Thursday Overnight Open Thread - July 9, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday ONT! Open thread, as always. Content supplied for those who are interested. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

Let's learn all of these stats and figures and quiz Weasel on Sunday night

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Strangely satisfying to watch!

What would you want to throw in there?

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Who doesn't like a good origin story?

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Go big or go home!

World’s largest paper airplane has a 65-foot wingspan

It’s easy to craft a paper airplane capable of soaring across a classroom, but one that can travel 200 feet is a bit harder. A group of students from Italy’s University of Pisa not only managed to reach that distance on a single glide—they did so with the Guinness World Record holder for the largest paper airplane ever assembled.

Built using only paper and some glue, the team’s nearly 23-foot-long creation and its over 65-foot wingspan cruised through a warehouse at Italy’s annual We Make Future expo on June 25. According to the university’s announcement, the students broke a record previously held since 2013 by Germany’s Braunschweig Institute of Technology.

Video segment at the link. Foreign language narration but still kewl.

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Ever wonder to yourself "How long do squirrels typically live?" No? OK, feel free to skip this one, then.

Squirrel Lifespan: How Long Do Squirrels Live?

You see them often, but how long are you seeing the same squirrels? Find out how long squirrels live, and what affects a squirrel's lifespan.

Look outside at your yard or in a public park for even just a minute or two, and you’re likely to see squirrels. These bushy-tailed critters are as adorable as they are wily, with their scavenging ways and problem-solving skills. If you’ve ever seen a baby squirrel or adult, you might wonder about a squirrel’s lifespan. How long do squirrels live? The answer is more complex than you might think.

Go ahead - check out the whole thing.

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Tin foil hats? Yup - I'll try on whatever ya got!

Trump:- “Biden died and they replaced him with an Actor Clone”

Also the Clones… pic.twitter.com/br3oO0zTc6

— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) July 9, 2026

DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

Weekly commenter stats for week of 07-05-2026

AoSHQ Commenter Statistics:
Number of posts: 90
Number of comments: 19828
Number of unique hashes: 1599

Top 10 commenters:
1 [389 comments] 'Axeman' [55.25 posts/day]
2 [344 comments] '...'
3 [327 comments] 'Skip'
4 [275 comments] '18-1'
5 [267 comments] 'Blonde Morticia'
6 [260 comments] 'Quarter Twenty '
7 [231 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films'
8 [231 comments] 'polynikes'
9 [225 comments] 'm'
10 [221 comments] 'Hadrian the Seventh '

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [181 names] 'Quarter Twenty ' [25.71 unique names/day]
2 [84 names] 'Mercy on down and out Miklos'
3 [65 names] 'Call to prayer 5x a day! '
4 [36 names] 'Count de Monet'
5 [33 names] 'gKWVE'
6 [33 names] 'Duncanthrax'
7 [28 names] 'Zombie George Washington'
8 [26 names] 'Axeman'
9 [25 names] 'The Grateful - Acta Non Verba'
10 [24 names] '18-1'

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