Landmark Shark Attack
In 1986, Bill Heine installed a sculpture of a 25-foot shark crashing through the roof of his home in Oxford, England, without getting the approval of local planning officials. His …
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Photo: A Libertarian City in the Cloud
The United Nations has yet to recognize the Free Republic of Liberland—a micronation established in 2015 between Croatia and Serbia by Czech libertarian Vít Jedlička—but Patrik Schumacher of the internationally …
Ross Ulbricht’s First Nonfungible Token
In December, over 1,000 crypto investors who together comprise FreeRossDAO pooled their money to buy Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht’s first-ever nonfungible token (NFT) for 1,446 ether, worth $6.3 million …
Photo: Little Amal, World Traveler
From July to November 2021, an 11-foot puppet named Little Amal traversed eight countries and 65 towns and cities to raise awareness of refugee rights and celebrate human migration. A …
William Shatner Goes to Space
Fifty-six years after he first stepped in front of a camera as Captain James Tiberius Kirk, Star Trek actor William Shatner, 90, finally made it to space. On October 13, …
Watching Mikhail Gorbachev Resign in Moscow
On December 25, 1991, a Moscow family gathers to watch President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation. Minutes later, the Soviet flag was lowered for the last time, marking the formal end of …
It Never Happened: Photographer Who Took Viral Border Patrol ‘Whipping’ Photo Says Nobody Was Whipped
It Never Happened: Photographer Who Took Viral Border Patrol ‘Whipping’ Photo Says Nobody Was Whipped The latest viral outrage over photographs of Border Patrol agents ‘whipping’ (now-moved) Haitian migrants with …
Photo: Hong Kong
When Hong Kong passed its controversial national security law in June 2020, opponents warned that it would lead to censorship of voices critical of China’s Communist government, which sought to …
“Ultimate Insult”: Taliban Mocks Historic Iwo Jima Flag Raising Moment With Own Photo
“Ultimate Insult”: Taliban Mocks Historic Iwo Jima Flag Raising Moment With Own Photo The military newspaper Marine Corps Times has picked up on a disturbing image: “The Taliban’s media wing has wasted …
Biden Photo Op Reportedly ‘OUTS’ CIA, Intel Officials and Locations During Afghan Security Briefing
A White House tweet showing President Joe Biden meeting with officials may also have inadvertently revealed the faces and locations of intelligence agents. Free Thought ProjectIt is the mission of …