John Waters bequeaths his art collection to Baltimore Museum of Art, whose bathrooms will be named in his honor
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Saved by the whale: Dutch train runs off elevated tracks, is caught by statue's tail
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Japan's jimi ("mundane") Halloween costumes of 2020
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Suggestion: Make the #offbeat tag special like #nsfw and #spoiler
I would suggest the Joke colour for this tag. [joke] Actually, I suggest the Exemplary colour as well as making ~bestoftildes a permanent alias of #offbeat. [/joke]
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How wheelbarrows are made
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Amazon's launch of a Swedish retail site has caused embarrassment – confusing, nonsensical and occasionally vulgar product listings scattered across the catalogue
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Mutant crayfish clones take over cemetery after aquarium escape
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Kazakhstan stops resisting Borat, adopts "Very nice!" tourism slogan
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Gabelstapler Klaus, a gorefilled safety video for forklift operators
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Christmas in danger as Santa's Lapland home feels pandemic chill – flocks of tourists who usually start to make merry in Rovaniemi at this time of year cannot enter the country
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Computer built using swarms of soldier crabs
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HBO's 'The Wire' inspired a fake turtle egg that spies on poachers
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Gigapixel AI accidentally added Ryan Gosling’s face to this photo
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At Iceland's Blue Lagoon you can swim in power plant wastewater – here's a story about geothermal energy, cheap heat, and how to keep some ducks warm
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Comedy Wildlife Photography - 2020 finalists
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Auto industry TV ads claim right-to-repair laws would benefit "sexual predators"
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Taiwan to change passport, fed up with confusion with China
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Joe Biden campaign launches official Animal Crossing: New Horizons yard signs
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Amazon drivers are hanging smartphones in trees to get more work
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Airline pilots landing at LAX report "a guy in a jetpack" flying alongside them
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Postcards from St Kilda arrive ten years later after washing up in Norway – archaeologist Ian McHardy built a waterproof replica of the mail boats a decade ago
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Two feet from Clearwater's past, father's funny legacy leaves a deep impression
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Ricotta Records – Anonymouse, a Malmö-based art collective that has installed several miniature buildings imagined for mice, reveal their latest creation
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Vulfpeck is selling the tenth track spot for their latest album on eBay
Link to listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/383666896955 Announcement from Vulfpeck member Jack Stratton: https://twitter.com/vulfpeck/status/1291766802817540102 This announcement came out of...
Link to listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/383666896955
Announcement from Vulfpeck member Jack Stratton: https://twitter.com/vulfpeck/status/1291766802817540102
This announcement came out of nowhere this morning and the eBay listing will likely continue to grow. Will be interesting to watch to see how much this spot is worth, and who ends up buying it.
Some songs from their latest album:
Radio Shack
Bach Vision Test
3 on E (feat. Antwaun Stanley)
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John Boyne accidentally includes Zelda video game monsters in novel
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Owners of a US B&B have removed a Norwegian flag from outside their business after being accused of promoting racism from people who thought it was a Confederate flag
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A Norwegian man on Saturday set the new world record for singing Elvis Presley songs for fifty hours, fifty minutes and fifty seconds straight in an online competition
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Race to the bottom: Museum curators in battle for #BestMuseumBum
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An app lets you de-stress by screaming at the Icelandic wilderness from afar
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The Football Association of Iceland released its new crest – to describe it as the most metal thing you've ever seen does it an injustice
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Check in but never leave: Taiwan offers fake flights for travel-starved tourists
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"Knull is Coming" - Marvel missing the fact that fantasy names can be words in other languages
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NASA’s 'smell of space' is available as a perfume
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London Tube map made from a working circuit board
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I asked 64,182 people about “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells”. Here's what I found out
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Three animal reproduction specialists fact-check ‘The Bad Touch’ by the Bloodhound Gang
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The International Space Station is getting a new toilet this year
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"All Gas No Brakes" is capturing America's weird underbelly on an RV road trip
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Copyright blocks interview of protesters because Marvin Gaye's 'Let's get it on' was playing in the background
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One of Copenhagen Zoo's giant pandas escaped from its enclosure early on Monday and roamed the park before staff were able to sedate it and bring it back
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A man emerges from a 75-day silent retreat in Vermont
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Bizarre scenes in tiny Western Australia town as 'sovereign nation' attempts to overthrow government
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Panic-buying: Australians top global charts for toilet paper stockpiling
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What to do when you're stranded in Alaska by a global pandemic and are trying to get back home to Norway – with twenty-four dogs in tow
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Retiring old service versions
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A good egg: Robot chef trained to make omelettes
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Danish Superliga club create virtual grandstand for fans to watch game on Zoom – three screens were joined together to make a 40 x 2.8m screen with space for 200 fan images
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Ottawa man shocked to find moose in swimming pool
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Remote cheering app could boost atmosphere in Japan's empty stadiums
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Denmark embraces live music drive-ins – musicians are finding new ways to reach their fans safely
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