Almost 50 years ago, researchers found two massive blobs of iron-rich rock, each the size of a continent, near the center of Earth. Now, researchers have determined that these blobs—one… Read the rest of the article: This is the planet that smashed into Earth and created the Moon, and pieces of it are buried deep below us
For PBS's "Spy in the Ocean" series, the filmmakers deploy animatronic animals to capture wildlife up-close and personal in its natural habitat. Sending a robotic dolphin into the Pacific Ocean… Read the rest of the article: Fantastic footage of the biggest dolphin megapod ever caught on camera (video)
Caleb Wood of Saratoga Springs Utah ordered fries and a milkshake for a Grubhub delivery from Chik-fil-A this week. What happened next though really pissed him off. "When I started… Read the rest of the article: Man claims Grubhub delivered him a cup of urine instead of the milkshake he ordered
Below the Medici Chapels in Florence, Italy are tombs designed by Michelangelo for the families of his patrons. But back in 1975, while work was underway to build a new… Read the rest of the article: Look inside this secret room where Michelangelo's sketches were discovered on the walls
During yesterday's court proceedings in Donald Trump's trial for fraud, his son—who was testifying—had a very special request of the courtroom sketch artist. "Make me look sexy," the artist Jane… Read the rest of the article: "Make me look sexy," Trump Jr. told the courtroom sketch artist
An airline passenger was late for her QantasLink flight departing from Australia's Canberra Airport so she ran onto the tarmac in an attempt to stop the plane from leaving without… Read the rest of the article: Frantic air passenger late for flight ran onto the tarmac to stop the plane from leaving (video)
Yesterday, the world was treated to The Beatles' "Now and Then," the first "new" song from the Fab Four in three decades, based on a John Lennon demo turned into… Read the rest of the article: The Beatles' new music video features goofy "new" footage of John and George in the same room as Paul and Ringo
A British bloke thought it would be quite a laff to have his name legally changed from Kenny Kennard to Fu-Kennard several years ago. Unfortunately, the UK's HM Passport Office… Read the rest of the article: Man denied passport because of his naughty name
Beloved Australian kids music group The Wiggles are "deeply disappointed" that their joyful music has been weaponized by the government of the large city of Bunbury. Apparently, the city council… Read the rest of the article: The Wiggles "deeply disappointed" by the weaponization of their music
@SimpsonsAlbums is a very funny X account pairing scenes from the Simpsons with album covers that are strikingly similar. Enjoy a hilarious handful below: (via DIGG)
Last night, in celebration of his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction this weekend and his new Greatest Hits LP, the great Willie Nelson appeared on the Late Show… Read the rest of the article: Willie Nelson performs one of his most magnificent and misunderstood songs on the Late Show (video)
In a residential neighborhood east of San Francisco in Berkeley lies the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents, a tiny museum of smells. Opened in 2017, the archive is a multi-room… Read the rest of the article: This San Francisco Bay Area museum stinks
In DeSoto County, Florida, police are warning citizens that the white Chevy Silverado truck with "Booty Patrol" emblazoned on the side is not an official US Border Patrol vehicle. The… Read the rest of the article: Florida officials warn citizens that Booty Patrol vehicle is not Border Patrol vehicle
A customer of the Return to Nature funeral home in Penrose, Colorado has filed a class action lawsuit against the business for allegedly providing families with fake ashes instead of… Read the rest of the article: Funeral home sued for giving families fake ashes instead of their loved ones' cremated remains
John Devane of Greenwood, Arkansas was awakened in the middle of the night last week to the smell of something on fire. Frantically searching for a fire in their home,… Read the rest of the article: Possible meteorite impact caused smoldering hole in family's deck and melted their hot tub
Why did the tarantula cross the road? Probably not to purposely cause a traffic accident that sent one person to the hospital. Tourists from Switzerland were driving their camper van… Read the rest of the article: Tarantula causes traffic accident
On Friday evening, a man was enjoying a night climb with his buddies at the Indian Creek Climbing Area in San Juan County, Utah when he slipped on the cliff… Read the rest of the article: Climber finally rescued after being stuck on cliff face for 12 hours
If you move to Hoot Owl, Oklahoma, you will be the town's only resident. According to the US Census Bureau, there are also two other towns in the United States… Read the rest of the article: Nobody lives in these three US towns
Margaret Fay Shaw (1903-2004) was a Scottish-American folklorist, photographer, and ethnomusicologist who in 1929 moved to the tiny farming village of South Lochboisdale on the island of South Ulst in the… Read the rest of the article: Downright freaky Halloween costumes from a rural Scottish island in the 1930s (video)
In 2004, Howard Hallis celebrated the devilishly wonderful crossover of Disney and Goth culture with the now-classic "Haunted Bela," a mash-up of Bauhaus's "Bela Lugosi's Dead" with the spooky narration… Read the rest of the article: Bauhaus visits Disneyland's Haunted Mansion in this spooky fun remix of "Bela Lugosi's Dead"
