judgement, hoax, college

A website where you can vote if other people are normal.

That whole uncontrollable acceleration by Toyota Priuses back in 2010? Yeah, it was faked.

St. Olaf's College in Minnesota has a weird spirit song. But weirder are the actual lyrics.

ambulance chasing, stealing, Venus

Ambulance chase road race - not just for shady lawyers anymore!

10 terrible bizarre stolen things Including a woman's lawn. seriously yall, just the lawn.

Venus transit surprise. don't worry, the video's short.

commencement and captains

27 bits of wisdom from 2012 commencement addresses Sample: “I’m going to get in trouble for this. I know, for your whole life, people have said, ‘Be yourself.’ I’m telling you: not yet.” - Robert Smith (NPR Correspondent): Reed College, OR


Is it just me, or does Sisko look like a vampire?

Gaydar & bottles

Gaydar is real, and was shown to exist in a scientific study.


Cool pictures of seemingly impossible objects in bottles

nuclear testing, photos of london, letters of last resort

Photos of London reflected in puddles.

Letters of last resort are carried by British nuclear subs, and detail what to do in the event the government of Britain is no longer functioning. "According to Peter Hennessy's book Secret State: Whitehall and the cold war 1945 to 1970, the process by which a Trident submarine would determine if the British government continues to function includes, amongst other checks, establishing whether BBC Radio 4 continues broadcasting."

(Mostly) unseen photos from 1955 atomic tests in Nevada. This whole area sort of fascinates me, along with the fact that visitors to Las Vegas used to have atomic test picnics and watch the blasts.

light bulb, mcdonald's mansion, ginormous dog

At Clifton's Cafeteria, someone left a light on. For 77 years. During renovations of the Broadway eatery, a neon lamp that was switched on during the Great Depression is found behind a partition. The owner estimates it's generated more than $17,000 in electric bills.


The most attractive McDonald's in the US?

The biggest dog in the world, George!

molasses, clouds, drowning and profit

The Boston Molasses Flood. My favorite man-made disaster.

I don't even know what to say about this collection of cloud pictures. They're pretty much all this incredible.

Very important for those around water, especially kids and water: DROWNING DOESN'T "LOOK LIKE DROWNING"

TIL that George Lucas thought Close Encounters of the Third Kind would be a bigger hit than Star Wars and Steven Spielberg thought that Star Wars would be bigger and they bet each other 2.5% of each other's total profit and that Steven Spielberg still recieves that 2.5%.