A McDonald's franchise in Tampa, Florida will pay you $50 just to show up for a job interview. According to owner Blake Casper, the incentive isn't really helping. Potential applicants… Read the rest of the article: McDonald's location will pay you $50 just to interview for a job

Named after the Lernaean Hydra, a many-headed water monster of Greek and Roman mythology, the real hydra is a small fresh-water creature with incredible biological superpowers that enable it to… Read the rest of the article: The many-headed hydra is a real creature that regenerates itself and can live "forever"

Toymaker Mattel is developing the nearly 60-year-old game Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots as a feature film to star Vin Diesel. I think the two youngsters in the original TV… Read the rest of the article: Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots to become a big Hollywood movie starring Vin Diesel

At Houston's Hobby Airport, Transportation Security Administration agents nabbed an airline passenger attempting to smuggle a bag of methamphetamine inside a breakfast burrito. What a great combination for all-day energy!… Read the rest of the article: Airline passenger attempted to smuggle bag of meth inside a breakfast burrito

On Thursday, backcountry wildlife guide Charles "Carl" Mock, 40, was fishing by himself near Yellowstone National Park in Montana when a grizzly bear attacked him. Sadly, Mock died on Saturday… Read the rest of the article: Backcountry guide killed by grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park

Scientists recently reported a major milestone in the creation of human-animal hybrids. Researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and colleagues, seen above, injected human stem cells into monkey… Read the rest of the article: First monkey-human hybrid embryos sparking controversy among scientists

On April 19, 1943, Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman ingested 240 micrograms of lysergic acid diethylamide, a curious compound he had synthesized for possible use as a respiratory and circulatory stimulant.… Read the rest of the article: In honor of today's LSD anniversary, a sale on The Family Acid: California

Last night on The Simpsons, Lisa made an imaginary friend named Quilloughby, "a depressed British singer from the 1980s" who wrote songs like "How Late is Then" and "What Difference… Read the rest of the article: Morrissey is mad about how The Simpsons parodied him

Gary Machens of Alton Illinois was doing some excavation just outside his home to repair a sloping sidewalk when he uncovered a huge mysterious brick tunnel underneath his property. Historians… Read the rest of the article: Illinois man discovers 19th century mysterious brick tunnel underneath his home

Above, from 1965, Mike Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones's screen tests for The Monkees. From Wikipedia: In September 1964 Davy Jones was signed to a long-term contract… Read the rest of the article: Watch The Monkees' auditions for the TV series (1965)

Cremation Solutions offers 3D-printed busts of the deceased's head to hold their ashes. The prices range from $600 to $2,600 depending on the size. Think of it as having your… Read the rest of the article: Strange 3D-printed cremation urns of the deceased's head to hold their ashes

Ingenuity—the small helicopter delivered to Mars by the Perseverance rover—has successfully taken its first flight on the Red Planet! he distance between Earth and Mars means that lagtime precludes real-time… Read the rest of the article: Mars helicopter had successful first flight!

I wonder if the deer did that just to freak out the motorcyclists making all that racket in their forest. Also, question, what do you call a deer that's blind… Read the rest of the article: Watch a jumping deer miss a motorcyclist by a hair

Next month sees the release of a deluxe edition of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's iconic album Déjà vu that includes outtakes and early demos of these seminal songs. To… Read the rest of the article: Lovely early versions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Our House" and "Déjà vu"

This photo of Albert Einstein's desk depicts his office exactly as he left it before his death in 1955. Is there a link between being messy and creative, clutter and… Read the rest of the article: Einstein's desk and what it suggests about clutter and intelligence

Ultra-white is the new Vantablack. Purdue University researchers developed the whitest white paint ever. It reflects 98.1% of sunlight. (The blackest black paint, Vantablack, absorbs 99.9% of visible light.) According… Read the rest of the article: Scientists develop the whitest paint ever

On yesterday's 20th anniversary of Joey Ramone's death comes word that Saturday Night Live's Pete Davidson will play Joey in a new biopic—"I Slept With Joey RamoneÆ—coming to Netflix. The… Read the rest of the article: Joey Ramone biopic to star Saturday Night Live's Pete Davidson

This 16 foot-long smalltooth sawfish washed up in the Florida Keys. This specimen is the largest of its kind ever measured by scientists. It's not known how the animal died.… Read the rest of the article: Absolutely massive smalltooth sawfish washed up in Florida

In 2014, Fox 5 New York TV news reporter Anna Gilligan reported from the re-opening of the infamous Action Park. She wore a bathing suit to ride a zipline into… Read the rest of the article: Watch Newsmax host Greg Kelly, formerly of Fox News, ogle and talk lecherously on live TV about his co-worker in a bathing suit (2014)

Designer Reagan Ray recently developed an interest in comic books via his son. Naturally, Reagan was drawn to the hand-drawn superhero logos of vintage comics. "Like most lettering, right around… Read the rest of the article: Fantastic! and amazing! hand-drawn superhero logos from vintage comics