Here’s How Hurricanes Actually Get Their Names
Hurricanes have the most random names sometimes. Barry? Dorian? Who comes up with this stuff, anyway? Well, though hurricane names may seem random, there is actually a system to it all. Hurricanes in the West Indies used to be named after the saint’s day when the storm hit. In the 1900s, an Australian meteorologist decided to...
Vegan Woman Demands Neighbor Stop Using Meat on Barbecue Because of Smell
Vegans don’t exactly have the best reputation for being subtle about their beliefs. But one vegan in Australia really took things several steps too far when she sued her neighbor for barbecuing in their own backyard. Cilla Carden is a vegan massage therapist from Girrawheen, Australia. She claims that her neighbors intentionally barbecued fish in their backyard...
Woman Catches Fish with Two Mouths in Upstate New York
A woman’s fishing trip took a bizarre turn when she reeled in a fish with two mouths. Debbie Geddes was fishing on Lake Champlain in upstate New York when she caught the unusual animal. She told Fox News that when the fish initially bit her line, she felt like it was a quite large one....
This Beer Company Is on a Mission to Solve Hunger
As if anyone needed another reason to love beer, one beer company is on a mission to make a positive difference in the world by donating 100% of its profits to feed the hungry. Jacquie Berglund, the founder of the beer brand Finnegans, says she was inspired by the Paul Newman Foundation and their 100%...
A Cure for Peanut Allergies Could Be Available as Soon as 2020
Peanut allergies are incredibly common among children, so much so that many schools have simply banned peanuts altogether. Peanut allergies are life-threatening for many sufferers. Simply being in the same room as peanut dust can trigger a deadly reaction, which is an incredibly scary way to live life for young kids and their parents. There...
Disney World Is Teaming up with Cirque du Soleil for Its Own Show
Disney and Cirque du Soleil are teaming up for the first time in over 20 years! Disney announced that they’ll be producing a Cirque show for Disney Springs, a shopping area near Walt Disney World in Florida. The show is a collaborative effort between Cirque du Soleil, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering....
You Can Only Have up to 150 Friends, According to Science
No matter how utterly charming you are, there is apparently a natural limit to how many friends you can have: 150. It’s known as “Dunbar’s number” because British anthropologist Robin Dunbar came up with the figure. Dunbar defines a friend as “the number of people you would not feel embarrassed about joining uninvited for a...
Beagle-Shaped Airbnb Takes ‘Dog-Friendly Travel’ to a Whole New Level
Got a beagle? Need a hotel? Man, have we got the perfect Airbnb for you! There is a beagle-shaped house in Cottonwood, Idaho, available on Airbnb for $132 per night. The house was built by Dennis Sullivan and Frances Conklin, artists who live in another (regular-shaped) house on the property. They started by building a...
Oscar Meyer Debuts a Hot Dog Flavored Ice Cream Sandwich
Don’t you love when companies take two good things, like hot dogs and ice cream, and combine them into one horrific thing? Introducing the “ice dog sandwich,” a new dessert from none other than Oscar Mayer. The brand collaborated with Il Laboratorio Del Gelato to create the ice dog sandwich, which consists of hot dog-flavored...
Scientists Finally Figured out Why Some Squirrels Have Black Fur
If you’re lucky enough to live in certain regions of the U.S. or the U.K., you may have spotted squirrels that are black instead of gray. These unusual animals have been a bit of a mystery, but now scientists have figured out why they have such an odd color. Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge...
Study Finds Even Though Cats Might Not Act Like It, They Know Their Names As Well As Dogs
It’s common knowledge that cats and dogs respond very differently to their names. Dogs can be counted on to come running on command, while cats will frequently ignore you completely. But it turns out that cats do recognize and react to their names, according to new research. Researchers in Japan conducted a series of experiments to study...
Women in West Africa Are Recycling Plastic Garbage into Bricks for Schoolhouses
Each year, the world produces over 300 million tons of plastic, much of which quickly goes into the trash where it takes centuries to decompose. In Abidjan, Ivory Coast, women are putting plastic garbage to good use by turning it into bricks to build schools, New York Times reports. Many women in Abidjan make a living...
New Floating Tent Looks Like a Recipe for Disaster
A company invented a “floating tent,” then promptly got roasted by everyone on the internet. The Shoal Tent is an inflatable tent that allows you to camp on water instead of on land — an objectively terrible and dangerous idea. This contraption is somewhere between a raft and a boat, both of which already exist....
Lucky Charms Is Now Selling Bags of Giant Marshmallows
The best part of Lucky Charms is obviously the marshmallows: heart, stars and horseshoes, clovers and blue moons, hourglasses, rainbows and tasty red balloons. Obviously. In 2015, General Mills unveiled Marshmallow-Only Lucky Charms, and now they’re taking it to another level by making the marshmallows full size. On August 8, the company announced the release...
Foul-Smelling Fart Forces Kenyan Regional Assembly to Pause Their Debate
Everyone passes gas sometimes, but not everyone’s farts are smelly enough to disrupt the political process. A member of a Kenyan regional assembly emitted a fart that was so foul, the entire assembly had to disperse in the middle of a debate, BBC reports. The Homa Bay county assembly had just returned from a lunch...