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Artist Sends a Bouquet and a Bonsai to Space
What happens when you send a Bonsai tree to space? See for yourself
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Saving Los Angeles’ Batchelder Tile
Arts and crafts enthusiasts are waiting for a recently rediscovered landmark to reopen
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Fake Clothing Drop Bins Use Your “Charity” Donations To Make a Profit
From Tampa to Charlotte to New York City, non-legit Goodwill boxes are proliferating
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Write Like a Thespian With the Manipulus Vocabulorum, a 16th Century Rhyming Dictionary
The Manipulus Vocabulorum, from 1570, was the world’s first rhyming dictionary
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When fighting broke out, 60 women and girls seized the opportunity to flee their terrorist captors
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Watch a 72-Minute Trailer for a Month-Long Film
When it is released in 2020, Ambiancé is expected to be the longest film in the world
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China Now Has Up to 250 Boot Camps to Cure Teens of Internet Addiction
One of these facilities recently opened in the US, too
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences takes the sanctity of its golden trophies very seriously
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Former NASA Engineer Wants To Build A Car-Juggling Robot
Former NASA Engineer Wants To Build A Car-Juggling Robot
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A Scientist Figured Out the Perfect Way To Cut a Cake—in 1906
A method from 1906 shows the perfect way to cut a cake—if you don’t mind putting rubber bands around your confection
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Pope Calls Out Italy’s Most Powerful Mob, Which You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
The ‘Ndrangheta reportedly made more money than McDonalds last year, but you’ve probably never heard of them
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Guys: Trying to Attract a Mate by Posing With Captive Tigers Is Not Cool
Some women estimate that up to one in ten men on Tinder have a profile picture featuring a big cat
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“Sherlock Holmes” Is Now Officially Off Copyright and Open for Business
What amazing Holmes fan fiction will you create?
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Other teams, however, are all in favor of pre-game sex
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For Some American Women, It’s Become the Norm to Have Babies Without Being Married
Women who don’t complete college are much more likely to have a child outside of wedlock than those who hold a bachelor’s degree
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This Guy Shredded One Million (Worthless) Dollars for Art
A new artwork made of one million shredded dollars has people pondering the value of money
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“Trophy Wives” Are Rare in Real Life
Most people marry someone who has a similar degree of attractiveness and success as they do
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Redskins’ Trademark Cancelled by U.S. Patent Office and This Time, It May Hold up in Court
The agency ruled against the NFL team, saying the name was “disparaging to Native Americans,” but an appeal is likely in the offing
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Londoners Are Fighting Back Against “Hostile Architecture”
From spikes in the ground to benches designed to be uncomfortable, hostile architecture is pushing already fringe groups further away from the public eye
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This Ten Year Old Has Already Graduated From High School in California
Words like “prodigy” and “genius” are often used to describe pre-teen Tanishq Abraham
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