People increasingly live in an age where facts don't matter and the matters of fact are scorned as myths. As the very idea of objective truth dangles at the precipice of Orwellian irrelevance, many people say they want to know the truth about Oreo cows.
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Let's address the elephant in the room: a truly rare chicken is a terrible idea. It puts you at risk of salmonella, so make sure to always cook it all the way through. Awesome jokes aside, let's take a look at what just might be the single rarest chicken breed in the world.
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Maybe the truth about the black zones on Google Earth is that some places on Earth don't need to be and probably shouldn't be seen by every human with internet access. But that's boring, and this is an age where pizzazz matters more than facts and logic.
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Paper airplanes are easily the greatest thing since sliced tree corpses. But if they're supposed to be airplanes, then shouldn't they need to be powered by little paper engines and steered by little paper pilots with little paper flasks full of alcohol? How do gliders fly without engines?
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Elon Musk: to some, he is the Iron Man of the real world. To others, he is a grinning billionaire ego bro who got high with Joe Rogan. Now, Musk's Tesla, Inc. has at long last reached the pinnacle of human achievement, as revealed at a press event on November 21st, 2019. All hail the Cybertruck.
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The fact that the butterfly effect is still associated more with Ashton Kutcher than actual science points to the obvious -- people generally find pop culture more interesting than popular science. But all that may change, because butterflies are now affecting what scientists think about evolution.
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Science has been super-busy, unearthing secrets ways for us to get smarter. You may already be amping up your brain without even realizing it!
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If you're an observant passenger, you've probably noticed that on each side of the cabin there is one tiny little triangle, either black or red, perched up above the window. What's the deal with that? It's not some creepy representation of the Bermuda Triangle, right? Yikes!
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One of the more interesting measurements in a dog is its pure strength. When you absolutely, positively need to find a dog that even the most muscular dude at Muscle Beach would struggle to hold when it decides to finally go after that squirrel, what breed will you turn to? Let's find out!
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Nowadays, it's more important than ever to own your own cow. But in this economy, it's becoming more and more difficult for young people to own property with enough grazing area for that thrill-a-minute cow ownership lifestyle. That's where miniature cows come in. Here's how much they cost.
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There are many species of tapeworm, though for some reason all their names are pronounced like a blood-curdling scream. They belong to a class of flatworms that contains more than 1,000 species. That's a lot of parasites to choose from, and the one you swallow could end up being way longer than you.
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Apparently, the soul isn't the only thing chicken soup is good for -- based on findings from a British primary school's National Science Week project, it's also great for malaria.
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If you're trying to find a canine companion who will stay by your side a little longer than others, which breed should you turn to? As it happens, there's one particular breed of doggo that's known to keep chasing squirrels for more years than most, and you might've never heard of them...
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If you, like so many of us, like to take a couple of minutes every day to learn something that will make you scream and cry and lock yourself in an airtight room, then good news: there's a chance that, right this minute, a tapeworm is living inside your brain. How did it get there?
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The domain of science fiction is shrinking into science fact -- the same week we learned you can make vodka from carbon dioxide, the company Air Protein has announced it can make a form of meat from thin air.
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At different times in history, a variety of materials have held the featherweight crown, with one in particular largely determined to be the lightest. Now, understand ahead of time, you won't be able to make furniture out of this stuff, but the world's lightest material is amazing in its own right.
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If you're itching for a chicken that you can comfortably smuggle through airport security in your fanny pack, boy, have we got great news for you. Look upon the Serama, a breed of Kentucky fried excellence coming to you from Malaysia. The Serama came here to do two things: be small and act big.
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Cow tipping has been a mainstay of the rural coming-of-age hijinks experience for decades, which begs the questions "what?" and "seriously?" and "is life in the wide open spaces of America's heartland really so dull that forcibly rotating livestock 90 degrees passes for entertainment?"
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There are several possible reasons that you might need to know what the heaviest object in the world is. Maybe you have a five year old who refuses to go to sleep until you tell them, or maybe you're looking for something to compare your rotund opponent to in a forthcoming roast battle...
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Cats are the ultimate high-landers in that they can plummet from high-rises and walk away mostly unscathed. In a kinder world they would also be Highlanders like Connor MacLeod. Then it could fall from the clouds without risking a whisker. But since they're not, which cat breed lives the longest?
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In 2019, a python measuring between 11.5 and 13 feet long was photographed regurgitating "an even fatter python of about the same length." Is there anything a snake can't cram through its cavernous maw? What's the biggest thing it can handle?
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Vodka isn't typically associated with much more than underage consumption and the taste of impending shame. Isn't it about time everyone's favorite flavorless spirit got some positive press? The folks at Air Co. would be inclined to agree. After all, they're making vodka from air pollution.
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Remember getting called out of class to have someone comb through your hair with a popsicle stick? What was all that about? Why were they sending home ominous slips of paper warning parents about "infestations" and grooming children like chimpanzees? Lice, of course! But can they get in your beard?
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Just like mankind, Mother Nature likes to screw around with animals. This is true in the strange case of the world's largest frog, a behemoth from the rain forests of Western Africa. How big is it? Let's just say it's "Goliath" sized.
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Your odds of death by shark attack are 1 in 3.7 million, which are lower than death by fireworks, lightning, or car accident combined. But attacks happen, and, as we've all heard, the best thing to do is bop the flesh eating aggressor on its schnoz. But does this actually work?
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In 2019, the residents of a house in Australia had a strange day when it started raining puppies. Well, to be fair, ABC News tells us it was just the one puppy. The adorable Wandi turned out to be a pure alpine dingo, making this random stray an extremely rare member of an endangered species.
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In the pantheon of shelled reptiles, there is only one turtle truly fit for royalty. It is the most expensive turtle in the world. And it isn't even a ninja.
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