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Amid the heatwave that struck California over the last few days, Death Valley’s Furnace Creek recorded the hottest recorded temperature in the U.S. since 1913. On Sunday, Furnace Creek in the deserts of Southern California reached a temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit, the NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center confirmed. It is expected that the high temps in SoCal will […]
Y’all remember Blockbuster? Remember having to leave your house to rent a movie? Well now you can relive that film lover’s nostalgia with the help of Airbnb. According to Variety, the company is opening up the world’s last Blockbuster for overnight rentals in Bend, Oregon. On Aug. 17, people will be able to book the video […]
Cast Away could’ve been a lot shorter. Three men were rescued from a small Pacific island after drawing a massive SOS signal in the sand that was spotted from the air, authorities told the Associated Press. The men were stranded on Pikelot Island—an uninhabited spot in the Micronesia archipelago—for nearly three days before searchers on an Australian […]
Anyone with a bird-feeder knows that squirrels love to steal treats that aren’t meant for them. This moved one former NASA and Apple engineer to come up with a clever way to combat these menaces. YouTuber Mark Rober is famous for answering science questions, building intricate structures, and conducting engineering experiments on his channel. He’s recently been entangled […]
Keep your wits about you when ordering seemingly innocuous pizza, as a lack of Chuck E. Cheese-related trivia knowledge might result in the social distancing-complicating arrival of a pie that only further amplifies one’s trust issues. Apparently, as many on the timeline are finding out with palpable chagrin, Chuck E. Cheese has been listing its […]
Since most sensible people across the United States are wearing masks when shopping, two shoplifters took it upon themselves to steal with bizarre homemade headgear. TMZ reports that two individuals in Louisa, Virginia stole from a gas station convenience store about a week ago with hollowed-out watermelons on their heads. While two people were responsible for […]
Following a report that Joe Exotic‘s legal team would be ramping up its massive campaign to secure a presidential pardon for the Tiger King subject and meme-inspirer, a reliably bizarre video has been released in which the team pleads directly to Trump regarding what they feel is “a failure of justice.” “They say everything is […]
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will allow the United States to mine the moon for resources. As the Guardian points out, the executive order indicates that the country doesn’t see space as a “global commons,” ignoring the 1979 Moon Treaty. Titled “Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources,” the […]
The Weeknd‘s latest entry in the After Hours promo catalog boasted more than a few unexpected moments of candor. One such moment saw Abel looking back on the first time he heard Usher‘s 2012 single “Climax,” which he assessed as one of the examples he noticed at the time of how his own House of Balloons project had […]
Not that it bears even the slightest semblance of urgency right now, what with distancing of the social variety and related real world perplexities, but John Mayer has addressed Jessica Simpson‘s recent Open Book memoir. Mayer appeared on Wednesday’s Watch What Happens Live, ultimately discussing a number of topics that briefly included the aforementioned Open Book. […]
