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Exotic pets can be dangerous. Lions, tigers, and bears (oh my!) are all perfectly capable and often much too willing to maul you in inventive ways. But a zebra? That should be pretty safe, right? It can kick you but otherwise, it shouldn’t be any different from a horse, right? Yeah, that is what you’d …
Canadians are known for being polite and considerate. They’re the last people you’d expect to flip the bird at you. But if you happen to anger them, they can now legally give you the finger. At least in their own country. Actually, according to a recent 26-page ruling, doing so is not just legal. Judge …
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In China, livestream shopping is the latest craze. In case you don’t know what that is, it’s essentially the cable TV shopping channel, but on TV. During the shopping livestream, the host promotes various products. The audience can comment on the stream chat and — of course — easily order the products from the provided …
Continue reading “China Bans Women from Online Lingerie Ads — Men Start Modeling Bras Instead”
Imagine that one day your loved one vanished off the face of the Earth. Even after decades of searching you’d find no sign of them and could only assume that they’d died long ago. Then one day you suddenly hear that they’re alive and well. What would you do? That was the scenario that Bob …
Some 2,000 years ago, Roman settlers established a site called Vindolanda in northern England. Later, in 1992, archeologists discovered a treasure trove of crafting goods at the ancient fort. Among the scraps of cloth, leather, shoes, and dresses, they found a wooden object. They filed it off as a darning egg — an implement used …
Continue reading “It’s a What? Roman Sewing Tool Turns Out to Be a Dildo”
Remember a time when not everything imaginable was tied to a monthly subscription service? These days, everything from your TV to your car needs some kind of subscription. Yes, even your car. Manufacturers have started to ask for a monthly payment for things like seat heating, GPS navigation, or even simple engine power. Car subscription …
Continue reading “VW Didn’t Help Police Find Kidnapped Child Because GPS Subscription Expired”
Here’s a science fiction plotline you’ve probably seen a thousand times. Scientists take two animals, mash their genes together, and create some kind of a horrifying hybrid creature that goes on to wreak destruction. Well, what used to be yesterday’s science fiction is today’s reality. At least the part about combining genes from different animals. …
Continue reading “Scientists Create Catfish-Alligator Hybrid — And You’re Supposed to Eat It”
It’s a very slow shift, but our Moon is drifting further away from the Earth every year. It’s hard to think of the Moon as different than we know in the night sky but it looks like it’s edging farther and it’s not stopping. Who hasn’t looked up into the night sky and wondered what …
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You don’t always need an animal-obsessed weirdo to break zoo animals out of their enclosures. Some cunning beasts manage to do it entirely on their own. Take, for example, Ben. He’s an Andean bear who lives in the St. Louis Zoo. Or at least he’s supposed to. Yet, Ben may not be entirely happy with …
Continue reading “Crafty Bear Escapes Enclosure Twice in One Month, Puts Zoo on Lockdown”
The disappearance of Madeleine McCann became “the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history.” She went missing from an apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while her parents were out to dinner. 15 years later and no one knows where she is. Though her parents and family never lost hope of seeing her again. …
Continue reading “Is This 21-Year-Old Girl Madeleine McCann?: Part One”