On April 19, 1943, Albert Hofmann, a chemist working at the Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz, swallowed 240 micrograms of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and had the first intentional acid trip in history. Hofmann had first synthesized the ...
TL;DR: Protect your belongings when you get three slim Bluetooth KeySmart SmartCard trackers with this bundle for just $89.99 (reg. $119.97). Thieves are sneaky, but you're sneakier still when you slip a virtually undetectable KeySmart SmartCard into ...
Chris Dalla Riva analyzed Chord Progressions in 680k Songs. You may not be surprised to learn that popular music deploys a lot of major triads. His newsletter, Can't Get Much Higher, is all about data and music. Chordonomicon. I couldn't get the word ...
Much like Tim Robinson before him, Kyle Mooney's time as a cast member on Saturday Night Live was odd - his awkward, intentionally so-bad-it's-good approach to comedy led to him eventually gaining the nickname Kyle "Cut For Time" Mooney outside of a ...
The first real trailer for Fantastic Four: First Steps promises to finally free this particular superhero team from their cursed history on the big screen - and doesn't even look to contain any AI, unlike the marketing we've gotten in the runup to ...
One may mail potatoes simply by writing the destination on the potato, weighing the potato, then paying the appropriate postage. The potato will be conveyed thence to its destination by the hardworking men and women of the United States Postal ...
In this footage, a world record is claimed by building an elaborate Jenga tower on top of a single block. The record, achieved by Abbetjes Meindert de Boer, consists of 3,132 Jenga blocks stacked on the single foundation block. He built this ...
Water striders are fascinating little monsters. These insects, famous for their ability to walk on water, have always captivated me. This video taught me that they're carnivorous, and catch their prey in a brutal-looking way. Water striders use the ...
The Dotson Runway Graves are a unique part of the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Georgia. These graves are the final resting places of Richard and Catherine Dotson, 19th-century farmers who originally owned the land now occupied by the ...
According to a leaker in contact with 404 Media, Peter Thiel's spooky private intelligence company, Palantir Technologies, has taken on a significant role in assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with locating individuals destined for ...