An English Town Had to Dye This Beautiful Lagoon Black to Get People to Stop Swimming in It
The lagoon is so blue it attracts visitors from all over. The problem is that the lagoon is incredibly toxic.
Helen Thomas, Trailblazing Female Journalist, Dies at 92
Many credit Thomas with breaking the glass ceiling for women in journalism
How Other Cities Avoided Detroit’s Fate
Many places manage to avoid actually filing for bankruptcy, despite being in dire straits
Honeybee Theft Is on the Rise
Some beekeepers are working towards making tiny trackers for bees to locate them when they are stolen, but there’s no “find my queen” app just yet
Entrepreneurs Are Using Instagram to Sell Everything From Sweaters to Sheep
Instead of logging onto Amazon or hitting the mall, maybe the next time you need a sheep or a sweater, you should check Instagram
How Much Can You Guess About a Person From Their Name?
If researchers could guess the ethnicity, gender or age of a person without having to survey them, they would have a lot more data at their disposal
Drug Allegations Haunt Baseball’s All-Star Game
Around 20 baseball players are under investigation for the alleged use of performance enhancing drugs
Good News: Astrology Doesn’t Impact the Success of Your Marriage
While the success of your marriage probably has nothing to do with the position of Venus, astrological signs can impact how people feel about things
NASA and Japan Team Up to Make Anime Mascots
If pictures of the furthest reaches of space bore you, never fear, anime characters are here.
Television Channel for Dogs to Launch in August
DogTV, “the first and only 24/7 television channel scientifically developed and tested for dogs,” is a 24-hour channel that will debut on August 1st
Maybe Don’t Feel So Bad For the Men Treed by Tigers for Five Days
They may have planned to sell the cub they killed on the black market
Worldwide, One Out of Four People Paid a Bribe Last Year
While 9 out of 10 people in the survey say they want to act against corruption, many also reported that they had to pay bribes to get simple services
Crayola Has At Least 16 Different Names For What Most of Us Would Call ‘Orange’
Crayola is the master of colors. Sort of. In fact, what they’re actually the master of is color naming, and renaming
Bystanders Intervene in One-Third of Bar Room Brawls
If you’re at a bar and somebody starts a fight, what do you do? Root them on? Step in? Join the fight?
This Butterfly Metamorphosis Film Was Shot With an iPhone Camera
The morphing of a butterfly into a caterpillar has fascinated humans since we discovered the curious strategy
2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000 Was Originally a Female
Who knows, perhaps if HAL had been a lady, we’d all be scared of disembodied female voices and Siri would be a man’s voice
People Who Subconsciously Dwell on Death Write Funnier New Yorker Cartoon Captions
People who are deliberately thinking about death, on the other hand, produce the least funny cartoon captions
The Catholic Church Is Getting Less Strict About Miracles
Both John Paul II and John XXIII will be made saints at the end of the year, suggesting a shift from traditions
The Bikini’s Inventor Guessed How Much It Would Horrify the Public
The modern bikini, named after Bikini Atoll where the atomic bomb was tested, was first unleashed on the world more than 75 years ago
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