Daily MOS: The Tanganyika Laughing Epidemic
Reportedly farting was a symptom, but whom amongst us hasn’t had a giggle fit and worried about burrito heading prematurely ringside?
Daily MOS: The Goiânia Accident
A year after Chernobyl, it’s not like society had any major recent indication that something could go wrong when you neglect nuclear bullshit.
Daily MOS: SciMom
She wanted to attend Boston University and someone in her class was all “you just don’t think you can get into Harvard.” So she applied to Harvard and got in. She went to BU anyway. Boss.
Daily MOS: Quokkas, the World’s Happiest Animal
It’s Australian, so the most darling, cutest, happiest little bouncing critter has to be deadly somehow, right? If it was possible, this little fuzzy Aussie would kill you with cuteness.
Daily MOS: Wilhelm Reich & Orgone Energy
Dr. Wilhelm Reich was a bit of a horse fucker, banged a bunch of his patients, and made up an orgasm box to control the weather.
Daily MOS: The Australian Suicide Shrub
Unplanned run-ins have driven some past the edge of desperation. One horrifying story involves a man using the leaf for toilet paper.
Daily MOS: Stanislav Petrov, The World’s Reluctant Hero
All Petrov had to do was follow orders and call up the chain of command that this was happening. Nuclear retaliation from the USSR would almost certainly ensue.
Daily MOS: Tsar Bomba, the Nuke That Scraped Heaven
The world has not since seen a nuclear blast larger than the one Andrei Sakharov created, and went on to spend his last decades fighting.
Daily MOS: The Piglet Squid
Millions of years of evolution plastered smiles on their faces, rendered prehensile tentacles into boy band hair, and left them so goddamn naked that they’re translucent.