- newWhen five men tried to murder "Iron Mike" with increasingly poisonous drinks
In January 1933, five Bronx acquaintances — the press later called them "the Murder Trust" — took out life insurance policies on Michael Malloy, a homeless Irish former firefighter, and set out to collect the $3,500 (about $87,000 today) by getting him to drink himself to death. — Read the rest The post When five men tried to murder "Iron Mike" with increasingly poisonous drinks appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newThe world's most dangerous golf hole is surrounded by minefields
Camp Bonifas, the United Nations Command post 400 meters south of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, has a golf course. One hole, par 3, with an AstroTurf green — and minefields on three sides. Sports Illustrated called it "the most dangerous hole in golf," and there are reports that at least one shot detonated a land mine. — Read the rest The post The world's most dangerous golf hole is surrounded by minefields appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newThe thin blue line encounters an unfamiliar last name
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo said the name "Officer Abdelnabi." Trump supporters booed. Lombardo had to explain that Abdelnabi was the Las Vegas police officer killed the day before.So much for "back the blue." Lombardo was paying tribute to Austin Abdelnabi when someone in the audience began booing loudly. — Read the rest The post The thin blue line encounters an unfamiliar last name appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newAI self-checkout bills a snack run at $8.5 billion
A Circle K shopper posted a screenshot of an AI self-checkout screen that listed a few flavors of Gatorade at a few dollars apiece, then a line item of $8.5 billion for the American Red Cross, according to the New York Post. — Read the rest The post AI self-checkout bills a snack run at $8.5 billion appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newA whaling museum printed its worst review on a hoodie. It sold out
In 2020 the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts picked up a one-star review that read "worst aquarium ever." It is a museum about the history of whaling, and it keeps no live whales. Six years later, the museum has printed the line on hoodies, T-shirts, crew necks, and bags, according to Boston 25 News. — Read the rest The post A whaling museum printed its worst review on a hoodie. It sold out appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newIn 1982, a 27-year-old man lost a gunfight with a cactus
On February 4, 1982, Arizonan David Grundman shot a 27-foot saguaro with a shotgun. The saguaro dropped 23 feet of itself on him. The story is Grundman and his roommate drove into the desert near Lake Pleasant on February 4, 1982. — Read the rest The post In 1982, a 27-year-old man lost a gunfight with a cactus appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 4 hours ago 6 Aug 26, 5:22pm -
- newTesla headlights were twice as bright as legal
Tesla told federal regulators that the headlights on 19,900 Model 3 and Model Y cars were up to nearly twice as bright as the law allows, then argued it shouldn't have to fix them because the defect was "inconsequential" to safety. — Read the rest The post Tesla headlights were twice as bright as legal appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newSwedish shipowner says Odyssey filmmaker won't pay $6,000 damage bill
The Glad av Gillberga is a Swedish replica of a warship pulled from Denmark's Roskilde fjord and dated to around 1040. In nearly 30 years it has crossed the North Sea and sailed to Canada. Universal borrowed it for six months for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, where it played one of the escort ships in Odysseus's flotilla — the Greek boats are thought to have resembled Nordic longships. — Read the rest The post Swedish shipowner says Odyssey filmmaker won't pay $6,000 damage bill appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newTrump's $100 billion tariff refund skips the people who paid higher prices
Grandpa Pudding Brains collected $166 billion in tariffs under a law the Supreme Court says does not authorize tariffs. The government has now returned $100 billion of it, but the refund doesn't reach the folks who paid higher prices.The Orange Menace claimed tariffs are a machine for restoring factories, winning trade wars and shrinking the federal deficit. — Read the rest The post Trump's $100 billion tariff refund skips the people who paid higher prices appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newEvery country was wrong on the State Department's map of Africa
A State Department slide that mislabeled every country on a map of Africa — Nigeria landlocked in the Sahara, Mozambique moved to the Horn — has drawn an apology, the Guardian reports. The department said it takes "full responsibility for the confusion and misrepresentation it caused for attendees, including our African partners." — Read the rest The post Every country was wrong on the State Department's map of Africa appeared first on Boing Boing.
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