Even when you know how it's done, a well-performed cups-and-balls routine is pure magic. Enjoy this entertaining history of one of the world's oldest (it dates backs to ancient Egypt) and most enduring tricks. My favorite part of this excellent presentation is the video of magic great Dai Vernon's routine (Click on the Performances section).

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For the first time, ASMR experiences are pioneering beyond simple soft talk. Read the rest

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Hopes and Fears summoned experts from across the globe to evaluate the mysterious champagne thatch perched atop the real estate and bullshit mogul's eminent pate. Read the rest

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A seal has taken to wandering a New Zealand suburb, then crashing just wherever. Today it was found sleeping at a local car wash by employees turning up for the morning shift—and it wasn't the creature's first unusual stop-off point.

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Recode, the tech news site founded last year by former WSJ journalists Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, is being sold to Vox Media in an all-stock deal.

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Mat Ricardo writes, "My award-winning and critically acclaimed ('Breaktaking' - Evening Standard - see!) one man show has only one more date in London in 2015, but it's a big one - on the 3rd of June I'll be performing it in the beautiful spiegeltent on the banks of the Thames at the London Wonderground." Read the rest

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Six top executives of international football's (notoriously corrupt) governing body were arrested at the crack of dawn in their Zurich hotel by Swiss police acting on a US criminal corruption warrant. Read the rest

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Brazilian artist Edu Monteiro's Autorretrato Sensorial ("Sensory Self-Portait") is a series of photos in which he poses with all manner of objects wrapped around his head, from bananas to an octopus. Read the rest

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You have died of Snapchat. Read the rest

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Food trend alert! Freekeh, the ancient grain of Middle Eastern cuisine, is enjoying a quinoa-like resurgence. Read the rest

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If you are afraid of heights or have ziplineophobia, consider this your trigger warning: do not play. Uploaded into viral infamy by Megan Reinhardt. (more…)

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It's so convincing that I'm having a hard time buying that this was not edited with animal sound effects added. Wow. (more…)

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Mary Ellen Mark: March 20, 1940 - May 25, 2015. She is best known for her haunting portraits of adults and kids who live on the edge of society. Read the rest

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In this page from the 2011 book, A Love That Multiplies: An Up-Close View of How They Make It Work authors Michelle Duggar and Jim Bob Duggar explain how young women who wear clothing that "excites" a "man's physical drives" are defrauders.

Nice bit of slut shaming there.

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'PREDATOR: Dark Ages' is a short fan film set during the Crusades, in which “the faith and fighting skills of a group of Templar Knights is put to the test when they encounter the Predator. Their battle is the thing Myths and Legends are born from.” (more…)

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Liu Dejian, founder of NetDragon, is such a Star Trek fan that he built his corporate headquarters to resemble the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E. (more…)

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Tom the Dancing Bug IN WHICH Louis has to deal with everyone calling him by the new nickname "Flash" for some reason. Read the rest

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This steampunk-ish set of playing cards is excellent for practicing card magic.

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In the Boing Boing Store! High Times called this container from 420 Science “the best in herb storage.” It's a large, airtight jar made from machine blown glass, has a durable base, and pops with freshness every time you open it.

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Takes some real skill to produce this kind of edible beauty. Read the rest

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