Rebecca Roberts, 39, of Wiltshire, England, was already pregnant when a sonogram revealed that she had become pregnant again, three weeks after the first conception. The phenomenon, called superfetation, is… Read the rest of the article: Woman gets pregnant while already pregnant and gives birth to twins

On Sunday, Ingenuity—the small helicopter delivered to the surface of Mars by the Perseverance rover—will, hopefully, take its first flight. The distance between Earth and Mars means that lagtime precludes… Read the rest of the article: How to fly a helicopter on Mars

In Cincinnati, Ohio, police, animal control officers, and volunteers are chasing down a barrel of monkeys that reportedly escaped from "a private collection." Latest update is that the five monkeys… Read the rest of the article: Barrel of monkeys on the loose in Cincinnati, Ohio

For $140,000, you could move right into the former Gilchrist County Jail in Trenton, Florida. Eight bedrooms, eight baths! The disclosures sell it! Built in 1928, it was a working… Read the rest of the article: Haunted jail for sale in Florida

If you tire of flying around inside the magnificence of Microsoft Flight Simulator, explore some of the other fascinating and unintentional (?) experiences hidden at the glitchy ground level inside… Read the rest of the article: The strange hidden "games" on the ground within Microsoft Flight Simulator

Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, sold for 10 cents back in 1938. It sold for $3.25 million yesterday. According to CNN, the unnamed buyer is "relatively new… Read the rest of the article: New record for the most expensive comic book ever sold

In 1965, Brian Robson of Cardiff, Wales was stuck in Melbourne, Australia, working at a job he hated, terribly homesick, and lacking the cash to get a ticket home. So… Read the rest of the article: Meet the man who shipped himself overseas in a wooden crate

As The Hood Internet, Chicago producers Aaron Brink (ABX) and Steve Reidell (STV SLV) have been cranking out compelling mash-ups since 2007. Above is their latest release, 60 songs from 1999… Read the rest of the article: Listen to 60 songs from 1999 mixed into 3.5 minutes

Sauteur d'Alfort, a breed of domesticated rabbits, do "handstands" and walk on their front paws instead of hopping. New research suggest the strange behavior is likely caused by a mutation… Read the rest of the article: Why do these rabbits do handstands and walk on their front paws instead of hopping?

This week in Las Cruces, New Mexico, a fellow returned to his car after grocery shopping to find that a swarm of approximately 15,000 bees had taken over his vehicle.… Read the rest of the article: After grocery shopping, man finds a swarm of bees have taken over his car

Foley artist Richard Hinton is a master at making the goopy, slurpy, shimmery, grumbly, and slithery sounds you hear in nature documentaries. His work can be heard in series like… Read the rest of the article: How "natural" sounds are faked for nature documentaries

On Tuesday, someone set fire to three Masonic lodges in Vancouver, Canada. Shortly after the fires began, a flat-Earther named Ben Kohlman, 42, posted the following to social media: "I… Read the rest of the article: Flat Earther suspected of torching three Masonic lodges

On Saturday, a man and his child visited the Yuanjiashan Zoo in Xichang, Sichuan, China where they were surprised that a cage advertising an African Lion actually contained a Golden… Read the rest of the article: Chinese zoo tried to pass off Golden Retriever as African lion

The bones of prehistoric fish "acted as skeletal batteries" that supplied minerals to power the animals as they swam long distances, according to new research described in National Geographic. Berlin… Read the rest of the article: Bones may have evolved to work like batteries

Oakland, California's Mills College, a small liberal arts women's college with an all-gender grad program, announced that it will close its doors in the next few years due to financial… Read the rest of the article: The end of Mills College and its massively influential experimental music scene?

In 1966, Japanese film studio Toei Animation produced The King Kong Show, the first anime series made in Japan specifically for an American production company, Videocraft Internationa (aka Rankin/Bass)l, to… Read the rest of the article: Forget today's King Kong. This is the only King Kong who matters.

On Friday, police in Clame Lake Township, Michigan noticed a man duck down in the passenger seat of a vehicle when they approached. They asked for the fellow's name and… Read the rest of the article: Suspected drug dealer arrested after the fake name he gave police turned out to be a wanted person

Springtails are hexapods (not insects) that are approximately 2 to 12mm in length. They're incredible gymnasts thanks to their furcula, a forked appendage on the abdomen that springs out to… Read the rest of the article: Watch these amazing bugs do backflips in super-slow motion

Pfizer/BioNTech's announced that their COVID-19 vaccine is 100% effective and well-tolerated in kids aged 12 to 15. Last week, they also "dosed the first healthy children" in a global study… Read the rest of the article: Pfizer/BioNTech reports COVID-19 vaccine is "100% effective" in adolescents

There's the old saying that worry and stress makes you feel like "pulling your hair out." (Of course, there's also the OCD-spectrum hair-pulling disorder called Trichotillomania, often triggered by stress.)… Read the rest of the article: Stress slows hair growth and scientists have determined why