YouTube psychic? This “Prediction” might make you a believer

From the mighty-mighty cool Bits & Pieces blog: You’re going to play a little game with Richard Wiseman. At the end, you might think Wiseman is a YouTube psychic.
Wiseman is actually a professor and pop-psychologist from the United Kingdom. He’s well known for debunking unusual and paranormal phenomena. In several books, he points out the [...]

Real monkeys are terrified of Indian “monkey man” (and so are we)

From Monkeys In the News: Acchan Miyan, who’s also known as Gudde, is allowed to monkey around at work — in fact it’s an essential part of his job. The 42-year-old is employed by the railway authorities in northern India to be a Monkey man.
He’s paid $7 a day to scare away real monkeys. There’s [...]

Have You Seen This Cat?

Mined by: J.C. “Awesome Personified” Hutchins, via K3N’s bLOG

It’s Trippy Tuesday! Today’s clip: Wacky Japanese inventor

Ya gotta admire the creative spirit of inventors: they dedicate their lives to finding solutions for everyday problems. But what happens when the solutions they create are nuttier than the problems? Check this surreal as hell footage of a Japanese inventor whose done just that.
(Even stranger than the gizmos themselves is the bizarre blue critter [...]

A walk down Memory Shame: The $1.25 remote-controlled ghost

We remember this from our misspent youth. Thankfully, we didn’t misspend our $1.25. Awesome video.

Mined by: J.C. Hutchins, via YesButNoButYes

Bloody Awesome: Cell phone charm reveals your type. Your blood type.

It’s another Strange Product From Japan™, folks. Take a peek at these cell phone charms … in the shape of blood bags!
You can fetch one of these oddities at Strapya-World for about six bucks — complete with your own blood type stenciled on its tiny surface — but why wouldja want one? Thankfully, we have [...]

Criminals, beware: “real” superheroes exist

It’s no secret that superheroes are a big hit here at MINE HQ. Heck, our resident Geekgasm columnist Mur Lafferty wrote a superhero novel called Playing For Keeps. And when reading a superhero novel, comic book, or watching the latest superhero movie, many of us often usually wish we were the ones fighting evil.
Guess what? [...]

Squid hats!

Part pillow, part hat — all squid. Check out Josh Freeman’s whimsical multi-purpose cephalopod creations at his Etsy store. They’re hand-crafted (which is why they’re so pricey at $55), but for lovers of all things tentacled, they’re a must-have.
Josh’s squid hats come in variety of colors, including green, red, blue … and cowprint “moo.” [...]