Connecticut senators voted 33-1-2 to pardon people accused centuries ago of witchcraft, including 11 who were put to death. Alse (Alice) Young, a resident of Windsor, Connecticut, was the first… Read the rest of the article: Connecticut pardons the "witches" it executed centuries ago
On Monday morning, thousands of residents of the Silicon Valley city of Santa Clara were left without electricity. It seems squirrels were the culprit for the power outage. KRON: About… Read the rest of the article: Squirrels cause electricity outage in Silicon Valley city
Japan's dagashi industry–inexpensive candy for kids and nostalgic grown-ups–is flagging under the same economic trends that hit mom-and-pop sweet shops in the west: giant supermarkets, online delivery, the rest of… Read the rest of the article: Japan's largest Dagashi store offers 20,000 square feet of cheap treats
Drone attacks struck residential buildings in Moscow earlier today, reports Al Jazeera, representing the most significant attack on the city since World War II. A presidential aide in Ukraine, itself… Read the rest of the article: Drone attacks hit Moscow
Even if professional wrestling only existed in the periphery of your awareness, almost Westerner has an era of the over-the-top pseudo-sport that helps them tap into their youth. Whether it's… Read the rest of the article: Music video reminisces about the time Hulk Hogan slammed Andre the Giant
As I continue to read the trades for you I find in the latest issue of edplay, ("Dedicated to the Specialty Toy Industry") an article about yet another criticism of… Read the rest of the article: Educator: Dr. Seuss book "stresses" kids by making change their responsibility
I called it. Then again, everyone with functioning eyes called it: The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was really, really bad. Not only did it fail to answer the core… Read the rest of the article: Lord Of The Rings: Gollum devs apologize for everything
In the early 1990s, photographer Kathy Anderson snapped photos of Jenny Joseph, a British graphic artist with no prior modeling experience, during an impromptu photoshoot. Artist Michael Deas later transformed… Read the rest of the article: Columbia Pictures logo's Torch Lady wasn't a model, never modeled again, and her shoot happened during a lunch break
Meet Paul Saladino, also known as the "Carnivore MD," who recently posted a video titled, "Here's how I poop" for his 1.3 million Instagram followers. In the post and the video he… Read the rest of the article: Will wiping your anus with toilet paper disrupt your hormones?
The next classic video game to get the Lego treatment (following the likes of a Lego NES and Atari) is none other than Pac-Man, coming in the form of an… Read the rest of the article: Lego Pac-Man machine reviewed
Woodpeckers have especially long and narrow tongues. They normally use them to get deep into trees to grab a tasty bug or grub, or get a mouthful of sap. But,… Read the rest of the article: Watch a woodpecker defend itself with its long sticky tongue
In an era where medical misinformation and disinformation—especially anti-vaxx ideologies—abound and are expected by some experts to just get worse, it's great that folks like The Real Truther are trying their best to battle… Read the rest of the article: The Real Truther fact checks and debunks anti-vaxx misinformation and disinformation
It was a dream about his mother that inspired Paul McCartney to write the song "Let it Be." In a 2018 Wired interview, he says that the dream came to… Read the rest of the article: Paul McCartney reveals inspiration behind writing 'Let it Be': 'I had a dream'
When it comes to crafting video games, Nintendo has two seemingly paradoxical mindsets that help them consistently produce quality content. On the one hand, Nintendo is always incredibly experimental and… Read the rest of the article: Check out Victor deMartin's satisfying computer-generated marble rendition of the Legend of Zelda theme
A bunch of kids in school uniforms dancing to Rob Zombie shouldn't work but somehow does. Of course, the kids weren't originally choreographed to dance to his 1998 "Dragula." No,… Read the rest of the article: A 'Matilda' musical number set to Rob Zombie
This past Saturday marked the return of Dogstar to the performance stage after a 23-year hiatus. The indie-rock trio, with Bret Domrose on lead vocals and guitar, Robert Mailhouse on… Read the rest of the article: Watch Keanu Reeves' Dogstar band play live for the first time in over 20 years
When did you first start to take notice of A24? Even if you're not a massive buff or the type to focus on production houses before watching a film, odds… Read the rest of the article: Vox explains how A24 became one of the most consistent studios in Hollywood
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. TL;DR: This Memorial Day, transform your party… Read the rest of the article: Celebrate Memorial Day anywhere with this outdoor movie bundle for only $200
Watch Vincent ThĂ©venaz, an organist and professor at Geneva's Haute Ecole de Musique, perform the Bee Gees' 1977 disco hit "Stayin' Alive" on the historic Great Organ at St-Pierre Cathedral.… Read the rest of the article: The Bee Gees' 'Stayin' Alive' but on a church pipe organ
Ron DeSantis just got the deepfake treatment in a grotesque video that is both nightmarish and laugh-out-loud funny. As Fox "News" interviews Ron DeSantis, the Florida fascist slaps on his… Read the rest of the article: Ron DeSantis remembers how he learned to eat pudding in amusingly disturbing deepfake (video)
