You’re walking in pitch-black darkness through the narrow corridors of an industrial-sized hangar. You’re sweaty and nauseated, as the air is thick with intense heat, humidity, and the stench of rotting meat. But the worst thing of it all is that awful, ever-present noise all around you. It sounds like the pitter-patter of rain, but …
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It turns out the woman didn’t sustain any injuries, so that’s good. But being on Snapchat in the car and falling out because of it, really? In Surrey England on Saturday, police shared on Twitter that an unnamed person was “hanging out the car whilst filming a Snapchat video.” The car was driving down M25, …
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As you’re probably aware of, the US West Coast is kinda-sorta on fire at the moment. The gender reveal parties they’re throwing aren’t really helping, either. In fact, the gender reveal fire – known officially as the El Dorado fire – has claimed the life of one firefighter, according to Associated Press. With the blazes …
Canadian Federal Police, also known as Alberta RCMP, reported about a strange incident involving a Tesla vehicle on autopilot: “Alberta RCMP received a complaint of a car speeding on Highway 2 near Ponoka. The car appeared to be self-driving, traveling over 140 km/h with both front seats completely reclined and occupants appeared to be asleep.” …
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It’s pretty safe to say that, in general, we as humans like to live long and prosper. To that end, we’re constantly developing new and innovative ways to stave off our eventual demise. We’re pretty good at it, too. The average life expectancy is rising pretty much all around the world. It’s thanks to leaps …
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File this under, reasons I wish I went into finance. Stan the T-Rex just went up for auction at Christie’s in New York. He’s one of the most intact dinosaur skeletons ever discovered, and his bones tell an exciting story about his life. There are puncture holes in his skull. And 65-million years ago, there …
When we start talking about robots and the future, they usually get a bit of a bad rap. On the milder end of the scale, we’re worried about them replacing human workforce and contributing to unemployment. On the other end, we got the full-blown robot uprising. Think about Terminator or The Matrix. That kind of …
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When most people think of museums, they think of places of art and culture. Museums are where you go to see famous paintings and sculptures, or maybe interesting trinkets from human history. But then there are more off-beat museums that also draw a crowd. For example, in Tallinn, Estonia, you can visit the Museum of …
A curious Canadian mouse was caught chomping down cannabis, that is, before he was caught napping, also known as passed out. The mouse was found pinching leaves out back a house in New Brunswick, Canada, two days in a row last week. Colin Sullivan, the owner of said plants was the one who saw …
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I actually like Peeps, the marshmallow candy rolled in sugar in chicken and bunny shapes. But not because of how they taste. Since childhood, I’ve gotten immense satisfaction from microwaving them. I like watching their little bodies bloat and distort, and then collapse in on themselves. Then, right into the trashcan and start over with …
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