Following up on Colorado Governor Jared Polis' June 9, 2022 "100 ways" to save you money initiative, a new landmark bipartisan law (House Bill 22-1055) was signed on August 8,… Read the rest of the article: Colorado eliminates sales tax on incontinence products, diapers, period products, corrective glasses, contact lenses, and more
Vsauce host Michael Stevens, delves into the active ingredient (hydrogen sulfide) that makes a fart pungent; and explains what happens at different orders of magnitude above the typical fart concentration… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Vsauce explain how farts could literally kill you
For a limited time leading up to the theatrical release of "Toy Story 4" in 2019, Disney/Pixar created this "Toy Story Window" (トイ・ストーリーの 窓) as part of it's promotional campaign… Read the rest of the article: Pixar's brilliant "Toy Story Window" dioramas
A husband and wife in Huelva, Spain have been ordered to repay €529,900 after stealing 7,000 Jamón and reselling them on a messenger service between 2007 and 2013. According to… Read the rest of the article: Pseudo-Hamburglar jailed for stealing 7,000 Jamón worth over €520,000
In it's 246 year history, the U.S. Marine Corps have sworn it's first 4-star general in, after President Joe Biden nominated General Michael E. Langley on June 9, 2022. During… Read the rest of the article: Michael E. Langley is first black U.S. Marine Corps 4-star general
Watching a dry waterfall roaring back to life can a beautiful and possibly deadly affair. The comments section of this reddit post, contains first hand stories of flash floods gone… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Flash flood feeds dry waterfall rebirth
Located in Torreilles, France, Frenzy WaterPark bills itself as "Most Extreme Waterpark of Europe 🔥", where this guest went for extra distance by jumping off a pergola onto the "JUMP… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Frenzy Waterpark guest big splash
The old adage "A picture is worth a thousand words", requires a few orders of magnitude extra words to begin describing the powerful collage images Uğur Gallenkuş creates, to raise… Read the rest of the article: The powerful collage images of Uğur Gallenkuş
In an interview with Bloomberg, Pearson plc CEO Andy Bird discusses the benefits of moving digital textbook sales to blockchain and Non-Fungible Token (NFT) technologies as a mechanism to capture… Read the rest of the article: Pearson considering move to blockchain and NFT for future digital textbook sales
Years of movies and TV shows have conditioned me to think that rice is planted by hand as seen in this picture below: I've always felt that there must be… Read the rest of the article: Watch: rice transplantation machine at work
National Ocean Service, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) agency announced that rising temperatures related to climate change have led to a change in Florida sea turtle hatchlings female/male… Read the rest of the article: Florida sea turtles predominately born female due to climate change
Glass Half Full started from a want to divert local glass bottles from ending up in the local landfill, out of frustrations because no local glass recyclers existed in New… Read the rest of the article: Glass Half Full is Louisiana's grassroots glass recycler
Nearly 30 years after it's inception, Mike Judge has relaunched the Beavis and Butt-Head series today with the season 9 premier episode of "Escape Room." The animated series "Beavis and… Read the rest of the article: Watch Beavis and Butt-Head's new season premiere
Redditor u/96dpi posted their recipe for Chipotle's chicken, titled "An Obsessive-Compulsive's Guide to Chipotle's Chicken" in the r/TopSecretRecipes subreddit with this intro: I've spent the past few weeks doing some… Read the rest of the article: Redditor reverse engineers Chipotle's chicken recipe
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a proposed rule for public comment, seeking to strengthen protections for airline consumers, where U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stated: "When Americans buy an… Read the rest of the article: Should domestic flights delayed over 3 hours be refunded?
Today's Department of Justice (DOJ) announcement marks a much needed step towards holding four current and former Louisville Metro Police Department officers accountable for the 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor… Read the rest of the article: DOJ charges 4 Louisville Metro Police officers related to Breonna Taylor's death
Due to a mild hoarding tendency, I've gathered a collection of calendars over the years for a good reason. Given a long enough timespan, annual calendars will repeat the same… Read the rest of the article: How to reuse an old calendar
A Georgia Department of Revenue (GA-DOR) press release titled "Guidance related to House Bill 481, Living Infants and Fairness Equality (LIFE) Act", outlines GA-DOR's recognition of "any unborn child with… Read the rest of the article: State of Georgia says you can claim embryo on your taxes as a dependent
One of my favorite things about language is the quirky way cultures interpret animal noises. Dogs for example bark "Woof, Woof" here in the US, "Mong, Mong" in S. Korea,… Read the rest of the article: What does the stingray say?
NuScale's small modular reactor (SMR) design will be the 7th design certified since the inception of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) on January 19, 1975. With the expiration… Read the rest of the article: Small nuclear reactor design to be approved
