Back when Shrek 5 was officially confirmed as a project that was, indeed, happening, I thought it was overdue. Now that an actual trailer has dropped, though, I think I'm… Read the rest of the article: Shrek 5 sure looks like another Shrek movie

In the department of Yoro, Honduras, fish turn up on the ground after large storms. The lluvia de peces — literally "rain of fish" — has been reported for over… Read the rest of the article: In a Honduran town, fish appear on the ground after every major rainstorm

A toast sandwich is exactly what it sounds like: a thin slice of toasted bread, placed between two slices of untoasted bread. Season with salt and pepper. The recipe appears… Read the rest of the article: The toast sandwich is a piece of toast between two slices of untoasted bread

TL;DR: A 1-year Rosetta Stone subscription is $127.20 (reg. $159) through June 28 as part of Deal Days — new users only. Google Translate will get you through a crisis. Rosetta Stone will get you through… Read the rest of the article: Stop relying on Google Translate — Rosseta Stone can help you learn for real

Tom the Dancing Bug: The Dementia Donnie TV Room -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: The Dementia Donnie Center for TV Watching

Apple added a feature called Vehicle Motion Cues in 2024 that places small dots around the edge of your screen. The dots move in sync with your car — sweeping… Read the rest of the article: The obscure iPhone setting that eliminates car sickness

When a former prosecutor got a new case, the first thing he asked was whether the suspect talked. "Nothing lights up a prosecutor's face when he is faced with a… Read the rest of the article: Former prosecutor says talking to police always hurts you

The UNSW team that used ultrasound to speed up cold brew to three minutes has pushed the technique further — producing espresso-strength shots with room-temperature water. A transducer pressed against… Read the rest of the article: Cold-water espresso cuts energy use 75% and tastes identical

Grandpa Pudding Brains wanted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool painted "American flag blue," and nature responded with algae bloom green. The newly refurbished Reflecting Pool was supposed to transform Washington's… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains pours peroxide into the Lincoln Memorial Algae Farm

TL;DR: One payment, no renewals, no subscription drama — this lifetime Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 license is just $19.97 (reg. $229) through June 28. There is a reality where Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft Office is somehow only $20 during Deal Days

Connect to an open WiFi network, and a captive portal opens a shelf of banned ebooks. The access point is a smart light bulb. Rick Osgood reflashed the ESP32 chip… Read the rest of the article: Screw this light bulb in and it serves banned books

In 1906, a U.S. plant pathologist named Franklin Sumner Earle collected a small brown mushroom in Cuba and shipped it to the New York Botanical Garden. He called it Stropharia… Read the rest of the article: The poster child for psychedelic mushrooms is named after a country that doesn't use it

In January 2020, a Finnish Reddit user posted a photo of curtains printed with eight celebrity faces and asked for help identifying them. Seven were quickly matched — Josh Holloway,… Read the rest of the article: It took Reddit four years to identify the sixth face on a set of curtains

On Sunday, July 13, 1980, around 500 children from 11 marching bands gathered at the Hollinwell Showground near Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, for a Junior Brass and Marching Band competition. At about… Read the rest of the article: In 1980, 300 children collapsed at a marching band competition and no one knows why

The Turnspit Dog was a short-legged, long-bodied breed kept in English kitchens to run inside a wooden wheel connected to a roasting spit. First mentioned in 1576 as "Turnespete," the… Read the rest of the article: The turnspit dog was bred to run on a wheel and roast meat, then went extinct

Theodore Hook is a historical figure whose eccentricity defined his period. He became known for the Berners Street Hoax of 1810—an undertaking considered arguably the greatest practical joke in history.… Read the rest of the article: In 1810, a prankster sent 4,000 letters to flood one London address with chimney sweeps, coffins, and the Lord Mayor

Not every phone is meant to connect two living people. At San Francisco's Sunset Dunes, a bright blue phone booth gives visitors a chance to speak the words they never… Read the rest of the article: San Francisco's wind phone lets visitors talk to lost loved ones

A video of this weird-looking phenomenon shows a person standing at the razor-thin boundary between clear skies and a rain shower. A distinct curtain of rain advances across the street… Read the rest of the article: Video shows a rain curtain splitting a street into two worlds

Raw Story, citing the Daily Mail, says Maxwell has formed a "highly secretive" group at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas, where she allegedly whispers with three women she considers… Read the rest of the article: Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly finds her mean-girls table in prison

You have to promise to pretend to be a little surprised when I tell you that Grand Theft Auto 4's Liberty City was based on real-life New York. I'm not… Read the rest of the article: Exploring Grand Theft Auto 4's hidden history