It's like something out of a middling SNL sketch from 2017: armed guards guarding bumper avocado crops, protecting their harvest with deadly force when necessary. It's a strange, semi-dystopian truth: avocado farmers in Mexico have taken to guarding their fields with full-on military grade weaponry.
Read MoreThe most famous scientists in history seem to have one thing in common: they're all men. But, the old saying goes, behind every great man is a great woman. A lot of great women playing invaluable roles in scientific breakthroughs. Here are some of the most underappreciated women in science history.
Read MoreKaren Carpenter, one half of the brother-sister duo The Carpenters, and the velvet voice behind hits like "Close to You" and "Top of the World," enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in the 1970s only to literally disappear before her fans' very eyes. This is the tragic real-life story of Karen Carpenter.
Read MoreWe have a fairly good idea about the fastest dogs in the world. The fastest dog breed, according to Care, is the greyhound. But what about the slowest man's best friends out there? Is there really no love for them?
Read MoreGuns pack a lot of energy into a tiny area, meaning the bullets they shoot move fast and go far. How far can a bullet travel? It really depends what kind of gun you have and what kind of bullet you have, but here are some popular answers.
Read MoreHalloween is the scariest night of the year already. Unfortunately, some people take all the fun and games out of Halloween by getting criminal. These are some of the most frightening crimes ever to occur on Halloween.
Read MoreSometimes, the best laid April Fools' Day pranks of mice and men blow up in the joker's face — in serious ways. These are some of the worst in recent history.
Read MoreMost businesses, you'd think, would have a name that's meaningful to the titans of industry who created them. In the case of Amazon and founder Jeff Bezos, that's not the case. Let's take a look at how a company that got its start selling stacks of thinly sliced trees wound up being called Amazon.
Read MoreJeff Bezos. You may know him as the real-life embodiment of Lex Luthor, that rich bald guy, or that bald rich guy. What you may not know is that the Amazon founder is the richest man in the world by a considerable margin. But just how much money does Jeff Bezos make per hour?
Read MoreFourteen of the 20 richest people in the world are Americans. In fact, with 607 billionaires in its ranks, America has the most crazy-rich people of any country in the world, according to Business Insider. China comes in second, with 324. Amateurs. But how many billionaires are there in the world?
Read MoreDespite what WWE fans used to chant, Kurt Angle never sucked. Any wrestler who could verbally take down the Undertaker and physically take down the one-man wrecking crew Brock Lesnar in a real-life wrestling match, as Angle did once, couldn't possibly suck, and his net worth proves it.
Read MoreFor eons, people have relished in the tales of man's hubris, from the tragedy of Daedelus and Icarus to Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park series. In the late 80s, a guy named Wally bred the world's first Labradoodles and he's been regretting it ever since. Let's dig into why that is.
Read MoreFew people would say that floating hotels aren't cool, but as Brisbane Times writes, Kim Jong-un is one of those people. On October 24, 2019, the North Korean leader and hotel hater ordered the removal of Hotel Haegumgang, a former Australian luxury hotel now located in his domain.
Read MoreCalifornia's new Wildlife Traffic Safety Act will establish three yet-undetermined pilot regions where drivers can "salvage" meat from any animal accidentally killed by a vehicle. This "roadkill bill" will allow thousands of pounds of deer, elk, pronghorn antelope and wild pig meat to be put to use.
Read MoreHedgehogs: They're cute as a button. They're tribbles with attitude. They're notoriously difficult to get right when you paint them blue and put shoes on them, apparently. Here then, for the curious reader, is the unfortunate truth of owning a hedgehog as a pet.
Read MoreOriginally founded as the American Messenger, UPS wasn't wedded to the color brown at the beginning. But as kings of efficiency, their color choices were dictated by cost saving. Brown didn't show dirt. Another way the company cuts costs is using translucent roofs for the trucks.
Read MoreThe Bangles made everybody want to walk like an Egyptian, unless that Egyptian was King Tut, who likely "died from a broken leg." Good thing he was rich enough to afford all to be carried for life. But who was the richest Egyptian pharaoh ever?
Read MoreWhich Star Trek captain is the best? Here, we'll take a deep, objective look at six decades of Star Trek history to decide, categorically, which Starfleet captains did and did not suck real hard.
Read MoreAs lead singer for The Smiths, Morrissey was the guy who provided the background for a thousand coming of age tales. Since then, the idol you remember has started spraying a steady stream of manure every time he opens his mouth. Here are some messed up details about Morrissey.
Read MoreCorn maze is a funny phrase, because it's a maze made out of maize. But if your sense of direction is less than that of carrier pigeon, the experience might end up being less than amazing. Here are a few kernels of wisdom to help find your way out of a corn maze.
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg is definitely not a Facebook friend in need. CNBC reports that on the CEO's 34th birthday he was earning an average of $6 million a day for each day of his life. If you break it down further, the social media mogul earned $1,712,328 per hour.
Read MoreWhich cat breeds are most dangerous to own Obviously, deadly exotic pets like lions and tigers take first prize for the most dangerous cat breeds. According to Big Cat Rescue, a four-year study found that captive tigers are 500 times deadlier than dogs.
Read MoreWhile death sucks for everyone, at least you can be sure that your body will be treated respectfully and laid to rest according to your wishes. Actually, let's just crush that fantasy a little with these stories of posthumous adventure. Here are crazy things that happened to people after death.
Read MoreEven the smallest of women has an innate strength. According to the Indy Star, the current title goes to Jessica Fithen. Having just won the heavyweight division of the Palmer, Alaska-based Strongest Woman in the World contest, we can only assume she puts the "fit" in "Fithen."
Read MoreThere are two people in the world whose combined wealth is greater than many of the world's countries combined. If Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos were to combine their wealth, amounting to $220 billion, their worth would rank them as the 52nd richest "country" in the world.
Read MoreWhat may have once been a college fantasy has turned into an adult nightmare for a man diagnosed with a condition that causes him to produce a beer-like substance in his gut after consuming carbohydrates, making him drunk. The condition is now known as "auto-brewery syndrome."
Read MoreIt might not be surprising that the oldest references to specific dog breeds come from some of the oldest civilizations we're aware of. According to Guinness World Records, the oldest official dog breed in the world is the saluki, with roots that can be traced all the way back to 329 BC.
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