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Whatever you do today, take it to eleven. Does the “smallest electric car in the world” come with airbags? “War Is a Verb” (collages by Allan Kausch). More than you…

Presidential candidates, Dungeons and Dragons edition. Lions, and tigers, and half-billion-year-old multi-legged predators, oh my! Turtles eating things.

How to drive to the end of the world. The moral here is that you don’t need to assume everything is symbolism. Atlas title pages (hurray)! Soviet bus stops are…

I never realized how lacking my life was in upside down flying rhinos. If any one is wondering what to get me for Christmas this year, might I suggest one…

In case you were wondering, yes there is a “gecko-inspired tank robot” out there, and yes it can scale walls. “Did you know that hard candy is actually a glass?”…

Portraits of people with catfish. “Go on. Get out. Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.” The last words of 25 geniuses. A look at some very beautiful…

We’re experiencing some technical problems this week in MC land, but we’ll be back to normal next week. Did you guys see Banksy’s art for #OccupyLondon? While we’re on the…

Evidently today is Halloween, so perhaps you’d like to read about a zombie dog. Meanwhile, to get you ready for Weds, perhaps you need a guide to where to visit…

Hey you guys, it’s totally almost Halloween. The mystery of the rapidly inflating volcano. I don’t really know about this whole “agriculture” thing. Let’s take a look at Sylvia Plath’s…

Since they don’t have space shuttles to occupy their time, NASA is thinking about space poop. Tiny tiny murder victims. I try not to link to things in different languages,…

Here are some very sad toys. This old map of Australia is pretty dang great. Understanding the mysteries of vampire stars. Art of the British General Post Office. And now…

The future of camouflage lies in Octopuses. This kind of thing is my favorite kind of thing: Captain Scott’s lost photographs. Maybe we are all living inside a future civilization’s…