In 2018, a dog breeder surrendered this Siberian husky, named Jubilee, to an animal shelter because, they claimed, his "weird" eyes made him unsellable. According to vets at Matawan, New… Read the rest of the article: Beloved, abandoned dog with the crazy eyes has finally been adopted

So this is the moment where Elliot Benchetrit asks the ballkid to peel his banana. I’m glad the umpire (John Blom) stepped in and told him off. pic.twitter.com/TK1GET68pG — Alex… Read the rest of the article: Australian Open tennis player scolded for asking ball girl to peel his banana

From 1989, Fingers Inc.'s beautiful mix of "Can You Feel It" with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech:

Last night, a lost horse was trotting around the busy A48 road in Cardiff, Wales. Police and passers-by weren't quite sure what to do but a kind Cardiff Bus driver… Read the rest of the article: Lost horse takes city bus ride back home

"In the Realms of the Unreal [Henry Darger], 1998" by Joe Coleman "Outsider art" is generally defined as work created by untrained, self-taught, or "naïve" artists who aren't connected to… Read the rest of the article: Audio history of Outsider Art

PigeonBot is a robotic bird outfitted with real pigeon feathers that move to reshape its wings like an actual bird. Developed by researchers in Stanford's LentinkLab, the remote-controlled PigeonBot demonstrates… Read the rest of the article: Robot bird with real pigeon feathers to improve agility

From her groundbreaking first album Switched-On Bach (1968) to the unforgettable soundtracks for A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980), and Tron (1982), Wendy Carlos is a living legend of… Read the rest of the article: New biography of electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos

In Winter Haven, Florida, this gentleman rolled right into a Walmart, loaded up his cart with a TV, flowers, and other goods, and glided right out the door without paying.… Read the rest of the article: Florida man wearing "hover shoes" brazenly rolls out of Walmart with cart of stolen goods

Peruvian police are deporting five tourists from Chile, Brazil, France and Argentina for allegedly sneaking into the Macchu Picchu citadel, defacating among the Incan ruins and breaking the stonework inside… Read the rest of the article: Tourists deported for crapping in Macchu Picchu and damaging the stonework

In the United States, January 16 is National Nothing Day. San Francisco Examiner columnist Harold Pullman Coffin created the holiday in 1973 "to provide Americans with one national holiday when… Read the rest of the article: Be sure to celebrate National Nothing Day today by not celebrating it

Smell is perhaps more closely intertwined with memory than sight, sound, or any other of our senses. Indeed, scents are an incredibly important part of history and culture. That's why… Read the rest of the article: Our olfactory heritage: researcher preserves scents before they're lost forever

Back in the early Wired magazine days, we used to joke about technology that seemed to be perpetually "just around the corner" — like storing the entire Library of Congress… Read the rest of the article: Augmented reality contact lenses get real

Apple retail conceptWatch this video on YouTube In the 1990s, Marc Newsom designed the Apple retail store concept as imagined in this presentation video by Me Company.

Rush – Tom Sawyer / DocumentaryWatch this video on YouTube From the 2010 Rush documentary "Beyond the Lighted Stage," Neil Peart, who died last week, talks about the power of… Read the rest of the article: Rush's Neil Peart talks Tom Sawyer, with vintage studio footage

Twitter user @sydneywhitson reported that "her coworker called in (yet again) and said she had a nail on her tire that caused her to have a flat" and reportedly sent… Read the rest of the article: Woman used badly photoshopped image to convince boss she had a flat tire

In 2019, knife crime in England and Wales hit record highs with police counting 44,000 offenses over a year span, half of which were stabbings. In an effort to help… Read the rest of the article: Company sells square tip knives to help reduce knife violence

In Tampa, Florida, Emily Stallard, 37, was arrested for attempting to make a bomb inside a Walmart using materials she grabbed from the store shelves. From CNN: "A security guard… Read the rest of the article: Florida woman arrested for attempting to make a bomb inside Walmart using items from the store shelves

Little Girl, Big Girl || ViralHogWatch this video on YouTube I'm all for anything that makes shopping more entertaining.

In November, we posted that mysterious rolls of cash were showing up on sidewalks in the small English village of Blackhall Colliery, on the North Sea coast of County Durham.… Read the rest of the article: Solved: mystery of random cash rolls appearing on sidewalks in UK village

Robertson, Phillips, and the History of the ScrewdriverWatch this video on YouTube From old-school bOING bOING editor Gareth Branwyn's must-read e-newsletter "Gareth's Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales": I love The… Read the rest of the article: Secret history of the screwdriver