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TODAY'S FEATURE 
There are strange drinking traditions. And then there’s the Sourtoe Cocktail. At a bar in Canada’s Yukon Territory, you can order a shot of whiskey garnished with an actual, honest-to-goodness, mummified human toe. The rules are simple. Drink your shot, and make sure your lips touch the toe. Swallowing it is strongly discouraged. Bottoms up. Toes down. (BBC🔺) SPONSOR | RECOMMENDED BY ELEVATOR 
The DoD doesn’t hand out $65M to science projects. That’s what LiquidPiston has earned in development contracts from DARPA, the Army, and the Air Force — hard validation for a rotary engine, protected by 110+ patents, that delivers the same power in a smaller, lighter package. Here’s the part most investors never see: through the Army SBIR CATALYST program, this round could unlock up to $7M in matched, non-dilutive funding. Every $1 invested could bring in $3 more, without issuing a single extra share.* Prefer Elevator without ads? Upgrade to Elevator+ MORE GOOD READS 
Ceiling fans have gotten a little too ambitious. They used to have one job. Move air. Now we’ve got fans disguised as chandeliers, fans that look like UFOs, fans with retractable blades. Big fan of this one > 
Here’s your chance to own a little piece of movie history. Including the ax Jack Nicholson used in The Shining and the creepy Star Child from 2001: A Space Odyssey. So it’s actually big pieces of movie history > 
After his assassination in 1923, someone dug up his grave and stole his skull. A century later, nobody knows who did it or where the skull ended up. A real head-scratcher > 
The MixerColor snapshots of what Halloween looked like in the 1960s and 1970s. Two-thirds of the world’s first computer🔺 is still missing beneath the sea. The best foodie cities in America to visit in 2026, ranked. Philadelphia holds its first parallel parking championship. Rod Stewart’s old Lamborghini Diablo is up for auction and bidding starts at… ELEVATOR CLASSIFIEDSQuotes From Smart Men“I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don’t want.” —Stanley Kubrick PARTING SHOT 
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