Unusual Stuff

Next time you’re at the grocery store, your interest might not be in the barcode on the back, but in the ingredients list on the side.  As it turns out, some of your favorite cereal products contain GMOs.  GMO stands for genetically modified organism, which means that the food you’re eating has been “improved” by […]

Everyone likes to celebrate the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year.  From never-ending epic parties to cuddling up by the fire with a good book, most people seem to have some sort of tradition for the new year.  For Google, like every other holiday, their tradition is to have […]

It’s one of the longest-running holiday traditions out there.  Since 1955, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) have tracked Santa Claus on his yearly journey.  What started out as a single call ages ago has become one of the most popular events in the country.  While the tracking method has changed, the tradition remains. […]

It’s hard to imagine a time in which newspapers didn’t feature crossword puzzles, but it’s true.  The crossword puzzle is celebrating its 100th birthday, which means that for the bulk of written history, newspapers didn’t actually have crosswords.  Given the fact that iPad newspapers had crosswords and there’s basically a crossword puzzle on TV 7 […]

It seems like Target keeps getting more and more popular with consumers as they work alongside high-end brands and continue to innovate new products.  However, with popularity comes a risk.  The bigger the target, the more people shooting.  An estimated 40 million credit cards were stolen from Target in one of the largest security breeches […]

Remember when the TV show Family Guy showed some major plot bravery and killed off one of its major characters, swearing up and down that it was for real and that it wasn’t just some kind of publicity stunt?  Well, it’s some kind of publicity stunt.  That’s right, Brian Griffin is back thanks to the […]

Fake sign language interpreters are no laughing matter, as the country of South Africa is finding out.  The Nelson Mandela memorial in Johannesburg was a massive event, with hundreds of thousands of people participating, from selfie-taking world leaders like Barack Obama to normal South Africans on the street.  However, with all those people, apparently they […]

Barack Obama’s massive, confusing family has proven to be a big source of trouble for the President, especially considering that Obama’s father is African and his half-siblings, uncles, and the African side of his family has been involved in some controversy.  Obama’s brother was banned from the UK, and there are other troubling relatives out […]

Radiation is both a blessing and a curse.  In the right hands, radiation is a cure for cancer and is the source for all sorts of great medical treatments and whatnot.  In the wrong hands, well, it’s probably the most dangerous material imaginable.  Even medical waste radioactive material is dangerous in the wrong hands, and […]

America doesn’t have a long history compared to the rest of the world.  You can walk into pubs that are as old as the United States in England, but that’s not to discount just how old America is.  In 1640 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, printers turned out 1700 copies of a book called the Bay Psalm […]

If you haven’t watched this weekend’s episode of Family Guy and you’re offended by spoilers, just turn around right now and head in the other direction.  Otherwise, read on. From struggling afterthought with a cult following to massive hit to target of protests and bannings, Fox’s cartoon series Family Guy has been through a lot […]

Yesterday, the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society in Salisbury, Massachusetts was robbed of a very important item: cat litter. Now, we’ve seen thieves get creative in what they’ve taken. We’ve seen Porsches, large sums of money, more than 100 pumpkins, Marmite, and even prosthetic body parts lifted from various sources. But cat litter takes the […]

When it comes to scoring in basketball games, Grinnell College has it down to an art.  A madcap, pressing, three-point bombing, relentless assault of an art.  Men’s head coach David Arseneault dreamed up the system in order to save his job, but it’s turned Grinnell into a miniature powerhouse on the plains, routinely flirting with 200 […]

“Everyone’s a critic.” Every artist, writer, or musician knows the truth of the phrase, and how devastating criticism can sometimes be. But for one Spanish concert pianist, “devastating” doesn’t cover it. Laia Martin, age 27, faces seven years of jail time for practicing her playing at home. Not only that, but her parents face the […]

Back in 2010, Professor David Nutt, of Imperial College London, declared alcohol more dangerous than crack cocaine or heroine. Since then, he and his team have been working on an “alcohol substitute” that he hopes will do for alcohol use what the e-cigarette has done for tobacco use—that is to say, begin its decline. It’s […]