More often than not, buildings, islands, forests, etc. are creepy simply because they look the part and have a terrifying backstory. For instance, the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town imprisoned slaves over 150 years ago, and terrible stories of torture and execution emerged. An article posted on a South African news website back […]
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Just when you think thing can’t get any dumber here in America, it’s gets dumber.
Meet Massachusetts State Rep. Michelle Dubois, who is very angry that there’s a sign outside one of the entrances to the State House honoring “General Hooker” — as in Civil War Union General Joseph Hooker. You see, she thinks too many people associate “Hooker” with, well — with “hooker,” the profession:

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Earlier tonight we told you how conservative Stoneman Douglas HS student Kyle Kashuv was not invited by Twitter to participate in a livestream on March 14 to discuss gun violence:

Survivors. Students. Activists.@Emma4Change @davidhogg111 @cameron_kasky @al3xw1nd @JaclynCorin @Ryan_Deitsch will start the journey to #MarchForOurLives with a Q&A livestreamed on @Twitter.
Monday, March 19th 12:30pm ET
Watch live, Tweet your questions using #AskMSDStudents
— Twitter (@Twitter) March 16, 2018

After our post, Kyle tweeted this at Twitter on his missing invite:

Survivor? ✅
Student? ✅ (reluctantly)
Activist? ✅ (kinda sorta)
Invite? ❌❌ https://t…

The history of the natural world is written in genetic code. Sometimes, these snippets brave cataclysms and time to deliver the truth safely back to scientists. More often than not, what DNA has to tell us about the past is so unusual that it would otherwise beggar disbelief. Genes are not just honest faces that […]
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A documentary shines a spotlight on the grim relationship between race and cancer.

Well, White House reporter Jim Acosta, who famously complained about CNN not getting to ask any questions at the briefing, will finally be happy as Sarah Sanders is once again calling on his network. Although Acosta is on vacation this week and Sarah has been calling on his replacement, Jeff Zeleny, it’s still the same thing, right?

Jim Acosta has been been whining for weeks about @PressSec not calling on him…

Crowdfunding has been one of the great success stories of the Internet. Various websites allow creators to show their inventions to the world, and people who want to see them become reality can pledge money to support them. People who otherwise would have no access to funding can make their dreams reality. Unfortunately, dreams are […]
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A lot of scientific evidence suggests that the world once experienced a flood so large that it covered the entire planet, wiping out animals and people. In the Western world, everyone knows the legend of Noah’s Ark and the idea of The Great Flood is deeply tied to many religions. It turns out that nearly […]
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Breaking news…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was about 24 hours away from retirement:

BREAKING: Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he's fired former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, effective immediately. – @AP
— FOX 12 Oregon KPTV (@fox12oregon) March 17, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has fired Deputy Director Andrew McCabe two days before retirement…

Keeping up with the news is hard. So hard, in fact, that we’ve decided to save you the hassle by rounding up the most significant, unusual, or just plain old mind-blowing stories each week. The big story this week was the continuing fallout from the likely Russian assassination attempt in Britain last Sunday. As London […]
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