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Next level birdwatching. [📹 wildlifetestic] Original post

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/26/0 While their owners sleep, nervous little dogs prepare for their day.

As well as being a famous Hollywood actress JULIE NEWMAR — still with us aged 93 — was also a patented inventor, real estate magnet & classically trained concert Pianist. Here she is playing a bit of Chopin on the TV show ‘My Living Doll’ in 1964.

Melissa Baars, a C5 incomplete tetraplegic, showcasing her independent transfer from wheelchair to tractor cab using upper body strength. Original post

Guy shows how nothing is real now on social media. Original post

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#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/20/1 “Professor LaVonne had many enemies in the entomological world, detective, but if you examine that data label, you’ll find exactly when and where he was—shall we say—‘collected.’”

A single bee can produce 1 tablespoon of honey in its lifetime. 683 bees fly roughly 32,550 miles to gather 5.93 lbs of nectar from about 1,185,000 flowers in order to make one 9.5 oz. jar of honey. Original post

Wire management = art Original post

The scariest Halloween decorations as an adult Original post

Artist: Noëlle, Eight Ring Keep watching, it gets more trippy the further in she gets with the act. This would be a fun one to be watching stoned.

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/17/0 “I see your little, petrified skull … labeled and resting on a shelf somewhere.”

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/18/0 On Oct. 23, 1927, three days after its invention, the first rubber band is tested.

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/16/3 Raymond’s last day as the band’s sound technician.

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PATRICK STEWART singing & dancing on the bridge of the USS Enterprise-D in 1991 as a birthday surprise for STAR TREK creator GENE RODDENBERRY. (never intended for public release this clip eventually surfaced as a DVD bonus feature)

THIS 👇 TOO......

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/16/0 “Egad! Willard’s home early! Don’t move—his vision’s not very good, but his sense of smell and hearing are quite acute.”

Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell and Howard Hawks on the set of the screwball comedy His Girl Friday (1940).

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Here we see wild deer snails in their native environment.

Euan Findlay demonstrates traditional coopering at Theakston Brewery, Masham, England, using fire and steam to soften oak staves so they can be bent and secured with iron hoops to form a watertight firkin barrel without nails or glue. IG: @euanthecooper www.instagram.com/euanthecoope...

Fun fact. This trick shot by Mary Tyler Moore in a 1962 episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was actually made in one take. It was intended for an expert pool player to film the trick, but to everyone's surprise, she actually got it. Original post

Bacteriological chemist & refrigeration engineer Dr. Mary Engle Pennington, the "Ice Woman," revolutionized food safety by inventing the "cold chain." Her groundbreaking work on continuous refrigeration kept perishable food fresh from harvest to consumer. She was born #OTD in 1872. 🧵 #WomenInSTEM

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/07/3 “Okay … on the count of three, everybody rattles.”

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/07/0 And with Johnny’s revelation, Mr. Goodman’s popularity in the neighborhood suddenly plummeted.

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/07/2 At the Crabbiness Research Institute

Kai @kairyssdal in jail.

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/06/3 “Now calm down there, ma’am … your cat’s gonna be fine … just fine.”

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/05/3 “Hey! I got news for you, sweetheart! … I am the lowest form of life on earth!”

In 2014, while filming a movie, Jackie Chan discovered that a group of Mongolian locals knew every word to 'Rolling in the Deep' by heart... Even though they didn’t speak English. This beautiful moment was never part of the script. Original post

Sometimes we pay way too much for jobs that look this simple. Original post

@kairyssdal.bsky.social Kai Ryssdal's checkup.

Darrell suspected someone had once again slipped him a trick spoon with the concave side reversed.

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/02/2 Although an unexplained phenomenon, there is a place on the outskirts of Mayfield, Nebraska, where the sun does not shine.

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/01/2 The origin of clothes

A simple carpentry trick Original post

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.