3AM Finds
Weird stories, cursed commercials, lost broadcasts, robot bands, and other things that show up when the rest of the world is asleep.
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Bioshock Infinite: Truth from Legend, Fact from Myth
Here I am again, hunched over a laptop in the middle of the night, wondering how it’s already been three…
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The Gnome Situation: Alleged Encounters & Sightings
Folks, we need to talk. Apparently, there’s a situation brewing that, until a few days ago, I wasn’t aware of.…
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YouTube Compression Can Be Creepy
Feast your eyes on this digital abomination: the result of a single video uploaded, downloaded, then re-uploaded to YouTube 1,000…
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Edison’s Talking Dolls Speak Once More
In 1890, Thomas Edison unleashed his infamous talking dolls – the first of their kind, each containing a phonograph with…
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Is Every Electron in the Universe Actually the Same One?
What if every electron in the universe is actually the exact same electron? This idea, called the one-electron universe, came up during a…
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Strange Creature Spotted Inside World’s Largest Cave in Vietnam
Sơn Đoòng Cave, located near the Laos-Vietnam border, is (possibly) the largest known cave in the entire world. But if…
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The Underwhelming Mystery of Webdriver Torso
You know, sometimes I’ll sit down to write an article and I’ll think to myself, “This is going be really…
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1925’s Isolator Helmet Might Help You Concentrate Better
What’s that? You tried out NaNoWriMo last month but just couldn’t find the opportunity to sit down and concentrate? Happens to the…
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The Ghostly Voice of Joseph Faber’s Euphonia
Behold, Joseph Faber’s Euphonia. This curious amalgamation of various mechanical parts was exhibited in December 1845 at the Music Fund…
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FutureMe: Sending Messages Through Time
Earlier this year, physicist Luke Butcher raised the possibility that we could harness collapsing wormholes to send messages backward or…
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The Zoo Hypothesis: Are Aliens Watching Us from a Distance?
What if aliens are all around us, but we just don’t see them? What if they’re hidden, passively watching until…
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What Color is the Universe?
What color is the universe? A cursory glance at the night sky would tell you it’s black or, at least,…
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12 Vile Vortices: The Geometric Anomalies of Ivan Sanderson
There are allegedly points around the world that mark, like a cursed treasure map, areas where planes, ships, and people…
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Did Time Travelers Sink the Titanic?
Time travelers. They’re everywhere, everywhen. You just don’t see them. You don’t realize that the very fabric of existence is…
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How Many People Have Ever Lived and Died?
How many humans have ever lived on Planet Earth? There’s a common myth about this. It states that the people…