Dean Koontz's The Eyes of Darkness is a 1981 thriller that mentions germ warfare lab in Wuhan that develops a virus called Wuhan-400, which is then accidentally leaked. It's an… Read the rest of the article: Wuhan virus appeared in 1981 thriller novel
Famed Columbia University Ob-Gyn Dr. Robert Hadden was arrested in 2012 for licking a patient's vagina, but prosecutors didn't press charges, so Dr. Hadden went back to work. In the… Read the rest of the article: Dozens of woman now accuse prominent Columbia University Ob-Gyn of sexual assault
This video has the internet legitimately divided . Dude is in the last seat on the plane. Seat doesn’t recline. Hers does. And she reclines. He’s upset, and is punching… Read the rest of the article: American Airlines threatened to arrest me, says woman whose seat was continuously punched by man sitting behind her
Last week I posted the sad tale of Alec, a man who bought a used Tesla at auction and was saddened when Tesla later remotely disabled the car's autodrive feature.… Read the rest of the article: Tesla restored autopilot feature to used car, saying the whole thing was a "miscommunication"
Utah police say Ryan Sentelle State (37) scored free hotel rooms by releasing mice and hamsters in the room and then demanding a free room to compensate him for the… Read the rest of the article: Gentleman arrested for using mice and hamsters to get free hotel rooms
The Jolly Roger Telephone Company is a subscription service that answers phone calls from suspected scammers and connects them to a bot that will happily chat with them for hours,… Read the rest of the article: Telemarket scammer talks to a bot for over 10 minutes
Let the co-creator of Prime Climb explain how to play this fast-moving game of quickly changing fortunes. It's on sale today on Amazon.
Bret Michael Wilson (57) (aka the "Nighttime Nailer") received a 30-day sentence for criminal mischief and four counts of disorderly conduct after admitting that he had thrown roofing nails onto… Read the rest of the article: Gentleman who tossed buckets on nails on Oregon roads for two years given a 30-day jail sentence
In the new book, Sinking in the Swamp: How Trump's Minions and Misfits Poisoned Washington, by Lachlan Markay and Asawin Suebsaeng, it's revealed that Trump appeared to have an interest… Read the rest of the article: Trump showed an inordinate interest in badgers, according to new book
NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) said a "potentially hazardous" asteroid is headed our way.
Robo Revenge is the latest brainchild of Joshua Browder, creator of the robolawyer parking-ticket-fighting app called DoNotPay. Robo Revenge gives you a burner credit card, which provides its robolawyer with… Read the rest of the article: Robo Revenge automates the process of suing telemarketers
This video has the internet legitimately divided . Dude is in the last seat on the plane. Seat doesn’t recline. Hers does. And she reclines. He’s upset, and is punching… Read the rest of the article: Plane passenger says she's reporting seat-puncher to the FBI
I have a few questions about this video of Joe Biden giving a talk to some kids at a swimming pool. First, is it fake? I don't think so, but… Read the rest of the article: What in the world is Joe Biden going on about in this video?
The incredible Julia Garner stars in the upcoming horror movie, The Assistant, which Vanity Fair says, "tracks a day in the life of Jane (Julia Garner), a recent college graduate… Read the rest of the article: The Assistant is a horror movie inspired by Harvey Weinstein
I love old paperbacks, especially their great hand-lettered titles. I grabbed a few from my shelf to show you what I mean: Not many books feature hand-lettering, but there are… Read the rest of the article: Interested in hand-lettering? Here's a book for you
An elementary school teacher in Pennsylvania called police after a kindergarten-aged girl pointed a "finger gun" pretended to shoot her. The child was not arrested. From CNN: Administrators concluded that… Read the rest of the article: Teacher calls cops on 6-year-old with Down syndrome who pointed a finger gun at her
Last June, Chloe Haines (26) was on a flight from Dalaman in Turkey. She suddenly got out of her seat and shouted to the 206 other people on board, "I… Read the rest of the article: Passenger who tried to open plane door during flight given 2-year sentence
Within Disney's fantastically complicated five-tier ticket pricing scheme, the cost of a one-day pass has increased from $199 to $209 per day. Here are other highlights from the SFGate article… Read the rest of the article: Disney one-day passes now cost more than $200
The US Marshals, the agency tasked with the management of criminal assets, should have held onto the bitcoin they've seized. According to security company CEO Jameson Lopp's US Marshals Bitcoin… Read the rest of the article: US Marshals are bad at bitcoin hodling
The Q took a fist-sized rock and made it into a zipper coin purse. I'm not sure why, but it's fun to watch the process. Image: YouTube
