Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

In the 18th century, a woman was accused of witchcraft. She died in prison while awaiting her trial, and since everyone in town was convinced of her guilt and feared her unnatural return from the dead, she was buried beneath a large, stone slab. It happened in 1704, in a town called Torryburn on Scotland’s...

There are many, many benefits that come with membership at a big box store like Costco, some of which people don’t even realize (my parents just used their membership to get a bunch of money off a car, for instance). Their prices are hard to beat (even at Amazon), but if you shop there, you...

People sometimes assume that, just because you’re related to someone, you must have things in common – maybe even lots of things, or most things. Detroit sisters Alexandria Bishop and Jessica Toutant would dispute that fact, though, and they’ve got the pictures (and the likes – 468,000 and counting) to prove it. My sister and...

A new study published in Radiology claims that vaping one time – even without nicotine – can damage blood vessels, reduce blood flow, and create dangerous toxins. The researchers found that the heat created by e-cigs meant to turn liquid into vapor also stirs the compounds into toxic particles. They studied MRI scans of 31...

If you’re like me, you’ve never even picked up a Rubik’s cube with the intention of actually solving it because you’re pretty sure you’re not going to be able to do it. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2uSLJCH-FN/ So watching someone else solve one with a few simple twists has always seemed pretty impressive, right? Or at least, you assume...

For the last couple of years, amusement park Six Flags has celebrated Halloween by daring their guests to spend 30 hours trapped alone in a coffin. People surprisingly jumped at the chance (and some of them actually made it!), so this year, they’re upping the ante and offering the challenge for couples. That’s right –...

With the debate around climate change – and how to halt or even reverse the effects – heating up around the world, it’s no surprise that some countries are looking for more and better ways to cut carbon emissions from the transportation sector. The train, dubbed the Coradia iLint, was developed over the course of...

The majority of people around the world admit that human emissions are slowly killing the planet via climate change, but we just can’t seem to do anything. Scared for their futures, young people have been pushing the people in charge to not just agree, but to at least try to save us all from a fiery...

The 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody combined Queen’s groundbreaking music with the story of their frontman Freddie Mercury’s incredible life, and it emerged a hit film that captured the hearts of audiences (and critics!) all over the globe. And while the movie delved into the making of (one of) Queen’s signature hit(s), there’s still plenty to...

Samples of the highly contagious (but eradicated) disease smallpox only exist in two laboratories in the world. As a relic of the Cold War, one is in the United States, and the other is in Russia – and the one located in Russia recently weathered an explosion. The smallpox sample, along with cultures of anthrax...

If you’ve never been to the Outer Banks, let me first say that you should put them on your bucket list. The chain of barrier islands just off the coast of North Carolina are beautiful, serene, and somewhat otherworldly – and not just because there are herds of wild horses roaming the beaches. https://www.instagram.com/p/BlQiqCdHl8F/ The...

Narwhals are the unicorns of the sea, so what’s not to love about them? But even if you agree that they’re adorable, you might not know a ton about the mysterious sea creatures. Let’s fix that, shall we? 5. Their skin is rich in vitamin C. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxu9VgZl2zr/ This is weird, but it’s true. There is...

Bug lover and photographer The Butterfly Babe takes amazing images of all sorts of creepy crawlies. But of all the bugs out there, perhaps the most adorable (it’s an arachnid, technically) are these tiny jumping spiders wearing droplets of water as hats. Yes, I just used the word “adorable” when describing spiders, and once you...

There are some jokes that end up where you’re sensing they’re gonna go all along. There are others that are complete surprises and take left turns that can’t be anticipated – and those might be the jokes that get the bigger, if more incredulous, laughs. After all, what makes a joke is subverted expectations –...

Apple has revealed the new design of their iPhone 11, and iLovers everywhere are ready to fork over (literal) handfuls of cash to get their hands on one. But…there’s still time for some pretty spot-on, pretty valid, pretty funny jokes about the latest offering from America’s fruit-shaped God, no? I think so. Here are 17....