Jim Henson’s Rediscovered 1963 Robot Film
“The machine is busy digesting vast oceans of information in a single, all-encompassing, gulp. INTERRUPTION! INTERRUPTION! INFORMATION ALERT!” -Computer H14, in a 1963 film made by Jim Henson for The...
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Dragon-Shaped Dumpling
I haven’t been able to track down any information about it, but allegedly this dragon figure is actually a dumpling. It’s filled with a green substance and apparently steamed. You can see additional...
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Sushi Warships
Information in English about this project is scarce, but I gather that art student Mayuka Nakamura recreated warships of the old Imperial Japanese Navy in sushi. The series is an extended pun on a...
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Common Logical Fallacies, Illustrated
David McCandless of Information is Beautiful (he wrote the wonderful book The Visual Miscellaneum – I highly recommend it), came up with this clever visualization and examples of common logical...
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The Science of Hypercorrection
If you’re (factually) wrong, it turns out that you’d remember the correct information much longer if at the beginning, you’re convinced that you’re right. Actually, the more convinced you are, the...
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Dragon Statue Made Out Of CD Shards
This dragon statue has a real sharp look about it, and it was once able to hold many megabytes of information, so it’s (somewhat) useful! It’s an opalescent dragon for the information age, and the...
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My Little Pony Shotgun
I’m having trouble tracking down information about this shotgun. So far, I can find just one mention on Equestria Daily. It’s not the first working MLP firearm we’ve seen. Last week, we saw a Smith...
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U.S. Map of Public Shootings
You might be surprised at how many multiple-victim public shootings happen in the U.S. Here’s an interactive map that plots such shootings going back to only 2005. Click on a dot at the site to pull...
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Salt Facts
As far as information on a salt grinder goes- this is one of the more interesting things I have seen. It sure beats contains high levels of sodium. It does make you wonder though, what does it say on...
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New Map of Earth’s Animals
Naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, a contemporary of Charles Darwin, constructed a map of the world’s animals. Now that map has been updated, with new information gleaned over the past century about...
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