Poop From Vultures Is Destroying a Radio Tower and Disrupting Communications on the US-Mexico Border
About 300 vultures have taken over a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) radio tower in Texas. They’ve decided to make themselves at home by defecating, urinating, and regurgitating all over the tower. In their defense, the vultures were there first. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act has been law since 1918 and made vultures a protected...
Scientists Have Embedded a Chip in a Man’s Brain to Help Overcome Opioid Addiction
Opioid addiction is a hot topic these days, and many know someone who got hooked on painkillers after an accident, injury, or surgery and then turned to harder drugs when the legal ones ran out. People are dying, and doctors and researchers are scrambling to figure out how to save them. This chip might be...
9 Fur-Real Facts about Cats you Might Want to Read Right Meow
If you’re fur-tunate to live with a cat, then you’ll want to scroll through this purr-fect list of feline facts that’ll make you glad they own you. 1. Abraham Lincoln was a cat lover So you’re in excellent company. 2. Cats can be allergic to humans Some cats can have asthma. It’s true! Particularly indoor...
10 Women Share the Most Inaccurate Body “Facts” They’ve Heard from a Man
When it comes to one’s body, the person who lives in it knows it best. That said, there are some basic anatomy facts that you might think would be common knowledge across the board, whether you’re a man, woman, or gender fluid. Every adult should know certain, basic information, right? You would be wrong, my...
4 Bad-News Myths About Society That You’ve Been Tricked into Believing
We live in a scary world – things are really bad these days, and it’s sometimes hard to see the good news. Good news like how violent crime in the United States fell nearly 50% from 1993 to 2016, or how the number of people globally living in extreme poverty fell ~74% from 1990-2015. Those...
Where the “H” in “Jesus H. Christ” Actually Comes From
When yelling “Jesus Christ” just isn’t enough, you might add an extra letter in there: Jesus H. Christ. It’s like Jesus’s full name that you break out when you’re really serious. But what does the “H” even stand for? Well, first of all, the “H” is not a middle initial, because Jesus Christ is not...
6 Essential Knots People Should Know How To Tie
Learning how to tie proper knots can really save your bacon in a survival situation. But it can also help in more normal activities such as camping, fishing, hunting and more. If you want to feel better prepared, or just more able to tie things to other things, here are some top knots to become familiar...
A Single Mom Shared All Her Work Badges and the Evolution Will Inspire You
Not too long ago, when Faye Lewis was pursuing her Doctorate degree to become a nurse practitioner, she went through her old work badges from jobs past and had a long talk with her mom about the struggle of juggling life as a single mom and going to school. She decided to share photos of...
