"Hillary" Dawa Sherpa was presumed dead on Everest. His family had begun funeral rites. Then a cleanup crew found him crawling near the Khumbu Icefall. Everest stories either arrive dressed… Read the rest of the article: Sherpa left for dead on Everest tells his story
CDs are somehow cool again, which means we have reached the part of the streaming era where everyone misses "owning" music. This video sets up vinyl, CD, and lossless streaming… Read the rest of the article: CDs are back because streaming made music feel disposable
A sugar found in raspberries and used in fake tan lotion has turned up in a huge cloud of dust and gas near the heart of the Milky Way, according… Read the rest of the article: A sugar used in fake tan was found floating in deep space
Everyone knows how to ride a bike. Nobody completely knows why the bike is helping. The old explanation was that bicycles stay upright because of spinning wheels acting like gyroscopes.… Read the rest of the article: The humble bicycle is still hiding a physics mystery
For forty years, one sailor knew the North Atlantic by color, smell, light, weather, and the animals that surfaced around him. Then, in 1907, he wrote that the sea had… Read the rest of the article: In 1907, a sailor watched the North Atlantic mysteriously change color forever
Staff at Florence's Santa Maria Nuova hospital are accustomed to tourists arriving with dizzy spells and disorientation after viewing Michelangelo's David or the Botticellis in the Uffizi. The condition has… Read the rest of the article: Florence hospital staff are used to tourists collapsing from beauty
"I don't care if it's a trans, gender confused person, if it's a muslim, if it's whoever else that's standing in front of you that's spitting on you, cussing at… Read the rest of the article: Erika Kirk rallies her "happy warriors" against trans people, Muslims, and "whoever else"
Yellowstone tourons, AKA tourist/morons, regularly get stomped, gored, and launched into the air by bison when disregarding the rules and disrespecting wildlife. In a rare turn of events, a man… Read the rest of the article: Tourist yeeted by Yellowstone bison not at fault, for once
Gang leader Dutch van der Linde spends much of the runtime of Rockstar's 2018 masterpiece Red Dead Redemption 2 fretting about money. His constant cries of "just one more score"… Read the rest of the article: Letting video game NPCs place Amazon orders for you is not a good idea
Mind-reading is one of those superpowers that's only good if you're the only person who has it. All it takes is one person to look just a little too aware… Read the rest of the article: Mind reading a mind reader is a dangerous game
No one was a threat, but the cameras were evidence. A viral video appears to show masked ICE agents slamming an already restrained young man's face into rocks, then pointing… Read the rest of the article: Masked ICE agents slam an already restrained man into rocks, then threaten the cameras
Ah, the Criterion Closet, that hallowed battleground where famous cinephiles go to out-taste each other. I've dreamed of walking into those shelved walls to flex my taste on the plebeians… Read the rest of the article: David Tennant shares his Criterion Closet picks
Streaming services and Plex are both great ways to spend a lot of time scrolling through options without actually watching anything. A new app takes all your Plex content and… Read the rest of the article: Turn your Plex library into live cable with Bunny Ears TV
I am writing to ask for your help, dear reader. For the life of me I cannot figure out what this strange blob is. What's it made of? Why is… Read the rest of the article: Help! What the heck is this, and why does it look just like a cursed, melted Donald Trump?
Guerrilla artists Secret Handshake have installed a giant gold participation trophy for Trump on the National Mall, hoping that if the president receives enough shiny objects, he may stop trying… Read the rest of the article: Giant participation trophy appears on the National Mall for Trump's Iran War "effort"
TL;DR: The Ultimate 3-Month Xbox Game Pass gives you access to over 500 high-quality games, in-game add-ons, consumables, and partner offers at no additional cost. Get it now for just $62.09 (reg.… Read the rest of the article: Play 500+ games with 3 months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $62
The free IKEA pencil — the little stub in the box next to the maps and measuring tapes — has changed color over the years, from blue to yellow to… Read the rest of the article: Surgeons use free IKEA pencils to mark bone cuts
An entry in the Close Rolls of Edward I's chancery for April 26, 1278, records that one John le Fucker of Tythinge, imprisoned at Peterborough for the deaths of Walter… Read the rest of the article: A 1278 court record may hold the first written F-word
At Greek drinking parties in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, guests reclined on couches and competed at kottabos — flicking the sediment from the bottom of their wine cups… Read the rest of the article: Ancient Greeks built special arenas for flinging wine dregs at targets
A man walking with his grandson at Yellowstone's Bridge Bay Campground was hurled about eight feet into the air by a bull bison on July 10, Cowboy State Daily reports.… Read the rest of the article: A bison tossed a Yellowstone tourist 8 feet in the air
