It could be a $6.5 million hat—but it might also not be. Continue reading →
{FD} 3 species were known to go through menopause – now it’s 5
Menopause isn’t a distinctly human condition—and now scientists have discovered two more species that experience it and then live well beyond it, bringing the total number to five. Continue reading →
{FD} Entire Arctic expedition perished, but not because of lead
In 1845, Sir John Franklin set sail from England in the hopes of discovering and successfully navigating the Northwest Passage. Continue reading →
{FD} People want to drink the red sewage found in sarcophagus
Where there’s a will, there’s a way? Continue reading →
{FD} Silicon Valley couple set out to raise $1,500 for a separated family. They’re at $4M
USA Today called it “likely the largest fundraiser ever on Facebook” … and that was when it had raised $3.6 million. Continue reading →
{FD} Plastic bag found in truly depressing spot
“Single-use plastic reached the world’s deepest ocean trench at 10,898 m,” states the study plainly, referring to that great scourge: the plastic bag. Continue reading →
{FD} Auschwitz letter thought to be only one of its kind
That Vilma Grunwald’s letter even exists is extraordinary. Continue reading →
{FD} Can secret JFK files shed light on a 1971 suicide?
A long-dead diplomat’s family is urging President Trump to release still-secret files on John F. Kennedy’s assassination ahead of the Thursday deadline Trump set to do so, in hopes it changes the story of their father’s suicide. Continue reading →
{FD} Ultrasound found the secret of a people who dive deep
“They are simply a stranger to the land,” an anthropologist says of Southeast Asia’s Bajau people, and a new study shows their bodies have changed to account for that. Continue reading →
{FD} Report says Aldi and Publix markets generate most food waste of any U.S grocery stores
As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Continue reading →
{FD} Starbucks opens at Yosemite National Park despite petition
It seems 25,000 signatures weren’t enough to keep a Starbucks out of Yosemite. Continue reading →
{FD} Using ink and *****, he secretly recorded the Nazis’ horrors
After the Pearl Harbor attack, Anthony Acevedo was determined to defend his homeland—which meant returning to it. Continue reading →
{FD} Facebook has an interesting dating rule
Buried in a larger piece about how companies are handling employee relationships in the wake of the #metoo movement—the upshot: they’re reexamining their relationship policies and, per one lawyer, “drawing a hard line in the sand” about those in plum p… Continue reading →
{FD} Tourists say they ordered steaks and water, got $1.3K bill
Venice mayor says he’s looking into the potentially ‘shameful episode.’ Continue reading →
{FD} How a truck driver figured out specs for the atomic bomb
That a man who worked as a trucker made a 1,300-mile drive is perhaps unremarkable. Continue reading →
{FD} Up for sale: Hitler’s Mercedes
It’s being called “the most historically significant automobile ever offered for public sale”: the 1939 “Super Mercedes” once occupied by a standing Adolf Hitler. Continue reading →
{FD} World’s biggest nuclear plant gets long-awaited OK
The biggest nuclear power plant in the world sits idle, as it has for nearly seven years. Continue reading →
{FD} Ice ax that dug into Leon Trotsky’s skull no longer languishing under a bed
“Who knows if it is the real ax?” says Leon Trotsky’s grandson, Esteban Volkov, dismissively to the Guardian.Continue reading →
{FD} The 6 smartest things to do before Hurricane Irma hits
The last Category 5 hurricane to hit Florida was Hurricane Andrew, and Bryan Norcross emerged from it as a South Florida hero. Continue reading →
{FD} Court: Oregon couple must have their dogs’ vocal cords cut
“We are just shocked.” Continue reading →
