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Who Was the Boston Strangler?

It is one of the most famous cases of serial murder in American history. Yet the criminal investigation of the so-called Boston Strangler is riddled with inconsistencies and contradictions. Were the slayings truly committed by Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to the murder of 13 women in the Boston area between 1962 and 1964, or were...

Man Crafts Hats for the Adorable Toad That Hangs out on His Porch

There’s something specifically summer-y about walking out onto your porch in the early morning or evening to find a little toad sitting there like a greeting committee. For me, the sound they make reminds me of my grandfather, who would blame his gas on the “frogs croaking.” As much as I enjoy their visits, it never...

And People Say Feminists Aren’t Funny — Here Are 20 Great Posts From Tumblr

Feminists have gotten a bad rap lately (or maybe always) for being a group of no-fun man haters who just want to set the status quo on fire and then cackle like witches while the world burns. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating. A little. Even so, these 20 women prove, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that...

The (Lack of an) Oxford Comma Just Decided a Court Case in Maine

Like we’ve talked about on this site before, the battle over using the Oxford comma – is it necessary for clarity, or superfluous and cluttering – will likely never come to an end. In the case of a different battle, one between a dairy company and its delivery drivers in Maine, the Oxford comma dispute meant...

Jimmy Fallon Wants to Know…Why Did You Say That One Thing You Regret?

In today’s iteration of the Hashtag Game, Jimmy Fallon posed the following question to his viewers – what’s something you’ve said that you immediately regretted, for one reason or another? Most of these people’s reasons are pretty darn funny. You’ll see. #15. Awkward for all parties involved. #14. Bahaha. I have friends who would have...

22 People Recall the Craziest Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties Ever

Ever been to a bachelor or bachelorette party that wasn’t crazy as all get out? We have a name for that: “Lame.” But there are fates worse than lame, like jail, paralysis and/or death. And that’s pretty much what we’re looking at with these 22 entries from AskReddit. 1. Boas and Glitter I tended bar...

Watch the Source of America’s Immigrants Change Over 160 years

America is a nation of immigrants. Aside from a spat of isolationism that ran through both world wars and peaked around the same time as the Nixon administration, there’s usually been a pretty steady influx of immigrants coming to our country: But the nations that people have come from have changed quite a bit over time, as this...

9+ Times Delivery People Had Wacky Experiences on the Job

Everyone gets stuff delivered. Let’s just stop and think about that. EVERYONE gets stuff delivered. That means if you’re a delivery person, you’re gonna have to interact with some weird effing people – because even the weirdest effing people get stuff delivered. So, whether it’s your first shift or your thousandth, if you’re making deliveries,...

19 People Share The Creepiest, Most Inexplicable Things They Experienced

A lot of stuff that happens is inexplicable, on one level or another. But there is a big, biiiiiig difference between that one level and the other. Inexplicable things like picking up your phone to look at it right before you get a call, well, that could be coincidence. Inexplicable like you remembering to go feed your neighbor’s...

Watch a Speeding Train Blast a Bunch of Commuters With Snow

This is possibly the best thing you’ll see all day… We’re not exactly sure what these people thought was going to happen when a speeding train goes head-to-head with snow, but no one seemed to be worried… Annnnnd here it is again in slow motion: People on reddit certainly found the video entertaining too: And...

10 Simple Tricks to Improve Your Memory

The older I get, the more I notice my mind slipping. Words escape me sometimes, and honestly, I can’t remember much of my life before high school (but maybe that’s a good thing). I can only imagine this is going to get worse. Provided guzzling buckets of caffeine isn’t going to fix it, I was...

It Rains Diamonds on Saturn and Maybe a Lot of Other Places, Too

According to Dr. Kevin Baines, one of the researchers who presented the findings to a conference of the American Astronomical society in 2013, we may not have photographic evidence of the diamonds themselves, but this is still the real deal: “The bottom line is that 1,000 tons of diamonds a year are being created on Saturn....

How Lady Gaga Flawlessly Assembled Her Own Fempire of Little Monsters

Before her stunning tribute to the Sound of Music at the 2015 Oscars, a lot of people might have equated Lady Gaga with nothing more than some catchy pop tunes and publicity stunts. And no doubt about it, her decision to sport a dress made of meat will go down in history as one of...

18 Excuses That Sounded Like BS But Were Totally Real

Has your dog ever actually eaten your homework? Mine ate my best friend’s yearbook once, but I’m sure dogs have actually eaten homework, too. In fact, that made the list. So did 17 other crazy excuses from AskReddit: #1. Spaghetti! Oh… I had to walk out of a meeting because a bag of spaghetti exploded...