ChatGPT convinced a guy that he's a superhero
Over 21 days of talking with ChatGPT, an otherwise perfectly sane man became convinced that he was a real-life superhero. We analyzed the conversation. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology...
17 Sep 202547min
Victorian Mummy Mania and Sundry Weirdness
Mummia, mumia, or originally mummy referred to several different preparations in the history of medicine, from "mineral pitch" to "powdered human mummies". It originated from Arabic mūmiyā "a type of ...
10 Sep 202531min
The Vasa
Vasa (previously Wasa) (Swedish pronunciation: [²vɑːsa] ⓘ) is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August ...
3 Sep 202539min
Exxon Valdez
The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon ...
27 Aug 202539min
How I Survived a Wedding in a Jungle That Tried to Eat Me Alive
https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/essays/jungle-wedding/
20 Aug 202559min
Olestra / Olean
Olestra (also known by its brand name Olean) is a fat substitute food additive that adds no metabolizable calories to products. It has been used in the preparation of otherwise high-fat foods, thereby...
13 Aug 202533min
Pluto
Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to direct...
6 Aug 202540min
Patreon Bonus Episode Teaser - July Bonus - My Immortal Fan Fiction
This is a teaser episode of our Patreon Bonus Episode. This is the first few minutes of that particular episode to let non-patrons sample that content. You can become a patron here: http://patreon.c...
31 Jul 20258min
