In the world of GPS and suburban sprawl it’s tough to believe that people can still get lost. But it happens with some frequency. There’s no official database of people who go missing in the National Parks and public lands of America, but unofficial estimates place it at well over a thousand in the twentieth …
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When I was a kid, the strangest thing I can remember asking for Christmas was a racoon. Obviously, I was years ahead of Instagram’s trash-panda obsession, but I still want a pet raccoon if anyone’s paying attention. As Christmas gets closer, the mall Santa threads of Reddit come alive. This year those doing the noble …
Perhaps drinking will never be as cool as ordering a cosmopolitan with flamed orange at the Rainbow Room in the early 80s. But these seven bars are certainly trying. From all over the world, mixologists and bar owners are making drinking culture weirder. From nerdy inspiration to bizarre atmospheres, these are some of the weirdest …
There’s nothing that “states” that a state has to have a state animal. Say that, five times fast… But it’s tough to understand why a state wouldn’t want to claim an animal as their own. Out of all fifty states, there are some adorable, some creepy, and some downright weird picks for state animals. 10.) …
The days keep getting shorter and we’ve got a few more long months until we’re out of the cold, dark winter. Even if a vacation isn’t in the budget post-holiday shopping, daydreaming about escaping to these prime winter travel destinations is a nice break from gray skies and 3pm sunsets. Jasper National Park, Canada. Winter …
Retirement, even at age 70, may not be around for much longer. When the richest 1% own almost half of all the wealth in the world, you may spend your lunch break dreaming about getting a little slice of the pie for yourself. If you’re already playing the lotto waiting to strike it rich, it …
There was a long span of my twenties when I drank only PBR, or Miller High Life when I was feeling fancy. In my defense, craft brewing was just beginning to become the unstoppable force that it is today. There are upwards of ten thousand craft breweries worldwide these days. Considerably more than in the …
The best-known cannibal is likely serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who raped, murdered, and mutilated 17 boys and men between the years of 1978 and 1991. He’s not the only cannibal throughout the past century, however, and worldwide not even the flesh-eating serial killer with the highest body count. Here are seven (7) stories of cannibalism …