Category: Predictable
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New species of millipede named after Taylor Swift
The Swift Twisted-Claw Millipede is a “thank you” from Hennen, 32, to Swift, he told NPR. Her music has gotten him through “some rough times,” he said. MORE
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Rattlesnake handler dies ‘doing what he loved’
Rattlesnake Roundup is put on by the Freer Chamber of Commerce, which mourned De Leon’s death in a post on Facebook. MORE
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Professors identify 960 ‘racist’ names in national park system, including Yellowstone
A group of professors and researchers identified 960 places within 16 of the country’s 62 national parks that contain “racist” names that promote “white supremacy,” “racism,” “settler colonialism” or “anti-Indigenous ideologies.” MORE
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Man who received landmark pig heart transplant dies of pig virus
In January, David Bennett, a handyman who suffered from heart failure, underwent a highly experimental surgery at the University of Maryland medical center in which doctors transplanted a genetically modified pig’s heart into him. MORE
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Drone carrying bag of handguns from United States to Canada gets stuck in tree
When Lambton OPP arrived to investigate, they found more than just a drone — attached to it was a plastic shopping bag and inside were 11 handguns, which investigators believe were coming from the United States. MORE
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Police play Disney tunes to prevent video of them on patrol being posted online, lawmaker claims
Disney songs, such as “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from “Toy Story” and “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from “Encanto,” can be heard in the video posted to Santa Ana Audits, a YouTube channel dedicated to filming interactions with Santa Ana Police. MORE
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Man complains about customer service at grocery store, employees proceed to beat his ass and shove him in a closet
“I was trying to leave, that’s when the manager just grabbed me from my neck and he shoved me towards the back where the bathrooms were at,” said Valencia. “They pushed the door shut and they started pounding on me. They started socking me and kicking me.” MORE
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Man angered by gender definitions threatened to bomb Merriam-Webster
Hanson also allegedly threatened other institutions and individuals, including the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Land O’ Lakes, Hasbro, Inc., IGN Entertainment, the President of the University of North Texas, two professors at Loyola Marymount University and a New York City rabbi, the DOJ said. MORE
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Man visits haunted house, gets scared and shoots someone
A trip to a haunted house resulted in a bigger scare than anyone planned, when a patron of the Hollywood Wax Museum Haunted House in Myrtle Beach, S.C., shot one of the workers, cops say. MORE
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Zambian student arrested in Russia on ‘Nazism’ charges for twerking at war memorial
Russian investigators have described her actions as “obscene” and “insulting” and have charged her under Part 4 of Art. 354.1 of the Criminal Code, which accuses a person of “rehabilitating nazism”. MORE
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$2000-a-ticket Coachella event descends into Hunger Games-style chaos
‘Influencers stranded in the dirt with no water, under the hot sun for HOURS, waiting for buses that aren’t coming to bring them to actual festival,’ he wrote, saying that there were ‘alleged fights, screaming, [and] everyone is dizzy.’ MORE
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Nude restaurant turns away customers for being “fat”
A nude restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, called The Amrita Restaurant, has decided to set some new rules for the venue, and no, it doesn’t include putting on clothes. Don’t be shocked; there are some interesting restaurants in Japan. MORE