Mildly Interesting
- Checking to see what movies were playing tonight. Didn't even know this movie existed. Decided to check and see how packed it was in my rural Eastern NC town. This is for the showing starting in 30min
And even further, only those exact same two seats are ‘taken’ for every single showing.
I thought for sure the after church showings tomorrow would be at least somewhat full, but nope.
- The "Calvin Diskjockey," a portable two-turntable record player from the 1960s.
"The portable 'Calvin Discjockey' could be plugged into any amp or pa system. It was primarily marketed to radio DJs as a convenient console in a suitcase for personal appearances and dances. It played both old-standard 78s and new microgroove 33/45s, using a two-sided cartridge with a knob on the head that flipped it over. Separate volume controls for each turntable and a microphone. No cue channel. The metal platters were covered in soft fiber and driven by a pinch-roller between the inside rim and motor capstans. The white knobs adjusted the speed by moving the roller across the capstan's three diameters. The mic jack was whimsically labeled "Mike". c-1962"
(No link, sorry. Got this from a friend who emailed it to me.)
- Squirrel King?
During a walk, my sister took a photo of squirrels with their tails matted and knotted together. I’ve heard of rat kings, but would this be considered a squirrel king?
- My deodorant retired to Cypress after a long career in Adventure
Thanks to Costco fueled bulk buying, between the last time I bought deodorant and this week, my deodorant changed from the Scent of Adventure to the Scent of Cypress.
So is Cypress the sum total of adventure or an overdue respite?
- Report on a Local Homeschool Football Team
So, a loca US basedl home school association actually has a football team. They're doing okay in the state rankings (given the circumstances of not being a government backed public school or private donor slash multimillion dollar private school), but I really want to point out the local journalist here. They went out of their way to grab a super local/niche story and, not just report on it but, give it the star treatment. Bro went full NPR voice on an athletic program with like twelve to fifteen students. GOAT.
- Sprouting cashew nuts look like little bananas
Picture from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cashew_-_sprout.jpg
- Bjork Says Americans Can't Be "Completely Surprised" By 9/11www.buzzfeednews.com Bjork Says Americans Can't Be "Completely Surprised" By 9/11
<b>The Icelandic singer said she found it odd that the United States was shocked that 9/11 happened.</b>
- 'Celebrity Number Six' Internet Mystery Is Solvedwww.404media.co 'Celebrity Number Six' Internet Mystery Is Solved
Spanish model Leticia Sardá is Celebrity Number Six.
- ‘Villain’ YouTuber Nikocado Avocado Shocks Fans With 250LB Weight Loss Revealwww.thedailybeast.com ‘Villain’ YouTuber Nikocado Avocado Shocks Fans With 250LB Weight Loss Reveal
Nikocado Avocado is known for his absurd videos, eating pounds of food in front of the camera, all while hysterically bawling and screeching.
Paywall removed: https://archive.is/iUz0v
- There's an ecosystem of fictional automakers that sell car models on Roblox
Link goes to its Fandom wiki. I trust that you have your own extension that will redirect it to your preferred Fandom viewer.
- Whoopsiedoodle!www.wtvr.com What happened? This crash closed Interstate 64 in Henrico County for hours
A dramatic image captured from a VDOT camera showed the crashed tractor-trailer appearing to be leaning on an overhead highway sign.
...The semi was headed west when its raised bed slammed into the overhead sign near mile marker 200 as it approached the I-64/I-295 split.
Virginia State Police said the crash happened shortly after 9:30 a.m.
"The cab continued on and then stopped, obviously, because it had separated from the bed of the tractor-trailer," Matt Demlein, a spokesperson for Virginia State Police, said. "We're still investigating as to what led up to it actually hitting the sign. It was empty at the time."
Troopers do not know why the bed was raised or how long it was up before the crash. But officials said the truck had stopped at a weigh station about a mile earlier, which is equipped with cameras...
- Local estate auction, featuring Nazi token and case of condoms.
I was relieved to see there were no bids on the Nazi trash.
I wonder if there's some guy out there that collects little metal cars who really wants to bid, but doesn't want to be the guy who bought the Nazi coin.
- This microwave burrito advertises energy in units of kJ
Recently got some burritos from a food bank and while looking for cooking directions I found this nutrition chart. Never seen a food product use anything other than calories for energy, thought it was interesting.
- Missing scissors cause 36 flight cancellations in Japan • The Registerwww.theregister.com Missing scissors cause 36 flight cancellations in Japan
Plus a further 200 delays, rockstars knocked off stage … all on a holiday weekend
perhaps infuriating and oniony too
- Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are endangering lives and prompting a push for a national ban | AP Newsapnews.com Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are endangering lives and prompting a push for a national ban
Kites soaring through the sky are a common sight across Brazil, and are particularly popular in Rio’s low-income communities known as favelas.
Some may find it more medium than mild...
- Google calls Clermont, Kentucky a "human settlement."
Did aliens settle in Kentucky? I missed that story.
- Bear Honey Taster
https://time.com/5664393/bear-beekeeper-video/
Bears, it seems, have very discerning taste. That’s the result of a not particularly scientific experiment undertaken by a Turkish beekeeper who video taped local bears dipping into his honey stores.
Beekeeper Ibrahim Sedef had been having a hard time keeping his honey out of the maws of bears looking to sate their sweet tooth. According to English-language Turkish news outlet TRT World, over the course of three years, Sedef estimates he may have lost “more than $10,000 worth of honey” to those rascally bears.
He tried setting up decoys to lure the bears into eating things besides his honey stores, leaving out a buffet of apples, bread, persimmons, and decoy honey, but the bears just kept coming back and breaking into his stores.
At some point, Sedef decided to try and figure out if there was a particular honey that the bears were particularly fond of. So he set up his cameras with night vision capabilities and an array of honey – flower, chestnut, and Anzer – and one bowl of cherry jam, for a taste test and let the bears do their thing.
After reviewing the footage, Sedef realized that the bears always opted for the Anzer honey, proving they have very good taste. According to The Guardian, Anzer honey is “produced from the nectar of 90 flowers that grow only in the mountains of the Anzer plateau.” (...)
- Interior photos of a police surveillance van
The van was listed for sale on GovDeals. I thought the hard hat on the dash was a nice touch.
- Fever Feels Horrible, but is Actually Awesome!
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- Kamala Harris has cast more tie-breaking votes in the Senate than any VP in history (33)
While her two closest competitors John C. Calhoun (31) and John Adam’s (29) aren’t far off, it took them both two terms to reach those numbers.
The most any fellow one term VP had was 19, achieved by George M. Dallas (1845-1849).
- Yesterday the price of electricity in Finland was negative 1.5 cents / kWh
It's still not earning you money to spend electricity because you still have to pay the transfer fee which is around 6 cents / kWh but it's pretty damn cheap nevertheless, mostly because of the excess in wind energy.
Last winter because of a mistake it dropped down to negative 50 cents / kWh for few hours, averaging negative 20 cents for the entire day. People were literally earning money by spending electricity. Some were running electric heaters outside in the middle of the winter.
- The Actual Wolf of Wall Street Sales Scriptwww.jointhefollowup.com The Actual Wolf of Wall Street Sales Script
If you can look past the $200M they defrauded from 1,500 investors… they were actually a pretty successful sales team.
- Inspired by earlier fish post.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a place that sold monk fish processed so it kind of shocked me to see this whole monkfish in a supermarket.
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