The Flatiron Building is a 22-story building in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York. It is best known for its triangular shape, which is where its name came from, and was designed by Daniel Burnham and Frederick P. Dinkelberg. The building was completed in 1902 but has h … | Continue reading
“In 1990, a Canadian man named Peter Lalonde released a VHS tape about the dangers of sorcery in fiction. It was embarrassing. Not in hindsight, but very much at the time […] Peter was only 29 when he filmed this, but he had the media literacy and misplaced resentment of a man fo … | Continue reading
I’m not up on my US constitution so I had no idea about the Takings Clause in the Fifth Amendment, which “allows the federal government to take private property for public use if the government provides ‘just compensation'”. That sounds nice in theory but the reality is much dark … | Continue reading
How to Be in Your Villain Era Without Offending Anyone: If you feel disrespected by somebody, then you should absolutely clap back by disrespecting them too. Just make sure that you’re not making fun of their appearance, or their intelligence, or anything that they could lie in b … | Continue reading
In Norway, hot dogs are universally great […] on May 17, Norway’s national day, the country’s 5.4 million people celebrated by eating an estimated 13 million hot dogs. (via) The post Norway’s national snack is… the hot dog appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
From The Onion, Goofy Beats Ron DeSantis To Death With Crowbar. Someone had to do it. The post Goofy: an anti-fascist king appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
Now you can play Screwball Scramble in your browser thanks to a Redditor called captainepeper! The post Now you can play Screwball Scramble in your browser appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
I love Miffy and I adore these Miffy traffic lights in Utrecht, Netherlands. The post Adorable Miffy traffic lights in Utrecht appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
Mary Harron (director of American Psycho and I Shot Andy Warhol), is directing a film about Salvador Dalí called Dalíland starring Ben Kingsley as Dalí. If you were hoping for a biopic, you’ll be disappointed as Dalíland focuses on the artist’s strained later years and his relati … | Continue reading
For Screen Rant, Megan Summers assigned each character from Blade Runner with a D&D moral alignment: Deckard: Lawful Neutral The movie’s protagonist and anti-hero is a plainclothes bounty hunter working for the Los Angeles Police Department. His job is “retiring,” aka killing, re … | Continue reading
The effects of climate change are due to hit apple horticulture according to experts: Apples such as pippin or the the ancient nonpareil, grown in Britain since the 1500s, are struggling in the changed climate because there are not enough “chilling hours” for the trees to lie dor … | Continue reading
From Popverse: a red Spider-Verse Whopper from Burger King and limited edition Miles Morales Air Jordans. They’re going in with film promo. The post Spider-Verse product placement special appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
Unsolved Mysteries Of Quantum Leap With Donald P. Bellisario: back in 2021, Quantum Leap creator Donald P. Bellisario spoke to Ars Technica and answered a variety of questions about the show. The post Donald P. Bellisario on Quantum Leap appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
Big Joel, on his Little Joel YouTube account, posted a short comical review on an article called “Thanks to AI, We Can Finally See How 15 Famous People From the Past Looked in Real Life“. Of course, this is all nonsense but that makes Big Joel’s mini-review even funnier as goes t … | Continue reading
I found this really interesting case study on Dominos and how they use dark patterns to overcharge for their pizza and sides. It centres on their “Deal Wizard”, enticing vouchers, and a bunch of UX psychology that makes you think you’re getting a better deal than you actually are … | Continue reading
Yiheng Wang is 9 years old and solved a 3x3x3 Rubik’s cube in 4.69s, which is the World Record average. My goodness. The post Damn, that was quick! appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
TIL: domesticated cats were present in Serbia and Poland around 6000 BC, much earlier than originally thought. The post TIL: domesticated cats were present in Serbia and Poland around 6000 BC appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
According to a 2022 study of some communities in Papua New Guinea and Australian participants, there is little evidence to suggest that there’s a universal emotional response to major or minor music: The results show that the emotive valence of major and minor is strongly associa … | Continue reading
Oh, Sonic. We were rooting for you! More from the same creator: ‘But… it’s in the blockchain!’ and It’s pronounced GIF The post Sonic: a tax evader? appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
A while back, I wrote about pointing at rainbows and why it’s a taboo in many cultures and countries, including Germany. So I looked up some more cultural taboos in Germany and found a few lists (via Stylerail and Cultural Atlas). One of the most common was not getting straight t … | Continue reading
kek lapis Sarawak is a Malaysian cake, known for its intricate geometric design inside. The 3-tiered name derives from the following: kek lapis Sarawak is usually served during special occasions like Eid, Christmas, or birthdays with its origins coming Indonesia and the European … | Continue reading
I’ve written about expensive McDonald’s pickles, expensive pickle jars, and expensive cheese. Now it’s time to show you the world’s most expensive cantaloupe: the Yūbari King. The Yūbari King is a hybrid cantaloupe cultivar, combining Earl’s Favorite with Burpee’s “Spicy” Cantalo … | Continue reading
The Official Mocktail of the European Space Agency contains tonic water, coconut water, ginger ale, apple juice, sparkling powder, ice and cinnamon, blue Spirulina, brown rock crystal sugar, and star anise. The post The official mocktail of the European Space Agency appeared firs … | Continue reading
I’m so tired of these events and encounters. Jordan Neely, a homeless Black man, was killed by an unnamed US marine veteran (reportedly) on 1st May via chokehold in a New York city subway car. If you want to find out more about the murder, you can search for it; I won’t be postin … | Continue reading
Misogynoir, a term created by Northwestern professor Moya Bailey has will be added to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary. For those unaware, it means a hatred of, aversion to, or prejudice against Black women. It’s a very poignant word at the moment and deserves recognition. The post ‘ … | Continue reading
