Can you walk Wisconsin’s shorelines? Shorewood resident Paul Florsheim takes a stand after receiving a trespassing ticket for walking along Lake Michigan’s shoreline. “I really actually want to go to court because I don’t think I was trespassing,” he argues, […]
First kiss was 21 million years ago. Researchers found that the mouth-on-mouth kiss dates back to our common ancestor with great apes. “We think kissing probably evolved around 21.5 million years ago in the large apes,” says Dr. Matilda Brindle. […]
Pennies Are Trash Now “There is no plan.” The U.S. Mint has abruptly stopped minting pennies, leaving 300 billion of them in circulation without any strategy for their future. Unlike Canada’s organized withdrawal, the U.S. seems to have given up […]
Hillbilly Elegy, with a twist. J.D. Vance’s book became an unlikely smuggling vehicle. “Siebert soaked the book’s pages with narcotics and mailed it to Grafton Correctional Institution disguised as an Amazon shipment.” ~ learn more
The spaghetti harvest of 1957. The BBC convinced viewers that spaghetti grew on trees. Richard Dimbleby narrated the faux report, and “an estimated eight million people watched the original program,” many fooled by the whimsical claim. ~ learn more
After-dinner snuff in 1964. I knew nothing of this curiosity before watching this video about snuff. Now I know that there’s a communal snuffbox kept at the door of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. ~ learn more
A mosquito killing drone is coming to market. Tornyol Systems introduces a drone that’s “silent, safe, chemical-free” for autonomous mosquito defense. With ultrasonic sonar and intelligent control algorithms, it promises a mosquito-free environment. ~ learn more
It’s not the same Toy Story. This is an interesting link for cinema fans and those of us who saw the original Toy Story in theaters. It was one of the first fully-digital movies. But Pixar needed to distribute it […]
Picasso and the Mona Lisa heist. When the “Mona Lisa” vanished from the Louvre in 1911, suspicion bizarrely landed on Pablo Picasso. “A terrified Picasso and Apollinaire were eventually brought to court, where it was determined that Picasso was indeed […]
Barefoot running’s wild ride. “The ‘Great Barefoot Running Hysteria of 2010’ took the amateur running world by storm.” Propelled by bold claims of injury prevention and performance boosts, the trend reshaped both running cultures and shoe designs. ~ learn more