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A Sleeping Octopus Changes Color While Sleeping

In an upcoming PBS documentary Octopus: Making Contact, a clip was released that shows an octopus sleeping and changing colors. Octopuses (octopi?) typically change color as a way to camouflage themselves into their surroundings—as far as scientists knew. In the video, the octopus floats upside down, asleep and possibly even dreaming. Whatever she’s doing, she’s changing...

Someone Lost Their “Pet” Black Panther and It Is Stalking a Small French Town

Reason number 672 that humans should not own wild animals as pets: they could get loose and terrorize your neighbors (even if they’re not trying to). No matter how nice a black panther seems, after all, it’s bound to make people nervous when it appears on the street. Which is why I imagine the good...

5 Riddles That Are a Little Trickier Than They Seem

I mean, if a riddle doesn’t surprise you once in a while, we wouldn’t be doing our jobs! We found these 5 on an Instagram account called @facts_and_reality, and we’ll definitely be going back for more. Here you go: 5. A house within a house within a house. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3SuV04ghSA/ 4. Sally’s magic book. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3QR2cIgWGE/ 3....

Cockroach Infestation? Keep Them Away Using Peppermint Oil

This is going to sound disgusting, but there are cockroaches all of the place where I live. Huge, nasty bugs that move a million miles an hour and (obviously) have no regard for my personal space. I live in North Carolina, and when I first relocated here, I was shocked at how many there were...

Are You Always Starving Before Bed? Try these 7 Nutritionist-Approved Snacks

Dieting, lifestyle change, whatever you want to call it – there is a laundry list of dos and don’ts for losing weight. There’s always a flavor of the month or fad diet, and you would be forgiven for being confused. A lot of diets even contradict each other. Take Atkins: eat fats and protein but...

These “Shoe Twins” Have Been Waiting Their Whole Lives to Find One Another

Although some people are definitely more into shoes than others, we all need them; they protect our feet from the elements and from stepping on dangerous objects, plus you can’t even walk into a McDonalds without them. And for these two ladies, shoes have always been a hassle, because their feet are two distinctly different...

13 Funny Office Photos For Anyone Who Loves/Hates Corporate Life

There are many, many benefits to holding down an office job, but as anyone who has ever done it (or is still doing it) can tell you, it’s also rife with opportunities to drive you completely bonkers. You’ve got to do something to alleviate the stress, right? And making your coworkers chuckle seems to be...

20 Movies for People Who Love Halloween but Don’t like Intense Horror Movies

It’s October, and you know what that means: all things spooky and Halloween-related. Or does it…? Here’s the straight dope: some people like to celebrate Halloween by watching movies that aren’t full of blood, guts, and gore. There are plenty of movies you can enjoy during this season that don’t make you want to go...

He Has Been Killed 23 Times, Sean Bean Now Refuses To Die On Screen Again By Rejecting Some Roles

Sean Bean is a great and prolific actor, but by now the fact that he probably won’t live until the end of the series or movie is kind of a running joke among fans. It’s funny, sure, but it also kills the surprise a little bit; any time you watch a Sean Bean movie, you...

12 of the Toughest Tongue Twisters in the English Language

“Now Peter Piper picked peppers, but Run rapped rhymes. Humpty Dumpty fell down, that’s his hard time. Jack B. Nimble, what, nimble, and he was quick, But Jam Master was faster, Jack saw Jay’s dick. Now little Bo Peep cold lost her sheep And Rip van Winkle fell the hell asleep. And Alice stilled her...

Your Daily Cup of Tea Could Contain Billions of Microplastics

Let’s just say this up front: there is no science, as of today, that proves (or disproves) that microplastics are harmful to human beings. As of today is a pretty big qualifier here, though, and most people believe that inhaling, touching, and/or ingesting tiny plastics all day every day can’t be the best thing in...

Scientist Proposes Eating Human Flesh to Combat Climate Change — And It’s Not a Joke

The good news is that scientists are coming up with creative ways to battle the effects of climate change. The bad news is that one of them involves cannibalism. The NY Post reports that a Swedish scientist suggested eating human flesh to combat climate change at a recent summit in Stockholm. Magnus Soderlund of the...

These 17 Pictures of Endangered Animals Have as Many Pixels as There Are Remaining Members of the Species

We’re in the middle of a mass extinction that’s seeing the disappearance of animals and plants from the face of the earth at a frightening pace. It’s strange to think that our children or grandchildren will live in a world where giraffes or white rhinos could cease to exist in the wild – could, perhaps,...

Candy Corn Is the Worst Halloween Candy, According to New Survey

It’s an issue that divides friends, families, and foes. No, I’m not talking about impeachment, or your favorite football team. I’m talking about…candy corn. I’m kind of indifferent about the whole thing, but I will say that, as a kid, I was always less than thrilled when I got candy corn while trick or treating...