A gentleman aboard a flight from New York to Orlando reportedly took offense at the passenger behind him because he thought she was helping herself to his DNA by jabbing… Read the rest of the article: Plane forced to make emergency landing after man throws a fit about another passenger stealing his DNA with a syringe
Related to yesterday's post about words known better by men than women, and vice versa, here are words that people in the UK know better than U.S. people and vice… Read the rest of the article: List of words known better by UK people than U.S. people, and vice versa
The Guardian reports that a Siberian military court sentenced 16-year-old Nikita Uvarov to five years in a penal colony for "training for terrorist activities." His "terrorist activities" amounted to planning… Read the rest of the article: 16-year-old in Russia sentenced to 5 years in prison for blowing up the KGB's virtual building in Minecraft
A British man, accused of raping a British woman in the first class section of a United Airlines flight from New Jersey to London, has been released pending the outcome… Read the rest of the article: Man charged with raping woman on United flight released from jail pending an "investigation"
A woman in Pakistan was admitted to a hospital with a nail protuding from her head. The nail, which penetrated her skull, was supposed to change the sex of the… Read the rest of the article: Police seeking healer who advised pregnant woman to hammer a nail in her head to ensure a male child
I have a few different LED headlamps, but this one is by far my favorite. It features a band of LEDs that throw light in a wide area in front of… Read the rest of the article: Inexpensive but good broad-beam LED headlamp
I watched Joe Rogan's bizarre non-apology about making racist statements on Sunday, and his explantion for why he said a Black neighorhood was like the "Planet of the Apes" made… Read the rest of the article: Trevor Noah explains why Rogan's "Planet of the Apes" slur is even worse than his use of the n-word
This guy checked into a 500 yen, one-star hotel in Osaka, Japan. Other than the stained mattress, a window that wouldn't open, and an unpleasant scent left behind by an… Read the rest of the article: If you like broken windows and the smell of urine, here's a $5 hotel in Japan you can stay in
Taffeta. Aileron. Peplum. Chignon. According to a survey, men are more likely than women to know the definition of "aileron," and woman are more likely than men to know what… Read the rest of the article: Chart of words known better by men than women, and vice versa
Drivers of 2016 Mazdas say that their radios are permanently tuned to KUOW, a public radio station. Even rebooting the audio systems has no effect. From KUOW.org: Scott Smith in… Read the rest of the article: Mazda drivers in Seattle discover radio is stuck on one station
Jeff Bezos — who likes to buy expensive rockets and boats that look like penises, and even shaved his head to appear more like a penis — is risking a… Read the rest of the article: Thousands of Dutch vow to throw rotten eggs at Jeff Bezos' superyacht
Penises are becoming increasingly popular on television. But most of them are fake, and many of the fake ones are made by Matthew Mungle, who specializes in prosthetics of all… Read the rest of the article: Interview with person who makes prosthetic penises for TV shows
The first sentence of this DOJ press release gets better and better as you read it: "A nun who was the principal of a Catholic elementary school in Torrance was… Read the rest of the article: 80-year-old nun gets prison for stealing $835,000 from California elementary school
MAGA folk hate boycotts. But if Kandy Korn Kaligula wants a boycott, his worshippers will jump into action. Today, the octogenarian ex-beauty pageant impresario issued the following declaration: "If AT&T/DirecTV… Read the rest of the article: Trump tells supporters to boycott DirecTV if it follows through on plans to drop One America News Network
A set of twelve white terrycloth 16 x 9 inch bar towels (aka bar mops) are on sale at Amazon right now for a good price. They are super absorbent… Read the rest of the article: Good price on a 12-pack of bar towels
In the latest issue of the Recomendo newsletter, Kevin Kelly wrote about some placebo tablets he bought to "meet an emergency need of a placebo: The weird thing about placebos… Read the rest of the article: You can buy these nicely packaged placebo pills
On January 27, Daniel M. Lavery tweeted about retrieving a pen from the bottom of his backpack, "where the sand resides," and a great many people replied with astonishment that… Read the rest of the article: How does sand accumulate in backpacks? A question for the ages
A cashier at Safeway spotted Youngkin in her store without a mask and she shouted, "Governor, where's your mask?" to which the Trumpian disease-spreader replied, "We're all making choices, today."… Read the rest of the article: Watch: cashier calls out Youngkin for being maskless in a crowded supermarket
The least surprising thing you'll learn today is that Youngkin the Trumpkin enjoys attacking 17-year-old boys on Twitter. This weekend, Virginia high schooler Ethan Lynee tweeted, "The historian tasked with… Read the rest of the article: Virginia Governor Youngkin unapologetic for cyberbullying a teen on Twitter
Delta Airlines wants the U.S. Justice Department to create a national no-fly list for anyone convicted of disrupting a flight, reports the Wall Street Journal. Delta CEO Ed Bastian's written… Read the rest of the article: Delta Airlines wants a national no-fly list for unruly passengers
