You might not recognize the name Sharbat Gula, but odds are that you recognize her face. She gained international attention in 1985 after gracing the cover of National Geographic in… Read the rest of the article: Afghan "girl with the green eyes" has escaped the Taliban and now lives in Italy
The Friday after Thanksgiving is known for more than unfettered capitalism— it's also a day full of plumbing nightmares. The disasters aren't limited to toilet trouble; many problems arise from… Read the rest of the article: Plumbers prepare for "brown Friday"
My new favorite bookmark is wikigifs.org, a website that shows you each gif on Wikimedia Commons one at a time. You press the space bar to move to the next… Read the rest of the article: Fascinating website shows all the gifs on Wikipedia
BBC reports that a Chinese man claims he was banned from Handadi Seafood BBQ Buffet in Changsha for eating too much. He's a streamer who goes by Mr. Kang, and… Read the rest of the article: Man claims he was banned from all-you-can-eat buffet for eating all that he could
It was a scene right out of your imagination: bills were scattered on a freeway and motorists were stopping their cars to collect wads of cash. On videos posted to… Read the rest of the article: A San Diego freeway was raining money after an armored truck incident
Thanksgiving might gobble up a few more dollars than it has in previous years. A study from the The Farm Bureau shows that Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people averages out… Read the rest of the article: Thanksgiving dinner costs 14% more than last year
I've seen mudflap girl from the car during road trips, but I never thought much about her until Magdalene Taylor dug into her history for Mel Magazine. She is America's big-breasted,… Read the rest of the article: The origins of mudflap girl
Instead of periodically checking to see if your desired item has been restocked, you can employ a bot to snatch it up immediately upon its restock. The shopping bot services… Read the rest of the article: Shopping bots help buyers snatch in-demand items before they sell out
In an age of streaming and singles, listeners don't always appreciate the art of the album: the carefully-crafted arc Adele believes that song order can "tell a story." To preserve her… Read the rest of the article: Spotify takes away shuffle button for Adele's albums at the artist's request
To get out of using slow boats, the Beanie Babies manufacturer is booking cargo planes to get the plush toys to the States. As many. as 150 flights have brought… Read the rest of the article: Manufacturers are airlifting Beanie Babies to get around supply chain logjams
Like a growing number of high-end home workout devices, the $4,000 NordicTrack X32i treadmill is built to work with subscription workout software for $39/month. Its iFit software integrates directly with… Read the rest of the article: NordicTrack customers hacked their treadmills to watch Netflix until the company blocked them
Using the face-editing app FaceApp, social media users are heavily editing iconic photos, turning familiar figures into smooth-skinned, volumtuous haired, glamorous versions of themselves. The whole thing has an uncanny… Read the rest of the article: I tried the "yassify" trend
Effective January 1, 2022, Ann Arbor public restrooms must provide pads and tampons, as well as other hygiene products. It's the first city in the US to make free period… Read the rest of the article: Ann Arbor, Michigan is the country's first city to require tampons and pads in public restrooms
Six years ago, Wanda Dench accidentally sent a text inviting 17-year-old Jamal Hinton to Thanksgiving dinner. In a series of now-iconic texts, Jamal told Wanda that she wasn't actually his grandma… Read the rest of the article: Jamal and Wanda's unlikely Thanksgiving tradition continues
Taxes may be the benchmark of a functional government, but they're no fun. To lessen the pain of handing over hard-earned cash, the Finnish Tax Association is beefing up its… Read the rest of the article: Finland makes taxes fun with a Netflix-style website
The website rroll.to provides an odd but delightful service, and I've been using their links in group chats with friends. While traditional rickrolling tricks every clicker one time, this service… Read the rest of the article: This bit.ly-like website shortens links but there's a 50% chance of rickroll when someone clicks
After Taylor Swift re-released her album Red at Midnight on November 12, Spotify users took to social media to complain of outages. User outage reports spiked from 5 to 4719… Read the rest of the article: Users claim Taylor Swift's midnight release caused Spotify outages
Santa Claus is c̶o̶m̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶o̶w̶n̶ quitting. Santa bookers (a real job, supposedly) are struggling to fill Christmas parties with Santas. Today's labor shortage, which greatly affects industries such as… Read the rest of the article: Sorry kids, there's a Santa shortage
Vogue reported on the lavish wedding of Ivy Getty, great-granddaughter of oil billionaire J. Paul Getty. The event, which took place in San Francisco, featured a performance by Earth Wind… Read the rest of the article: After skipping climate conference, Gavin Newsom attends oil heiress' wedding. Nancy Pelosi officiated.
I always appreciate the people who leave helpful online reviews, but some go above and beyond. Such is the case with Cory H., an Amazon user whose review for a… Read the rest of the article: A hilarious Amazon review shows a woman sliding down a mountain
