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They had all kinds of different ideas for what a proper auto signaling system should look like in the…
Sorry, but bells and gongs would be very intrusive to those trying to talk on the phone. And, Lord knows,…
Many light farm trucks now have mounted spikes on the rear, the purpose of which is to impale large rounds…
Another gratuitous use of "American Gothic" in advertising. I can't recall ever noticing a General Mills…
Great argument for kangaroos to play a larger role in our diet. In my life-time, kangaroo meat has evolved…
If Ms Mills banged on about people being "chicken" too much it may have resulted in some cannibalism…
I just claim the DLP projector bulb is burned out for the presentation. Then I toss the good one in the…
Greg, my boss' thing when I was developing / porting the report suite we currently use was, "I want…
@Expat : That's Nucking Futz or at least something to do inside when the pork makes you think of it.
That's no "wild man". That's my dad, modeling his outfit for this year's Halloween bash at work. As for…

Alex Boese
Alex is best known as the curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He also explores the world of weird science at the Mad Science Museum.

Paul Di Filippo
Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over thirty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. He has recently begun blogging on many curious topics with three fellow writers at The Inferior 4+1.

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Chuck is the purveyor of News of the Weird, the syndicated column which for decades has set the gold-standard for reporting on oddities and the bizarre.

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