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NASA Has Captured What It’s Like to Fly Into the Sun
It looks unpleasant, tbh.
Featured 6 months ago in Wow

The Wonder of Nature: Man Puts a Jar of Pond Water In His Window and Watches it Come to Life
Featured 8 months ago in Wow

10 Insane Weapons From Humanity's Dark Past
By Shape_Grifter
Featured 8 months ago in Ftw

Cargo Ship Takes Down Maryland Bridge After Experiencing Power Outage
By Carly Tennes
Featured 1 year ago in Wtf

Helpless and Horrified, an Astronaut Watched 9/11 Unfold From Space
By eBaumsWorld
Featured 1 year ago in Feels

22 Interesting Things You Just Don't See Every Day
The world we live in is full of all kinds of incredible, amazing, and, of course, strange things.
By MikeHockusthick
Featured 2 years ago in Ftw

Everything Internet Sleuths Have Uncovered About SpaceX's Failed Rocket Launch
Before the April 20th launch of SpaceX’s new ‘Starship’ rocket, boss Elon Musk stated that he “would consider anything that does not result in the destruction of the launch mount itself … to be a win.”
Featured 2 years ago in Facepalm

ChatGPT Will Write You a Poem About Gay Frogs (But Only If You’re Gay)
Earlier this week, TikToker @misleadreed learned this lesson the hard way, detailing how their request for ChatGPT to follow in the footsteps of gay frog expert Alex Jones went off the rails in a now-viral TikTok.
By Carly Tennes
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

Pentagon Says There May Be an Alien Mothership in Our Galaxy
Great news for Scientologists, dudes who like to talk about the Fermi Paradox on the first date and X-Files fans who are a little *too* committed to the bit: it seems we may not be alone after all.
By Carly Tennes
Featured 2 years ago in Wow

ChatGPT-4 Paid a Task Rabbit to Help It Pass a CAPTCHA Test
Chat GPT-4, the latest version of OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot, was released on March 14th and a day later it has already accomplished some staggering feats, such as turning a hand-drawn sketch into a functional website and creating a fully co
Featured 2 years ago in Facepalm

The Fascinating Horror Story of Andrée’s Arctic Balloon Expedition
Salomon August Andrée is arguably the world's most infamous explorer who wasn't ACTUALLY an explorer. Andrée was a Swedish engineer know for his failed attempt at reaching the North Pole via hot air balloon.
By zachnading
Featured 2 years ago in Wow

'You’re Married, But You Love Me': Bing's A.I. Chatbot 'Sydney' Will Love Bomb You
People will debate the validity of chatbots, but we think falling in love with strangers and trying to break up healthy marriages is the most human thing a chatbot has done thus far. You go Sydney!
By Carly Tennes
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

Scientists Suggest Drinking Pepsi and Coke Can Increase the Size of Your Testicles
A recent study conducted by Northwest Minzu University in China has found that yes, indeed. Drinking Pepsi and Coca-Cola can likely increase men's testosterone levels and testicle size.
By zachnading
Featured 2 years ago in Funny

Man Alerts FBI over Guy with Nearly 310,000 Unread Emails
The war over deleting your emails vs. letting them rack up over time rages on.
By zachnading
Featured 2 years ago in Wow