Afflictor: Regretting our laser eye surgery since 2009. (Image by Trekphiler.)
- Classic DVD: Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997).
- Old Print Articles: Cowboy gets into knife fight with Italian peanut vendor (1902) + Gravedigger steals potatoes (1900) + Sitting Bull accused of cowardice and self-promotion (1889).
- Featured Videos: Housewife drops acid (1950s) + Night of the Lepus trailer (1972) + Astronauts toss weightless cats + Gigantic drunk puppet in Ireland+ Woolworth Halloween costumes(1978) + Romanian jetpack inventor+ Clothes in the year 2000(1930s) + Guy eats spaghetti, climbs stuff (1930).
- Classic Photos: Massive crowd gathers in Times Square for World Series updates (1920) + Titanic survivors get warm clothes in NYC (1912).
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: I’ll give your ventriloquist dummy a good home + Animal bones and skulls wanted + Selling an Egyptian dagger from 600 B.C.+ I’ll give you $25 if you give me something awesome+Teach me how to fight + Selling newspaper article about Michael Jackson and monkey.
- Terrible California earthquake prediction (1867).
- Chariot races in Manhattan in the 1850s.
- Donald Bean builds his Dinosaur Gardens.
- MIT professor Sherry Turkle falls out of love with robots.
- John Hersey profiles an illiterate soldier who learns to read in 1945.
- Tom Junod profiles Steve Jobs.
- Martin Luther King discusses violent revolution (1965).
- John and Yoko discuss violent revolution (1971).
- Jerzy Kosinski mourns the printed word (1972).
- Ray Kurzweil on the benefits of evolving robots.
- Why focus groups and market research are enemies of greatness.
- Why do the ruins of Detroit capture our fancy?
- Guy bowls on gigantic billiards table.
- Golf tournament to be held in North Korea.
- Old Print Ad: Astraltune Cassette Stereo for Skiers (1975).
- Listeria: Leading industries in NYC in 1890.
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