El Chapo would pick an elegant restaurant, diners would politely be demanded their telephones, promising that they would be returned at the end of the evening. Chapo would come in and feast, return the telephones, pick up the tab for everyone, and head off into the night.
Artists in Kashmir have started walking cabbages…
Artists in Kashmir have started walking cabbages (and other vegetables) on a leash, as a way to protest the ongoing military conflict over the region. One artist explains: “What I wanted to do basically is juxtapose the absurdity of this performance with what was happening around—the structures of violence that I was seeing around me.”
Planned obsolescence is a manufacturing decision by a company…
Planned obsolescence is a manufacturing decision by a company to make consumer products in such a way that they become out-of-date or useless within a known time period so that consumers are forced to buy a product multiple times rather than just once.
A cat named Simon served on a Royal Navy ship in 1949…
A cat named Simon served on a Royal Navy ship in 1949, and received a medal for raising morale, killing off a rat infestation and surviving cannon shells during his service. Hundreds attended his funeral when he died from infected wounds.
18-year-old Joshua Browder created a ‘robot lawyer’…
18-year-old Joshua Browder created a ‘robot lawyer’, a website, that allows people to get free, custom-generated legal documents to appeal their wrongly issued parking fines. It’s estimated that his service has already saved users $3 million.
Google offers employees free condoms that come in blue…
Google offers employees free condoms that come in blue, red, green, and yellow and have the phrase “I’m Feeling Lucky!” printed on them.
After flights were grounded on 9/11, one plane was…
After flights were grounded on 9/11, one plane was allowed to fly. It carried anti-venom from San Diego to Florida to save the life of a snake keeper suffering from a deadly taipan bite. The only other taipan anti-venom was in New York.
After a 1946 plane crash, Howard Hughes decided he did not like…
After a 1946 plane crash, Howard Hughes decided he did not like the design of the hospital bed he was laying in. He called in his engineers and had them design a new bed that would allow someone with severe burns to move freely. It became the prototype for the modern hospital bed.
After a 1946 plane crash, Howard Hughes decided he did not like…
After a 1946 plane crash, Howard Hughes decided he did not like the design of the hospital bed he was laying in. He called in his engineers and had them design a new bed that would allow someone with severe burns to move freely. It became the prototype for the modern hospital bed.
A Norwegian man bought $27 worth of Bitcoin in 2009…
A Norwegian man bought $27 worth of Bitcoin in 2009 and forgot about them for four years when they were worth just under $1 million.