It comes as no surprise, in the world of always-on information, that fake facts are on the rise.
John Hodgman has set the fake trivia world ablaze with two books, an NPR exploration of the comparative benefits of flight and invisibility, even putting the President in his place with Dune trivia and more consequential, but completely false, true facts.
Look Around You points the lens of mid-century science education films at, well, absolute nonsense. Bless you, ants. Blants.
And, now, FakeScience tumbles these wonderful posters explaining the senses, animals, geologic features, and modern energy production. They even boldly take on the universe’s greatest question: Fucking magnets, how do they work? The answer may suprise you.
For When The Facts Are Too Confusing, Fake Science (via Coudal Partners)
In our house we no longer say, “Who is John Galt?” Instead we say, “Who’s our little princess?
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the daddle (via unclutterer)
Utah has long endured a reputation as a place where many people are naïve or trusting to the point of losing their shirts.
My favorite part of this article.
Money in the Bank? No, Sandwich in a Can (via New York Times)
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LOVE this: X-ray pin-up calendar for a medical supply company
(via Boing Boing)
So things progress like this fah awhile n’ the Rus ah Swedes ah Nohrse ah whatevah the fuck yah wannah call ‘em ahr hazin’ah bunchah new Slavic guys every year but they’re also throwin’ some great pahties in the basement’ah that shell shaped fohrtress’ah theirs n’ everyone’s gettin’ really fuckin’ good at pingpong n’ shit n’ so the years ahr passin’ by till finally that old prick Rurik finally fuckin’ dies.
“I duhnno it was fuckin’ like 862 ah somethin’”
Norse History for Bostonians (via McSweeney’s)
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