The Guerrilla Grafters are a group that was launched in 2011. Their mission is to secretly—and illegally—graft fruit-bearing branches onto decorative trees that line city streets. Their goal? To help build a better and more nourishing environment in every neighborhood. To them, every sterile decorative tree is viewed as a missed opportunity to provide free fresh fruit to people,...
With real estate prices on the rise, affordable housing seems like a pipe dream. However, a town near Rome is selling homes for about $1 each. The town is called Maenza and it looks like a village out of a medieval movie. It’s rich in history and quaintness with its cobblestone pathways and narrow alleys. ...
End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock is a documentary created by humanitarian and filmmaker Shannon Kring. It captures the story of a small group of Indigenous women who set camp to protest the $3.8 billion oil pipeline construction to go right through their territory. It threatened their land, water, and existence. The...
Melanie Morgan claims gas pumps are “casually sexist”. Being a short woman with small hands, she explains that the pump handles “designed for men” are painful to use. The 31-year-old mother of two now has her partner, Jared Griffiths, fill up their Ford Tourneo Independence. She had sent him photos of her hand struggling with...
A jury in Fort Bend County found a 46-year-old woman from Rosenberg, Texas guilty of theft and misapplication of fiduciary property. According to the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, Leslie Garcia was sentenced to 65 years in prison. She had stolen money from her employer over the course of two years. This prosecution occurred...
Here’s a tip on making a beautiful fruit platter: Use an assortment of colors. For instance, mix the green of honeydew, the red of strawberries, orange of cantaloupe, yellow of mangos, the purple of grapes, and the pink of pineapples. Yes, that’s right. Del Monte has released pink pineapples. The color isn’t from dye; they...
After years of struggling to pay rent amidst the housing crisis, Nikita Crump threw in the towel and moved into her Honda Civic. She documented her journey online and garnered over a million followers on TikTok, where she shows her unique routine and gives advice to other people in her situation. Beating the Housing Crisis...
Billionaire Bill Gates plans to get off the world’s rich list while he’s still alive. This declaration came with the Microsoft co-founder’s pledge to donate $20 billion to his philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He is currently the fourth richest man in the world, and he said he has an “obligation” to...
In 2016, SeaWorld officially ended its killer whale breeding program, making the ones already in their parks the last. Many people celebrated this announcement. Research has found that orcas do not thrive in captivity. For one, they are massive creatures who swim 40 miles a day on average in the wild, diving 100 to 500...
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon and left the first human footprint. As he famously said, “It was one small step for a man and one giant leap for mankind”. However, some conspiracy theorists falsely think the step was never taken at all. To support this, people compared the famous photo...
Jeanne Calment had lived for 122 years, from February 1875 to August 1997. Despite standing only 4’11” tall and weighing 99 pounds, Calment was a bright and tough woman. She had often bragged about never getting sick. Long lives tended to run in her family, with her mother dying at age 86, her father at...
Patrick Paumen is living in a futuristic sci-fi movie. The 37-year-old, a security guard from the Netherlands, can go shopping without bank cards, cash, or even a smartphone. Instead, he swipes his own hand on the card reader and the payment goes through. He’s been paying this way since 2019, using a microchip implant in...
