Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the country's air defenses mistakenly shot down a Ukranian passenger jet Wednesday, killing all 176 aboard. It was thought to be a cruise missile,… Read the rest of the article: Iran admits it unintentionally shot down passenger jet

Chunky Soup is hearty and inexpensive, but rather bland. In this video, an older fellow demonstrates a few throw-it-in improvements that turn a can into a feast. I intend to… Read the rest of the article: How to enhance chunky soup

Jukin Media, one of several media companies that acquires rights to viral video clips, has managed unlicensed use of such clips by monetizing them through YouTube's contentID system. But Jukin… Read the rest of the article: New claim of YouTube copyright strike extortion (Update: Jukin Media responds)

The Unicork [Amazon] is an ornamental utensil in the shape of a unicorn, its body the handle and its horn the screw. Customer reviews are superlative. "I was impressed by… Read the rest of the article: Unicork, a unicorn cockscrew

Wirecutter devised a brilliant testing regime for storage bins: load them full of crap, then chuck them down the stairs. To find the best, we tossed 32 bins and totes… Read the rest of the article: Storage bins tested by hurling them down flight of stairs

You can own a tasteful, beautiful chess set commemorating the forthcoming 2020 presidential election. On one side – red and blue, which allows either party to play as white or… Read the rest of the article: Commemorative 2020 election chess set lacks two important pieces

This newsreel from 1973 shows just how freaked out people were by The Exorcist, William Blatty's still-great movie about demonic possession. The original has been rendered mostly harmless — even… Read the rest of the article: Footage of traumatized moviegoers walking out of The Exorcist in 1973

Disney's The Mandalorian is the contemporary Star Wars production people actually like and has already wriggled deep into the folds of pop culture. Much of the meme-orializing centers on "Baby… Read the rest of the article: The Mandalorian as a spaghetti western

Project Farm set out to test major brands of duct tape to see which was the best. He devises three trials, testing the pull strength of the adhesive, how much… Read the rest of the article: The best brand of duct tape

This remarkable security video is from inside a box truck traveling at 50MPH. The thieves tailgate it so closely that one of them can stand on the hood, break open… Read the rest of the article: Daring thieves rob truck by leaping into it at highway speeds

A British man was sentenced to indefinite detention, according to the BBC, after having been caught on camera attempting to burn down a synagogue and instead burning down himself. [Via… Read the rest of the article: British Nazi set self on fire trying to burn down synagogue

View this post on Instagram My Baby Sonic Cake! 🥰😍 Watch me make it on my YouTube channel . . . #soniccake #babysoniccake #cake #cakedecorating #cakesofinstagram #cakes #sonicthehedgehog #sonic #cakeboss… Read the rest of the article: Watch chef make Baby Sonic cake then slice its adorable face off

I've lived in Pittsburgh a clear decade now and the phenomenon of parking chairs is one of the most charming local oddities. Here's a video from Dean Bog about the… Read the rest of the article: The parking chairs of Pittsburgh

Paul Zimmer was hot on Instagram until his young fans accused him of ripping them off: he sold shout-outs but failed to deliver, according to reports, then vanished from social… Read the rest of the article: Disgraced Instagram star account rebrands as another person

Ewan Wilson spotted this remarkable jacket designed by Thierry Mugler in 1990, so odd it won its own spread (cropped above) in Elle magazine. Certainly Giger-influenced, as Wilson suggests; check… Read the rest of the article: Thierry Mugler's Gigeresque biomechanical jacket

The U.K.'s Royal Mail is putting out a set of stamps featuring screenshots of classic British-made computer games, from 1984's Elite to the recent Tomb Raider remakes. A basic set… Read the rest of the article: Royal Mail issues stamps honoring classic British computer games

I'm already packing. NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right… Read the rest of the article: NASA's TESS mission finds Earth-sized world in habitable zone

Andrew McCarthy, posting on Instagram as Cosmic Background, takes amazing astronomical photographs. Pictured above a breathtakingly detailed shot of the moon constructed from 100,000 individual photographs. You can buy prints… Read the rest of the article: Andrew McCarthy's astronomical photography

This capybara is excited, unlike all the other capybaras here.

I loved this image, posted today to promote a B3TA newsletter but originally from its photoshop thread challenging readers to create album covers for old (largely UK) TV shows. It's… Read the rest of the article: Zippy Stardust