If you visit allow.webcam and, yep, enable webcam access, your computer will take your photo and add it to a collage of the prior snapshots. It's surprising there aren't more… Read the rest of the article: Allow Webcam is a real-time collage of webcam photos

For humanity to become a spacefaring civilization, there are a sh*t-ton of problems to solve—one of which is how to deal with our poop. Already, there are nearly 100 plastic… Read the rest of the article: How can you recycle poop in space? NASA will pay $3 million for an answer (video)

Memphis Allies is a community group launched as a response to the Tennessee's escalating gun violence and to support high-risk youth. Yesterday, the group was holding a meeting in an… Read the rest of the article: One killed and five injured in shooting at anti-violence meeting

At Thailand's Chiang Mai Breakfast World, customers can earn a discount by fitting through a series of narrow gates at the entrance. The discounts range from 5% to 20% depending… Read the rest of the article: Restaurant offers "skinny" discounts to customers who fit through narrow gate (video)

During a funeral at Pittsburgh's Green Mountain Cemetery, pallbearers were about to set down the coffin they were carrying when the ground collapsed under them. The men fell right into… Read the rest of the article: Ground collapses under pallbearers carrying coffin, dumping them into grave (video)

Dentist Gary Archer is known as Hollywood's "Godfather of FX Teeth." He created Austin Powers' "British teeth," Mrs. Doubtfire's drop-out dentures, and the Vampire Lestat's fangs. Acher's dental artisanry is… Read the rest of the article: Meet the Hollywood special effects dentist behind Austin Powers' and Mrs. Doubtfire's iconic chompers

The almendro (Dipteryx oleifera) is a massive rainforest tree native to Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador. While studying the impact of lightning on a forest in Panama's… Read the rest of the article: This tree uses lightning to destroy its enemies

Uber has released its annual "Lost & Found Index" of the most unusual, and and most common, items people leave behind in cars. Most of what's forgotten are wallets, phones,… Read the rest of the article: Live and dead animals, a DNA test, and 175 hamburgers among odd items left in Ubers

In South Korea's Taebaek, Gangwon Province, robots are descending into abandoned coal mines to help the country prepare for lunar missions. The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)… Read the rest of the article: South Korea using abandoned coal mines to prepare for life on the Moon

For weeks, a hawk has been terrorizing residents of the tiny English village of Flamstead. The bird-of-prey is blamed for more than 50 violet attacks that sent one man to… Read the rest of the article: Flying predator finally captured after violently attacking villagers for weeks (video)

In Pueblo, Colorado, a chupacabra was caught on video skulking around outside a mall. The witness provided video of the creepy encounter to TV station KKTV. Watch below. While one… Read the rest of the article: Creepy chupacabra caught on camera in Colorado (video)

A judge in Duluth, Minnesota sentenced Travis Lee Carlson, 39, to four years in jail for arson. Several years ago, Carlson set fire to his own apartment building while listening… Read the rest of the article: Man set fire to house while blaring "We Didn't Start the Fire"

Food researchers ran a rather curious culinary experiment aboard the International Space Station—they fermented soybeans into miso to see how the offworld environment affected the flavor. Josh Evans of the… Read the rest of the article: Space miso tastes weird—not bad, but… different

"Been having not-so-fun times this year on the golf course. Pretty angry and mad," professional golfer Ryan McCormick told ESPN. "So I figured I've tried a lot of things, and… Read the rest of the article: Professional golfer plays with mouth taped shut (video)

On November 18, 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple, under the guidance of cult leader Rev. Jim Jones, killed themselves or were murdered in the jungles… Read the rest of the article: Fifty years after the cult suicide, Guyana invites dark tourists to Jonestown

When some people with a vagina are highly aroused or having an orgasm, a rush of fluid will squirt out. It is a real thing. It does happen. But what… Read the rest of the article: Here's the scientific truth about squirting. Yes, that kind of squirting.

Leading scientific journal Nature surveyed scientists about whether the Trump administration's massive slashing of federal science funding is causing them to consider leaving the United States. More than 1,200 scientists… Read the rest of the article: 75% of US scientists considering leaving the country, says new Nature poll

"DO NOT EAT." No matter how tempting you may find that little white packet at the bottom of your beef jerky package, it is not for human consumption. Silica gel… Read the rest of the article: Silica gel's secret history and path to worldwide ubiquity

A group of scammers in Turkey's Tunceli region allegedly defrauded citizens out of $1.32 million in an elaborate scam involving fake ancient treasure maps. The suspects apparently traveled to villages… Read the rest of the article: Scammers with fake treasure maps con victims out of $1.32 million

Happy April Fools' Day! In celebration, HistoryFacts surveyed what they've deemed "The Greatest April Fools' Day Pranks in History." Of course, a prank's greatness lies in the eye of the… Read the rest of the article: Left-handed Burger King Whopper, gravity-defying planetary alignment, and other great April Fools' Day moments