Esteemed toy collector Joel Magee of Pawn Stars fame has acquired a prototype of an original Hot Wheels Camaro that was part of the 1968 "Sweet 16" series of the… Read the rest of the article: Hot Wheels Camaro valued at the same price as four real Camaros
Lonnie Johnson, Inventor of the Super Soaker | The Henry Ford’s Innovation NationWatch this video on YouTube Lonnie Johnson, age 70, was always a maker. As a child, his experiments… Read the rest of the article: Meet the rocket scientist who invented the Super Soaker
Ludus Latrunculorum. Senet. Chaturanga. And don't forget Hnefatafl. These were just some of the board games that ancient people were into thousands of years ago. Over at Smithsonian, Meilan Solly… Read the rest of the article: The ancient world's greatest board games
最強の小便器が誕生 破壊被害に川口の鋳物業者が商品化Watch this video on YouTube For a decade, people have been destroying public toilets across Tokyo. Over the last six years, vandals have broken 85 toilets just in Hikarigaoka Park.… Read the rest of the article: Tokyo installing public urinals made from iron to stop a rash of toilet smashing
The Conet Project – Phonetic Alphabet (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)Watch this video on YouTube Gareth's post yesterday about the mysterious shortwave numbers stations used by spies to communicate happily reminded me… Read the rest of the article: Listen to spies' shortwave radio broadcasts
1997 – Dunkaroos – How Do You Do Yours CommercialWatch this video on YouTube An iconic 1990s junk food, Betty Crocker's Dunkaroos are packages of cookies and sugar paste, I… Read the rest of the article: Dunkaroos are back and here's a 1997 TV commercial for them
Astronomers captured this incredible image of a double-star system where a red giant star appears to have "engulfed the other (star) which, in turn, spiraled towards its partner provoking it… Read the rest of the article: Breathtaking image of a red giant star swallowing another star
He climbs stairs with his HEAD! – Guinness World RecordsWatch this video on YouTube Chinese acrobat Li Longlong holds the Guinness World Record for the "most consecutive stairs climbed on… Read the rest of the article: Watch this fellow bounce up 36 stairs on his head
Cubicall, makers of contemporary telephone booths like those you might see in the offices of momentarily flush startups, have created an official replica of the time machine phone booth from… Read the rest of the article: You can now buy a replica Bill & Ted's time machine telephone booth
A Michigan State University gift shop displayed a collection of miniature dolls of black leaders like Michelle Obama and Harriet Tubman by hanging them from a small tree. Upset by… Read the rest of the article: University gift shop displayed black leader dolls by hanging them from a model tree
Content creator and filmmaker Ani Acopian says: "I wasn’t having much luck with dating apps so I partnered with @amazon to make a better one." This is Amazon Dating! (No,… Read the rest of the article: Amazon Dating!
I first learned of Philadelphia Printworks because of a sweatshirt they designed for the Brooklyn Museum's showing of Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963–1983,… Read the rest of the article: Fantastic social justice hoodies and t-shirts featuring black activists and leaders
"Rubik Mona Lisa" (2005) by legendary French street artist Invader, is expected to sell for around $166,000 at a forthcoming auction. Made from more than 300 Rubik's Cubes, it's the… Read the rest of the article: Invader's "Rubik Mona Lisa," made from hundreds of Rubik's Cubes, expected to get $166,000 at auction
Gymnasium mirror [Masquerade Award Official]Watch this video on YouTube It's almost as if the mirrors aren't even real! The act appeared on Nippon TV's Masquerade entertainment contest. (r/videos)
In Cincinnati, Harves Gardner, 32, was arrested after allegedly calling police 25 times asking for help finding his lost hoodie. From Cincinnati.com: “When police arrived (the) defendant only wanted rides… Read the rest of the article: Gentleman arrested for calling police to help find his missing hoodie… 25 times
Over at The Startup on Medium, David Laws, semiconductor curator at the wonderful Computer History Museum, has prepared a fascinating guide to Silicon Valley's "high-tech heritage trail exploring places that… Read the rest of the article: A guide to Silicon Valley’s High-Tech Heritage Trail
This is the Tubmarine, a wood-burning hot tub. According to the company, the tub takes less than two hours to heat up and comfortably seats four adults. It's built from… Read the rest of the article: This wood-fired hot tub is $20,000
Coronavirus hospital timelapse: China completes build in eight daysWatch this video on YouTube Where there's a will… It took just 8 days for China to build a large new hospital… Read the rest of the article: Incredible time lapse video of coronavirus hospital that China built in just 10 days
Designer Morten Halvorsen created Shake, a typeface of letters written by someone with a tremor caused by Parkinson's disease. The handwriting is that of Halvorsen's mother. "My mother was diagnosed… Read the rest of the article: Shake: a typeface of letters written by someone with Parkinson's disease
Researchers identified a phytocannabinoid in Cannabis sativa that they say could be 30 times more powerful than THC, at least in their lab results. The scientists from Italy's University of… Read the rest of the article: This newly discovered cannabis compound is possibly 30 times more powerful than THC
