Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

There can be no doubt that Americans eat things – and on a regular basis – that are essentially banned in other countries. Chains like McDonalds even have to adhere to higher food standards abroad. Well… the time has come for Subway too. They’re going to have to shape up their bread or start calling...

If you needed any further proof that people are completely fascinated by unsolved mysteries and true crime, look no further than the rabid fanbase for Netflix’s revival of Unsolved Mysteries. Not only that, but there are whole television channels that show nothing else all day and all night, and here we are. If you can’t get enough...

We have certain ideas of “old” and “new,” but let me tell you something, dear readers – there really is nothing new under the sun. While we think that we’ve invented all kinds of hip and cool vocab over the past 50 years – and some things pertaining to technology, obviously, are definitely a sign...

People who have loved – and lost – a dog know our pets are family. When they pass, we grieve, and the process can be just as intense, and last just as long, as the one that follows the loss of a human companion. Dogs are pure, their love is unconditional, we know we don’t...

There are a couple of adorable, svelte, very good bois on the internet called Vito and Bambino. As they’re Great Danes, these pups have no problem surveying their kingdom beyond the confines of their garden, since they can easily stand on their hind legs and look over the wall. When they got new neighbors, though,...

To know about elephants is to love them – they share strong family bonds, they’re crazy smart, and they’re way nicer to humans than we deserve (as is true of most animals) – and after reading these 9 facts, you’re going to adore them even more. These gentle giants are around 10 feet tall and...

There are times when you’re kind of sad that a certain animal has gone extinct. Then there are times when you hear “a beaver the size of a bear,” and know instinctively that would not be, in any way, shape, or form, adorable. Meet the Castoroides, a giant beaver who surely could have built some...

Our world is growing and changing, hopefully in ways that make it more inclusive and comfortable for every single person who inhabits it. Most of us want to adapt in order to help make that possible, but the truth is, sometimes we just don’t know the answers to the hard questions – and we’re afraid...

If you’re a certain type of indoorsy person, wandering the nation’s national parks – even if you’re getting paid – does not sound like your idea of a dream job. For someone who lives for exploring, for hiking, for communing with nature and spending your days outdoors instead of in an office would seem like...

If you experience synesthesia, then you probably already know what it means. For everyone else, here’s a quick definition: experiencing something with one sense and somehow, that experience translating to a second one. Like, you see a scone, and can taste the scone. Or, you hear the letter B and imagine the color yellow. It...

Every job in the world has secrets that would surprise those who aren’t in the know. Tattoo artists are part of so many of our lives these days, though, that the things they’re keeping behind closed doors are of particular difference. Also, you figure that tattoo artists see some pretty interesting characters, and therefore have...

As fastidious as most of us try to be, not a person among us can claim to never have found a food masquerading as a science experiment in our fridge. You know what I’m talking about, right? And obviously, you’re not going to be tempted to go ahead and eat something rotten and moldy, but...

With the increasing amount of hurricanes and tropical storms in the past decade or so, you’ve probably noticed there seems to be a method to the madness when it comes to how meteorologists give them names. You might wonder why they’re given names in the first place, instead of not just say, numbers. Or maybe you...

Y’all, I had no idea that one of the best and move coveted ingredients for high-end perfume came from a whale’s intestines. For real. Whale vomit (or perhaps something like a whale gallstone), also called ambergris, is exactly that – and a raw, waxy glob of it could be worth up to $20,000. Ambergris forms...

It’s an old joke, right, the jock who goes around daring people to punch him in the stomach?  It’s funny, maybe because it’s true – some people will stop at nothing to prove just how tough they are. And while they usually do the craziest things when they’re kids, sometimes you can watch adults go...