Iowa Grants Gun Licenses to the Blind
Iowa is granting permits to acquire or carry guns in public to people who are legally or completely blind.
When the Aliens Are Invaded
Immigrants to the U.S. lose their native mix of gut microbes almost immediately after arriving in the U.S. (podcast).
Skull-collecting Ants
The ant species Formica archboldi keeps the skull-like head capsules of its prey after squirting victims with a powerful acid.
This Tiny House Runs on Coffee Grinds
Allegedly.
Superman as Vigilante?
Superman was originally a vigilante who destroyed a slum to force the government to build better housing for the poor, and who often used lethal force to attack wife beaters, profiteers, and lynch mobs.
Coke Float
A can of diet coke will float in water, While a can of regular coke will sink.
California's Changing Car Culture
10% of new cars sold in California are plug-ins.
This American Criminal Was Turned Into a Boot
George Parrott, also known as "Big Nose George," was an outlaw in Wyoming who was hanged by an angry mob in 1881 for attempted train robbery. As Parrott had no family to claim his corpse, a local doctor named John Eugene Osborn autopsied him to study the brains of criminals. After the brain was studied (nothing remarkable), Osborn gave the corpse's skin to a tannery with instructions to make it into a medicine bag and a pair of shoes. Doctor Osborn later became the first Democratic Governor of Wyoming. He wore the shoes to his inaugural ball.
Red Wolves Saved by Lawyers
The red wolves did the same thing you do when you get in trouble; they called their lawyers. As a consequence, they are being protected from the Trump Administration by a federal court.
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