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TL;DR: Save 73% on this WordPress plugin that automatically generates AI articles based on your chosen topics. Lay back, shut your eyes, and let AI run your blog. How? While you're cozied up on the couch (with your favorite binge-watching series playing in the background, of ...
Teflon was accidentally discovered in 1938 by DuPont chemists while they were trying to develop new refrigerants to replace dangerous, explosive ones used in the 1920s-30s. Rudy Molinek wrote a piece for The Smithsonian titles 'The Long, Strange History of Teflon, the...
A deadly mosquito virus has hit Massachusetts, killing a man and causing at least 10 towns near Boston to sound the alarm. Many have called off public activities and events, and closed their parks after sundown. The 80-year-old victim was a man in Worcester (next door to...
If you want to try writing with a cheap plastic disposable pen, the BIC Crystal is the pen for you. I hate scribbling back and forth on a piece of paper, trying to get a rollerball pen to start flowing after they've sat for a long time. — Read the rest The post Fun facts...
Layla, the 13-year-old bat dog for the Clearwater Threshers, a minor league affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, is retiring. Her replacement is her little sister, Lucy May. Lucy May took the field as scheduled but got a little overexcited. She proceeded to run past the...
'Any consumers who buy organic food because they believe that it contains more healthful nutrients than conventional food are wasting their money.' says Joseph D. Rosen, emeritus professor of food toxicology at Rutgers. This quote appears in a 'mythbusting' article about...
Donald Trump, who can no longer mask his cognitive decline, slurred and then glitched out once again, this time in a post. Usually, the discombobulated candidate, approaching 80 years old, slips up while speaking, forgetting where he is, imagining Hannibal the Cannibal to be ...
Scientists have found that a pile of goo can play Pong if you give it a little electricity as a boost. It can also learn to get better over time. The Manchester, UK, team added ions to a polymer to make it react to electricity. — Read the rest The post Scientists teach goo...
RFK Jr.'s campaign was on life support. Polling at less than 4%, his funds were evaporating, and so was the media attention he desperately needed to stay relevant. Taking a cue from his wriggling brain-eating worms, Bobby Jr. began searching for a new host body to infest. —...
Someone at Ikea thinks an online used furniture outlet is a huge deal. Want to get rid of your Grönkulla? Do you need a matching Flärdfull, but they've been discontinued for years and replaced with a Mjorniastar? Ikea may soon have your back. — Read the rest The post "A...
I grew up when Pluto was a planet. But, as you no doubt know, 18 years ago, on August 24, 2006, poor Pluto was downgraded from a regular ol' planet planet to a dwarf planet. KCRA explains that: the International Astronomical Union voted to strictly define a planet,...
TL;DR: Microsoft's most up-to-date OS, Windows 11 Pro, is its most gamer-friendly edition. It's now on sale for only $19.97 (reg. $199) through September 1! What's the one thing that keeps you going after long days of Zoom calls or crunching numbers at your day job? — Read...
The two campaigns argue over whether to leave mics hot during the debate. Trump's folks want them off. The Harris campaign knows that their candidate is clearly in control of what she says and thinks before she speaks. Donald Trump's people show no such confidence. — Read...
YouTuber WhistlinDiesel shows his Cubertruck snap and shares some stories and photos from others who have suffered similar critical failures. This YouTuber shoves the problem in Tesla's face. Demonstrating that the testing he put his Cybertruck through should not have...
Matthew Dominick is a former test pilot, NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission commander, and a fantastic 'amateur' astrophotographer. This gorgeous time-lapse captures a stunning aurora, the setting moon, and a brilliant sunrise. NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander of...
Len Salt, mayor of the sparsely-populated Thames-Coromandel District on the coast of New Zealand, offered a succinct reply to a sovereign citizen who requested private informationa about council staff: 'Go f✴ck yourself,' Salt wrote. Newshub reports that the message was...
The next time I need help reimagining my indoor space, I know who to call—a cute and clever golden retriever dog named Blueberry, who his humans describe as a '5-year-old golden retriever, interior decorator, master pointer.' Blueberry has an eye for this sort of...
A $100 million gift to the country's national parks is the largest ever received, reports the National Park Service, and will have a 'transformative' impact. It comes from Lilly Endowment, a philanthropic group established by the descendents of Eli Lilly, founder of the...
Aussies bothered by their bosses at home can now rest assured they cannot be punished for ignoring such after-hours demands. Lawmakers there passed a 'right to disconnect' bill designed to end the creep of work into home life—and an explosion of unpaid overtime. — Read the...
Martin Shkreli paid a reported $2m for the only copy of the Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, a beautiful artifact that he thereby agreed to make no copies, broadcasts or public performances of. He being a notorious fraud and drug price-hiker, though, these...
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