Most people have heard of drink spiking. There are viral lists on how to avoid getting drugged or how to tell if a drink was tampered with. However, the issue is a lot more common than people think. Drink spiking — drugging someone by slipping a drug into their drink without their consent — has...
Hank Azaria, who’s white, voiced the Indian character Apu on the Simpsons since 1990. But in January 2020, he announced that he was stepping down from the role. Apu has been criticized for portraying racial stereotypes, and Azaria took this criticism to heart. When he was interviewed on Dax Sheperd’s Armchair Expert podcast, he said,...
As it turns out, people don’t actually “rest while they’re dead.” In 2019, researchers at the first ‘human body farm’ in Australia noticed that dead bodies keep moving as they decompose. Contrary to popular belief, the position of a found body isn’t necessarily the position it died in. This information could be crucial to future...
On March 20, 1998, four men raised their glasses in the Cracker Barrel in Grove City. They were Stanely Allen Meyer, his brother, and two Belgian investors. Meyer boasted that his invention of the water-powered car could turn water into hydrogen fuel to drive his dune buggy. All it needs is 20 gallons of water....
Just because something is legal doesn’t mean it’s okay. While laws are put in place to keep a semblance of order in society, many people take advantage of loopholes. Although these things are technically legal, they still irk the moral compass of others. So Reddit user Musuhubber started a thread, asking, “What’s the worst thing that’s legal?” In the replies,...
These photos are hard to look at. A group of abused and starving lions in Sudan went viral when activist Osman Salih posted about their plight in a Facebook post. Many people agreed with his statement of “seeing these animals caged and be treated this way made my blood boil.” As a result, the hashtag...
With the invention of 3D printing, a whole new realm of possibilities opened up. Suddenly, this technology could create food, medical prosthetics, clothes, and almost any art project conceivable, including printing homes for people to live in. The Italian company, World’s Advanced Saving Project (WASP), teamed with Mario Cucinella Architects to take this concept one...
We’ve all heard the warning before: Cracking and popping your joints isn’t good for you and might even lead to problems like arthritis (though that’s been debunked). Cracking your knuckles and joints has a seemingly therapeutic effect, placebo or not; people love it. The sound associated with might irritate some around you, but that’s another...
A hobbit hole meets futuristic architecture in this curvaceous home in Moscow, Russia. Niko Architect created a house built halfway into a hill called “House in the Landscape.” Its wide, rounded windows overlook the pond and the green landscape. The lush grass sweeps over the walls and roof of the home, adding color to the black...
Many people struggling with grief cling to mementos of their loved ones. This usually includes photos, articles of clothing, jewelry, old letters, and objects that were precious to the deceased, like a musical instrument or a stuffed animal. Now, there’s a new keepsake option but beware, it’s quite macabre: jewelry made from teeth. Creating Jewelry...
The entries to the World Press Photo Contest have come in, and they are gut-punching. The foundation values high-quality visual stories and journalism. As their website reads, “Our purpose is to connect the world to the stories that matter.” And one photo, in particular, is making everyone gasp. It shows a horse comforting a cancer patient...
Theunis Both. 51, was a big-game hunter until he passed away in 2017. His cause of death was being crushed by an African elephant during a hunt. As he led a group of hunters in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, they stumbled upon a herd of breeding elephants. Three elephants charged at the party, and Botha shot...