I fell down an interesting rabbit hole that took me to the career of Michael Cimino. Although I’ve never watched any of his films, I was familiar with his infamy after Heaven’s Gate. What I didn’t know about was the wild roller coaster ride that was his award legacy: Year Award C … | Continue reading
I found out about The Stopgap on Nieman Lab yesterday and it’s my kinda blog: The Stopgap’s motto: “It’s better than nothing.” This will be an old fashioned, general interest blog, mostly written by us. We’ll make no money, produce no podcasty newslettery bullshit, and pay nothin … | Continue reading
I’ve covered video games in The Simpsons before on the blog but this one caught my attention as I couldn’t remember it in its episode (S01E06). The game is called Super Slugfest, a standard boxing game in 16-bit but with 8-bit music and 3D-ish motion? Bart keeps beating Homer, Ho … | Continue reading
The Hawaiian pizza doesn’t come from anywhere near Hawai’i. It comes from Ontario, and was concocted in 1962 in a restaurant serving typical mid-century food without any particular focus. The post TIL: Hawaiian pizza is Greek-Canadian in origin appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
As much as I love the fact that I still own toys from my childhood (shout out to Batman), I love the ones I have still in their original packaging (shout out to ReBoot and Pokémon). Sean Brown’s sealed Gambit figure (above) was made by Hasbro in *2020 and you can buy one on eBay … | Continue reading
New Hard Drive blog about newly discovered Ancient Greek scrolls complaining of myth fatigue: One scroll offered a contrasting view from an ancient poet named Phemius. ‘These people you hear complaining are really just a vocal minority,’ said Phemius. ‘Like all bards, I rely on t … | Continue reading
Paper Magazine has laid off all its staff due to the economic climate. Apparently, the publisher isn’t closing completely, but 20–30 staff were laid off to cut costs as they look for alternative ways of staying in business. And there’s supposedly someone interested, so watch this … | Continue reading
A super random Google search unearthed this gem: Vin Diesel and Jason Statham fight in Furious 7, but with lightsabers (thanks to some awesome VFX work from ImmersionVFX). The post Furious 7 with lightsabers appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
Back in 2016, Steven Cohen wrote about Fidel Castro’s 1960 visit to the United States before the diplomatic fallout a year later. He initially stayed at the Shelbourne Hotel but he upset the management due to “exorbitant” demands and relocate to the Hotel Theresa in Harlem: Harle … | Continue reading
The Benin Bronzes may have been made from German brass but, as Gemma Tarlach asks, does it really matter? “Considered in this broader context, the question of whether the Benin Bronzes were cast from material mined in western Germany is a footnote.“ The post The colonialist origi … | Continue reading
These gold TMNT pendants, courtesy of Laie Jewelry, are pretty sick and $103.99 exc. shipping. They come in 14K gold and white gold and are decorated with 3A+ cubic zirconia. TMNT related: want a radical TMNT pizza cutter and spatula set to go with that ice? Jewelry related: or m … | Continue reading
“Teamwork makes the dream work” sounds cheesy and it is, but it can be very true and I like a good quip. So I was surprised to find out it wasn’t some from, say, the 70s or 80s but a creation of the 2000s. The phrase was first coined in *2002 by John C. Maxwell … Continue reading … | Continue reading
Movie Earns $120 Million Domestically, $362 Million Globally, and a Suspicious $7 Galactically: After verifying the number is real and not resultant of a glitch, NASA president Bill Nelson held an impromptu press conference. “Billions of dollars, and decades of research just to b … | Continue reading
Red Bull hosted their annual Terminal Takeover event at the abandoned New Orleans airport for a third consecutive year. The event saw ten teams of skaters from across the country, skateboarding through three newly built areas in the MSY terminal. Like a scene out of Tony Hawk’s P … | Continue reading
Atlas Obscura compiled a list of the 11 wildest pizza places in the world, including Pizza Pi, a pizza parlor that used to be a hospital, and a joint in New Jersey that sells a “mustard pie”. The post Atlas Obscura’s list of wild pizza places appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
I had no idea that Knuckles was getting a spin-off series and I’m so happy that it’s live action and Idris Elba will reprise his role, as will Adam Pally as Wade Whipple. The post Knuckles is getting a spin-off series appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
A Bible site, which you can access and read offline. (via Stefen Phelps) The post An offline bible appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
How René Magritte Became the Grudging Father of Pop Art – Magritte took issue less with the undeniable visual link between Pop and his own paintings—disjunctive, saturated (sur)realities—than with what he considered to be the movement’s “sugar-coated” recycling of Dadaist princip … | Continue reading
These AI-generated smiling photos are creepy as hell and culturally inaccurate. And as the writer puts it, it’s all so American. The post My, my, American smiles by AI appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
The hundred dollar bill is a denomination of US currency. It features a portrait of US President Benjamin Franklin on the obverse (another word for the front of a coin, medal, or paper-note) and Independence Hall on the reverse. Because of this, hundred dollar bills are colloquia … | Continue reading
I can count the number of times I’ve been to a McDonald’s in the last 10 years on two hands (it would have been one had I not had a child in that time period). Even if I don’t eat any of their burgers anymore, I remember my joy as a kid, getting my Happy … Continue reading "Jason … | Continue reading
A pisco sour is a Peruvian cocktail and the country’s national drink. Here are the ingredients: I’ve never had one of these and I don’t remember seeing it on any cocktail menus in the UK, which is a shame. Read how to make it in Simon Willison’s TILs. Peruvian food and drink rela … | Continue reading
UnlimitedSteam is an ongoing Twitch stream that shows AI-generated versions of the Steamed Hams scene from The Simpsons. The episodes use OpenAI’s GPT-3, Unreal Engine 5, and some Python packages to get things working. According to its creator, episodes can anywhere from 15 minut … | Continue reading