Did you know that James Brown performed this as a duet with Luciano Pavarotti? Yes they did, but not in the same language. (via Nag on the Lake)
Friday, July 24, 2026
It's A Man's Man's Man's World
An Increasingly Tiny Mailbox
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" is an informal motto of the US Postal Service. However, mail carriers are not obligated to deliver your mail when you're obviously messing with them.
Vlog Creations, a YouTube channel dedicated to non-harmful pranks, invested in a long series of mailboxes of varying sizes and heights, and gradually installed smaller and smaller ones to see how long it took for the mail carrier to notice. Yeah, he noticed, but he's more amused than annoyed. Then it became a battle of wits to see how small they could make the box and still get their mail picked up and/or delivered. My mail carrier will never pick up outgoing mail unless he has some to deliver. This carrier put up with ridiculous challenges all the way through.
You can see a much longer video detailing this prank here.
Miss Cellania's Links
This Indian Maharaja Saved Hundreds of Polish Orphans During World War II, Offering Them Refuge When No One Else Would.
People are watching the Reflecting Pool like reality TV. It's a microcosm of the Trump administration, at the junction of corruption and incompetence. (via Fark)
The Legend of a Lost Roman Legion in China.
A Plane Crash Killed 92 People—And Exposed a Major Government Secret. (via Damn Interesting)
Castlemap is an interactive map of the world's great castles and fortresses. (via Metafilter)
‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet.
An ad for high heeled shoes. I bet they had to pour the blood out when she finally took them off.
Feds have a new teen pregnancy prevention plan: Fertility and ‘reproductive goals.’ (via Fark)
Duck Plays Fetch
How do you train a duck to play fetch? He must enjoy it. The real question is, can he play Duck, Duck, Goose? (via Blame It On The Voices)
Thursday, July 23, 2026
The First Guy To Ever Be In Witness Protection
Authorities explain to Ryan George how he'll be protected by becoming someone else. The jokes are pretty rapid-fire here, so pay attention.
New X-Files LEGO Set
Watching someone open a box has never been my cup of tea, but what's inside this one is pretty cool. Gillian Anderson comes out of retirement to portray FBI Special Agent Dana Scully confronting a mysterious delivery. Inside is the new 1,478-piece LEGO set depicting The X-Files TV series! It was submitted to LEGO Ideas by Brent Waller of Brisbane as part of the LEGO Ideas ’90s Nostalgia Challenge. It has Fox Mulder’s office on the bottom, topped by an eerie forest scene, over which a UFO is hovering. It includes eight minifigs, both human and alien.
Kids won't be all that excited about this theme, since the show ran from 1993 to 2002. But adult fans will want to check out the set, and read more about its features here. (via Laughing Squid)
The Man Behind the Murder Castle
H. H. Holmes is often called "America's First Serial Killer," but if you say that, people will cite Albert Fish, Boone Helm, or the Bloody Benders as earlier examples. And there may have been others we don't know about. Be that as it may, Holmes was terrifying- once he got caught. That's when a building he owned became known as the Murder Castle.
We still don't know the extent of Homes' crimes. He confessed to 27 murders, but not all those people were even dead at the time. Some estimate the total to be in the hundreds, yet he was only convicted of one murder. Historians have since confirmed at least nine victims. Homes had plenty of other crimes in his history, too, and the part of his story that may be the most shocking is how many red flags were ignored before he was finally stopped. Weird History tells us what we now know about Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, which wasn't even his real name.
Life Looks Better on Super 8
Does life really look better in a movie shot on Super 8 film? I appears to. Maybe that's because it has an old, nostalgic look since Super 8 film ruled for several decades starting in 1965. I think it's more likely because when you shot motion pictures -or even still pictures- on film instead of a digital format, you only shot the good parts. It was way too expensive to film anything or everything like we can today. This short film is brought to you by the Royal Ocean Film Society. (via Digg)
Decisions
This comic from Lunarbaboon, found at Geeks Are Sexy, was posted at Neatorama in 2013. Yet it's still relevant today, as it was forty years ago.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Creature with the Atom Brain
Creature with the Atom Brain is a 1955 zombie film. A mobster forces a German scientist to reanimate dead bodies in order to control them and take revenge on his enemies. Of course, nuclear radiation is involved. The science is silly and the stereotypes are dated, but critics found the movie a lot of fun. (Thanks, WTM!)
Cat Thinks He's Mom's Emotional Support Boyfriend
Cats are more sociable than non-cat owners think. They need contact and attention from their roommate, especially if there are no other cats. Merlot gets plenty of attention and conversation from Sophie, who uses Merlot as her personal therapist. He's a good listener, even if he doesn't understand the nonsense she's talking about.
Lately the Dodo has been combining short videos, so this story is followed by footage of a family who found six kittens and took them all home, despite the fact that the house was already full of cats, dogs, and kids.
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