A New York Times reader asks: "Where does a candle go when it burns, anyway? Is it healthy to be breathing in melted candle particles? How concerned should I be?"… Read the rest of the article: "Where does a candle go when it burns?"

In Evansville, Indiana last week, two individuals entered a Denny's restaurant at 2am, hours after closing. They made some eggs and then left. According to the police report, the suspects… Read the rest of the article: Intruders entered Denny's at 2am. Made eggs.

"This watering hole isn't big enough for the both of us."

Donald Trumps's former economic adviser and now Fox News host Larry Kudlow warns us that President Biden's environmental plan will lead to us all guzzling, um, plant-based beer: Speaking of… Read the rest of the article: Larry Kudlow warns against "plant-based beer" and Schumer wittily responds

Authorities intercepted a trailer at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge carrying fresh cucumber pickles. Apparently their "non-intrusive imaging system" clued them in that the pickle bags contained 217 pounds of methamphetamine… Read the rest of the article: "Funky pickles" contain $4 million in smuggled meth

For $106, you can climb aboard a Ukrainian International Airlines plane this Sunday for an aerial tour of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the radioactive ghost town of Pripyat.… Read the rest of the article: Ukrainian airline offering aerial tours of Chernobyl

For decades, a Western Massachusetts woman had heard family rumors of a cache of cash hidden by her relatives in a 1950s home previously owned by her aunt and uncle.… Read the rest of the article: Woman hired treasure hunter who found a rumored $46,000 hidden in her family's home for 50 years

Takashi Miyagawa, 39, of Kansai, Japan allegedly scammed three dozen women out of cash and birthday gifts by pretending to be in a serious relationship with each one of them.… Read the rest of the article: Con artist busted for scamming 35 women for birthday gifts by pretending to be in a serious relationship with each of them

Richard Glenn, a teacher at Longridge Towers School in Northumberland, England, has been suspended for three years for his "unacceptable" behavior during a school trip for 16 to 18-year-olds to… Read the rest of the article: High school teacher suspended for taking students to strip club, drinking with the kids, exposing himself to a colleague, and acting like a total ass during school trip

In 1981, the great Debbie Harry of Blondie joined the great Kermit the Frog on The Muppet Show to sing the latter's iconic song "The Rainbow Connection." Below are two… Read the rest of the article: Watch Debbie Harry and Kermit the Frog sing together

They don't call 'em mealworms for nothing! <rimshot> (via The Kid Should See This)

The Perseverance rover has successfully converted carbon dioxide from the Red Planet's atmosphere into oxygen. Eventually, the technology inside the toaster-size Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) unit in Perseverance's… Read the rest of the article: Mars Perseverance rover successfully inhaled carbon dioxide and exhaled oxygen

"In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves." —Carl Sagan, from COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey (2014) and Pale Blue… Read the rest of the article: Today is Earth Day. Watch this message from Carl Sagan.

During Indonesian Navy training exercises in the Bali Strait on Wednesday, a submarine (seen above) carrying 53 crew members submerged and hasn't resurfaced. Its current location is unknown and authorities… Read the rest of the article: Submarine carrying 53 crew members submerged Wednesday, hasn't been seen since, and is running out of oxygen

In Waynesborow, Virginia, at least seven cats have been mysteriously shaved without their owners' permission. There have been no witnesses nor clues of the rogue groomer's identity. From the News… Read the rest of the article: Who is mysteriously shaving other people's cats without permission in Virginia?

I wonder how many times it went up and down that day. (via DIGG)

John Hinkle of Peoria, Illinois, grew up bowling with his dad. Hinkle went on to win two NCAA bowling championships in college. But his most recent perfect 300 game was… Read the rest of the article: Man bowls perfect game with his dad's ashes in the ball

After several years of the Internet's help, the Library of Congress has narrowed down its collection of 800 photographs of mystery people from the entertainment industry down to less than… Read the rest of the article: Library of Congress asks: Who the hell are the mystery people in these photos?

The theme of this year's Society of Catholic Scientists is, er, out of this world. Participants will land at a Hilton Hotel in Washington DC in June to ponder "Extraterrestrials,… Read the rest of the article: Catholic Scientists conference to discuss "Extraterrestrials, AI, and Minds Beyond the Human"

Yana Sydnor of Natomas, California was asleep in her bedroom when she heard movement downstairs. She texted her friends who encouraged her to call the police. Syndor hid in the… Read the rest of the article: Police break down door to nab home intruder that turned out to be a robot