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Hero wrestles gun from terrorist at Bondi Beach
12/14/2025

Hero wrestles gun from terrorist at Bondi Beach

It's been a terrible week for gun violence, both here and around the world. Early Sunday, two shooters opened fire at Australia's Bondi Beach, killing 15 people. Most people run from danger…

Social media posts may stop you from visiting the United States
12/14/2025

Social media posts may stop you from visiting the United States

Despite travel warnings from your government, are you thinking about visiting the United States? Can you remember posting anything on Facebook, Xitter, or Bluesky about Trump's love for creating trauma…

Pixel 10 Pro Fold replaces laptop for digital nomad productivity
12/14/2025

Pixel 10 Pro Fold replaces laptop for digital nomad productivity

Pixel 10 Pro Fold replaces laptop for digital nomad productivity

Book data reveals most readers quit almost immediately
12/14/2025

Book data reveals most readers quit almost immediately

The Hawking Index measures how far readers get before abandoning books. Hillary Clinton's memoir scored 1.9%. Ouch.

North Korea's zoo features a smoking chimp and a dog trained to use an abacus
12/14/2025

North Korea's zoo features a smoking chimp and a dog trained to use an abacus

At the Korea Central Zoo, you can see a chimp that smokes, dogs trained in arithmetic, and parrots praising the Great Leader.

The Roman who promised to die for Caligula and lived to regret it
12/14/2025

The Roman who promised to die for Caligula and lived to regret it

Roman citizen offers to die for Emperor Caligula's health. Caligula says yes. Bad decisions ensue for everyone involved.

The British pastry named after its resemblance to dead insects
12/14/2025

The British pastry named after its resemblance to dead insects

British pastries filled with currants have earned names like "flies' graveyard" and "squashed fly biscuit" across the UK.

Why bookstores make some people urgently need the bathroom
12/14/2025

Why bookstores make some people urgently need the bathroom

In 1985, a 29-year-old Tokyo woman named Mariko Aoki wrote to a Japanese magazine called Book Magazine with an embarrassing confession: for years, walking around bookstores had inevitably made her…

The teenage Roman emperor who scandalized an empire and died at 18
12/14/2025

The teenage Roman emperor who scandalized an empire and died at 18

Elagabalus became emperor at 14, brought a foreign god to Rome, scandalized everyone, and was dead by 18.

The man who survived Niagara Falls in a barrel was killed by an orange peel
12/14/2025

The man who survived Niagara Falls in a barrel was killed by an orange peel

Bobby Leach went over Niagara Falls in a steel barrel and lived. In 1926, he slipped on an orange peel and died.

Third time's the charm: new Street Fighter movie looks delightfully campy
12/14/2025

Third time's the charm: new Street Fighter movie looks delightfully campy

A third Street Fighter movie has hit cinemas. This time, it's going for intentional campiness, as should any movie with Blanka in it.

Al Jaffee's legendary Mad Christmas toy feature
12/14/2025

Al Jaffee's legendary Mad Christmas toy feature

This Christmas, let us celebrate with one of comedy's all-time classics: Al Jaffee's "If Kids Designed Their Own Xmas Toys" from Mad Magazine issue #76, January 1963 (on sale November-December 1962). Jaffee's…

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