto Eco's chilling warning: 14 signs of fascism
By Mark Frauenfelder / November 08, 2024
Umberto Eco's 1995 essay "Ur-Fascism" outlines 14 common features of fascism based on his experience growing up as a boy in Mussolini's Italy and his analysis of fascist movements throughout history.
Tourist tries to befriend coyote — [chomp] — and learns painful lesson: "Ow! You motherf*cker!" (video)
By Carla Sinclair / November 08, 2024
![Tourist tries to befriend coyote — [chomp] — and learns painful lesson: "Ow! You motherf*cker!" (video)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EocM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5a3c6db2-8ccd-40c3-8708-e8f902227d30_1500x1001.jpeg "Tourist tries to befriend coyote — [chomp] — and learns painful lesson: \"Ow! You motherf*cker!\" (video)")
A tourist in Mammoth, California tried to hobnob with a coyote, and swiftly learned a painful lesson in the process.
Evidence of ancient speed freaks found in Pleistocene burial cave
By Allan Rose Hill / November 08, 2024
Archaeologists exploring an ancient burial cave in northern Morrocco were surprised to find 15,000-year-old evidence of drug use.
Doorknobs for sale in thrift shop were something else entirely
By Allan Rose Hill / November 08, 2024
A customer of an RSPCA thrift shop in North Yorkshire, England spotted two polished curved metal objects on a table of bric-a-brac.
Furious judge threatens Giuliani with contempt over $148M judgment stalling
By Ellsworth Toohey / November 08, 2024
Mobster scion Rudy Giuliani, who once deceived most of America with his facade as a decent human being, is refusing a judge's orders to turn over his assets to his defamation victims.
Dangling upside-down fox rescued from wooden fence
By Allan Rose Hill / November 08, 2024
In Austin, Texas, a fox failed in its attempt to climb a wooden fence.
Watch as Pee-Wee Herman feeds Roosevelt the dog
By Boing Boing / November 08, 2024
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Widespread racist texts investigated by FBI
By Jason Weisberger / November 08, 2024
The White House has denounced, and the FBI is investigating a wave of racist texts, received in at least seven states, attacking Black people.
What you actually got from those comic book ads
By Jason Weisberger / November 08, 2024
X-Ray Specs? Amazing fighting techniques? Magic tricks? A monkey? These videos show off what actually arrived when you ordered something from a comic ad.
Ted Cruz's teen daughter sneers on stage when her dad mentions Donald Trump (video)
By Carla Sinclair / November 08, 2024
During his victory speech in Texas Tuesday night, Ted Cruz had no problem praising Donald Trump — the man who called the senator's wife, Heidi Cruz, ugly. Even Heidi dutifully stood on stage and clapped for the adjudicated rapist. But Cruz's teen daughter is no dummy, and her sneering expression said it all.