Spiders Sleep Just Like We Do, According to a New Study

Do spiders even sleep? Does everyone remember hearing that people swallow like 7 spiders a year or something like that? Or just me? In a study by Daniela Roessler and her colleagues, baby jumping spiders were watched by cameras at night. Footage caught showed sleep cycle-like patterns. During this time, the spiders’ legs twitched and …

Woman Shamed Over ‘Ridiculous’ List of Acceptable Gift’s for Dog’s Birthday

Even the most dedicated dog parents don’t expect people to hand over their hard-earned cash for the sake of their pet’s birthday’s. But apparently, that’s not the case for this dog mom. A woman was slammed after sending her friend’s and family a long birthday list, with acceptable and unacceptable gifts listed, ahead of her …

Lobotomies and Bodies ‘Left to Rot’ at Horror Asylum

Danvers State Hospital in Massachusetts has a haunted history, dating back to 1874. This is also the sight where the Salem Witch Trials judge John Hathorne once lived. The first lobotomy was performed there in 1948, and soon electric shock therapy in the 1950s. Although huge, the Danvers building was once very overcrowded, with original …

Yonge-Dundas Square Billboard Advertises Single Cheese String for Trade

Did you happen to have been in the square this week? If so, you may have noticed something a little weird. That being a large billboard advertising a single Black Diamond Cheese String- for trade. The buyer of the advertising space, Angel Domingo, said the cheese string was found in the refrigerator of his new …

Families Sue TikTok After Girls Die Attempting ‘Blackout Challenge’

Maybe cancel culture can help cancel these challenges, sesh. A legal resource for the relatives of children harmed by social media, the Social Victims Law Center, announced it had filed two wrongful death lawsuits on behalf of the parents. Lalani Erika, 8, and Arriana Jaileen Arroyo, 9, both from Wisconsin, took part in the deadly …

Child’s Finger Broken By Chess Robot During Match

At the Moscow Open last week, as reported by Russian news outlets. The chess-playing android was apparently “unsettled” by the seven-year-olds fast moves during their July 19th game. The robot grabbed the child’s finger, and broke it. Sergey Lazarev, president of the Moscow Chess Federation, spoke of the incident saying, “The robot broke the child’s …

UK Movie Theaters Ban Viewers in Suits from New ‘Minions’ Movie

Minions — love them or hate them, the yellow little gremlins have become as much of a popular media mainstay as anything else. Moms of Facebook seem to adore these things, and even people who loathe them get a kick out of sharing anti-Minion memes. The latest movie featuring the yellow menaces — Minions: The …