There's a new pedestrian bridge under construction in Mauldlin, South Carolina that has been unofficially named the Harambe Memorial Bridge. It's unofficial because some random person simply named it that… Read the rest of the article: Newly-designated Harambe Memorial Bridge will soon receive an official name that doesn't honor the slain gorilla
NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DISCOVR) satellite hangs out a million miles from Earth where it keeps a constant vigil for solar magnetic storms to warn us in advance while… Read the rest of the article: Image of the Earth from a million miles away during the recent solar eclipse
An airplane passenger captured video of another plane freezing in mid air above the San Mateo bridge south of San Francisco. Either this was a glitch in the matrix or… Read the rest of the article: Astonishingly weird video of commercial airliner freezing in mid air
Pepper X is officially the world's hottest chili pepper, according to Guinness World Records. Bred by Puckerbutt Pepper proprietor Ed Currie, it beats the prior record holder, the Carolina Reaper,… Read the rest of the article: New world's hottest chili is more pungent than police pepper spray
Police warned residents of Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania of a mountain lion in the area that residents reported seeing and even caught on camera (below). The last mountain lion confirmed… Read the rest of the article: Mountain lion roaming Pennsylvania town… wasn't that (video)
Toyota and Idemitsu Kosan are working on new batteries to enable electric vehicles to have a 900 mile range within in the next few years. They provided a glimpse of… Read the rest of the article: Toyota reveals butt plug that will improve range of electric vehicles
Sarah Jayne Duncan, a middle school teacher at Evansville, Indiana's Helfrich Park Stem Academy, decided to let her hair down for a photo at the school's recent "family fun night."… Read the rest of the article: Middle-school teacher arrested for allegedly hiding meth in her hair scrunchie during school's "family fun night"
As Jacques Vallee revealed in the classic Passport to Magonia, the UFO phenomena can be traced all the way back through recorded history—we just called them different things. For example,… Read the rest of the article: Why are there UFOs in many Renaissance paintings?
Police in Spain's Blanca region arrested a gentleman who became infamous at local restaurants for eating a fancy dinner and then feigning a heart attack to avoid paying his bill.… Read the rest of the article: Man arrested for faking heart attack to avoid his dinner bill at more than 20 restaurants
According to federal prosecutors, four California members of the Hells Angeles motorcycle club may have been clandestinely cremated at a funeral home after they were murdered by other members of… Read the rest of the article: Four missing members of Hells Angels motorcycle club may have been clandestinely cremated
Motown legend Smokey Robinson brought his heart—and soul—to the NPR Tiny Desk. The 83-year-old R&B icon packed the room with a full band, including strings and brass, to perform his… Read the rest of the article: Watch Smokey Robinson bring his heart and soul to this NPR Tiny Desk concert (video)
A Volaris airline flight from Guadalajara to Mexico City was delayed for two hours when a swarm of mosquitoes took over the plane cabin. According to officials, the heavy vegetation… Read the rest of the article: Flight delayed due to mosquito swarm inside plane cabin (video)
Early in the morning last Monday at Tipton Gas Bar on Canada's Vancouver Island, a black bear sauntered through the open door of the convenience store and checked out the… Read the rest of the article: Faced with an entire convenient store of choices, this bear burglar picked a curious candy to steal (video)
In an interview with The Guardian this week, Julia Louis-Dreyfus responded to Jerry Seinfeld's tease last weekend of a possible Seinfeld runion. "Yeah, I just saw [that news] last night,"… Read the rest of the article: Julia Louis-Dreyfus comments on Jerry Seinfeld's tease of a possible Seinfeld reunion
This buck—wearing a collar and emblazoned with the word "pet" in paint—was spotted in rural Missouri, about 35 miles southwest of St. Louis. "Somebody most likely took that deer out… Read the rest of the article: Why is this wild animal wearing a collar and painted with the word "pet"?
Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom may be removed after courtroom video (below) revealed she was scrolling social media and sending hundreds of texts to her bailiff while a trial… Read the rest of the article: Judge caught on video texting bailiff hundreds of trash-talking messages in the midst of a murder trial
To "gurn" is generally defined as making a grotesque face. But in the Guinness World Records world, gurning specifically refers to pulling your lower lip over your nostrils. Jovante Carter,… Read the rest of the article: New world record for gurning, hopefully his face doesn't freeze like that
Stephen Taylor was fired from his teaching job at Olathe, Kansas's Mill Creek Campus alternative school after school board members learned of his comedy videos on TikTok in which he joked… Read the rest of the article: Kansas teacher fired for joking (?) about farting on students now having success as a comedian
Albatrosses are burly birds–sometimes weighing as much as 28 pounds—yet somehow manage to fly more than 6,000 miles across the open ocean without running out of energy. It's all about… Read the rest of the article: Albatrosses listen to the sea to navigate the sky
One night last week, around 1,000 birds died smashing into the windows of Chicago's McCormick Place Lakeside Center. "It was just like a carpet of dead birds at the windows… Read the rest of the article: Why did 1,000 birds die in one night last week by smashing into this Chicago building?
