On April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, Riceville, Iowa schoolteacher Jane Elliott ran an incredible social experiment in her third grade classroom. Her "Blue Eyes/Brown… Read the rest of the article: After MLK's assassination, this schoolteacher conducted a legendary social experiment to teach kids about racism
Romanian Cobbler Grigore Lup noticed that people weren't following the rules of social distancing at his local market, so he decided to make long-nosed shoes as a response. His Euro… Read the rest of the article: Fed-up cobbler fashions extra-long social-distancing shoes
More than 64,000 endangered sea turtles are gathered in the world's largest nesting area near Raine Island, Australia, but who's counting? The Great Barrier Reef Foundation, that's who. Their researchers… Read the rest of the article: How do you count more than 60,000 sea turtles?
Sarah Grossman, 22, died after being tear-gassed by police in Columbus, Ohio, reports the Dayton Daily News. Two days passed between her exposure to the gas and pepper spray and… Read the rest of the article: Ohio protestor dies after being tear-gassed by police
From The Intercept: Documents obtained by The Intercept via the Freedom of Information Act reveal that a Pentagon war game, called the 2018 Joint Land, Air and Sea Strategic Special Program,… Read the rest of the article: The Pentagon developed a plan to stop a potential Gen Z rebellion in the 2020s.
"Many young Kiwis are using porn to learn about sex." The New Zealand Government released this PSA as part of their "Keep it Real Online" campaign.
Yes, it's that time again, the time when we ask: What hot garbage did impeached president Donald Trump spew on Twitter this morning.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Australian Reptile Park (@australianreptilepark) Koalas are not functionally extinct, although their population has rapidly declined in recent decades; these numbers have… Read the rest of the article: The first known baby koala since the Australian wildfires has been born in a zoo
Starting on Wednesday afternoon, the trending list on the popular Chinese social media app Weibo will be banned for one week, the Cyberspace Administration of Beijing said, for “interfering with… Read the rest of the article: China censors Weibo for 'interfering with online communication orders, disseminating illegal information'
A statue of Christopher Columbus, the slaver, pimp and arriviste who first colonized the Americas, fell and tripped into a Virginia lake last night. Another was beheaded in Boston. A… Read the rest of the article: Columbus statue trips, falls into lake
The streaming service HBO Max has removed the Civil War racist fantasy film “Gone with the Wind” from its service.
Man, 81, goes on rampage with HTC Vive VR headset
“My work team has been one-upping each other every day during our quarantine meetings with homemade costumes,” says IMGURian @squirrld1. “Here's some of my favorites.”
Well, this isn't creepy at all. Facial recognition search. A facial recognition website based in Poland claims to offer a service in which you can upload a picture of anyone… Read the rest of the article: Upload a photo of anyone to this site to find more images around the internet of that person
Not too long ago, projectors were those rickety old reel-to-reel devices that projected actual film. Now, projectors are as high tech as they come, and portable units are not only… Read the rest of the article: This pocket-sized projector can amplify your phone video up to 10 feet across
In early June, about a week after George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis — followed by the Trump administration gassing and shooting at peaceful protesters — Trump scuttled… Read the rest of the article: Trump's cowardly fence becomes a powerful message board for protestors
After spending months cooped up in the house and with the weather heating up, chances are you've already envisioned and planned your next road trip getaway for once the world… Read the rest of the article: Planning a road trip? Don't hit the road without this luggage carrier
Last January, the BBC released the first episode of a true-crime style podcast called The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Created by Julian Simpson, this story took a Serial-esque approach to a… Read the rest of the article: This true crime podcast is actually a cool modern adaptation of Lovecraft
A striking message from babynames.com today: "Each one of these names was somebody's baby."
Every year, the 5th graders at Wirtz Elementary School in Paramount, California get to have a big jam session concert with real musicians. It's the brainchild of teacher Eric Caruso,… Read the rest of the article: Watch a bunch of 5th graders sing a Minor Threat song
