In a new marketing campaign, Burger King has announced that it’s blacklisting 120 artificial ingredients, including high-fructose corn syrup, food dyes, and preservatives, from its menus. This campaign seems to be an extension of the company’s 2020 ad to distance their food from artificial ingredients. That ad featured a time-lapse of a Whopper aging and...
Laura Young thought she found a bargain at Goodwill when she bought a statue for just $34.99. She buckled the 50-pound bust into the backseat of her car and drove home. But when the antiques seller looked up “Roman bust” she realized the piece might be worth more than she initially thought. In fact, the...
Michaela DePrince is a famous ballerina, a soloist at the Boston Ballet, featured in Beyoncé and Madonna music videos, and starred in the film adaptation of the ballet Coppelia. However, she came from the most unlikely origins. She grew up in an orphanage where she was called the devil’s child because of her vitiligo, a...
A relatively new study seems to indicate that class clowns in middle school may be the smartest students in class. Class clowns have a bad rap for being attention-seeking, immature, and disruptive during lessons. However, researchers found a correlation between humor abilities and overall intelligence in their sixth- and seventh-grade participants. Class Clowns May Be...
There are many people who are constantly adjusting their homes, from moving around furniture, changing the decor, to shifting every picture so they’re at the perfect angle. Vojin Kusic’s wife is one of them. So Kusic, 72, built a rotating house for her, so she could change the views, from cornfields and farmland to forests...
Lt. Brian Zach conducted a welfare check four years ago. Overall, the visit was fairly routine; he was responding to a call about a toddler allegedly being beaten by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend. However, he was actually saving the daughter he would soon adopt. At that point, Kaila was two years old and...
Sisters hold a special place in their families. They may borrow clothes without permission, tease the other kids, tattle to the parents, and hog the bathroom. But they are often the ones keeping the family together. They are present in good times and bad, bringing their unwavering honesty and loyalty. People who have good relationships...
Summer is officially rolling in. School is wrapping up, the beach is beckoning, and it’s time to swap sweaters for sandals and stews for smoothies. A change of season means new produce is in session. For summer that means cucumbers, cherries, tomatoes, peaches, watermelon, and of course, berries. Strawberries are a favorite for many. They...
If you can’t stand the sight of socks and sandals, look away. Flip flop socks are a thing now. They look atrocious and I want to buy all of them. These socks may look like half socks that dancers wear, except knitted and exceptionally wacky. You may love crazy socks, but what about these glorified...
This banana variety is one of the most incredible things in the world… in my humble opinion. The Blue Java banana is a banana variety popular for its striking similarity to vanilla ice cream in both taste and consistency. It has a sweet, appealing aroma, and it’s called Blue Java because its peel has an...
The Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas is one of the only places to find real diamonds at their source. The park includes a 37-acre field of a volcanic crater. Visitors come to explore and dig for various uncut rocks and gemstones — and they can keep whatever they find. Over 33,100 diamonds have...
There are approximately 3 trillion trees gracing this planet. That may sound a lot, but keep in mind that over 15 billion trees are chopped down every year. Plus, according to a study in the journal Nature, the worldwide number of trees had fallen by about 46% since the beginning of human civilization. [1] After...
