🪰 Arrr, Matey: How Luxury Cruise Ships Fight Off Pirates
Pirates still roam the seas, but today’s luxury cruise ships have a few surprisingly weird tricks waiting for anyone dumb enough to climb aboard.
Odd News
Human Behavior
🪰 Duolingo: How A Toxic Little Owl Destroyed Language Learning
Duolingo got millions of us addicted to learning a language. The trouble is, we got better at the game than the language.
Strange History
🪰 Cypress Gardens, 1936: Sexy Water-Skiing Babes, Flirty Southern Belles, and One Really Freaky Backstory…
Before Disney, Florida had hoop skirts, Hollywood stars, tropical gardens, and people stacking themselves on water skis. Cypress Gardens was gloriously weird.
Pop Culture
🪰 Have You Noticed Nobody Shops at Macy’s Anymore?
Macy’s used to be the reason you went to the mall. Now investors may be more interested in the dirt underneath it.
Odd News
🪰 It’s 1976, You Walk Into Your Local 7-Eleven, Here’s What Happens Next…
Your mom sent you for milk, but the Slurpee machine was calling your name.
Food
🪰 The 3-Ingredient Farm Suppers Nobody Makes Anymore
Turns out, Grandma could feed a farmhouse with less than what’s currently hiding in your crisper.
Pop Culture
🪰 The Conversation Pit Is Back, Baby, and It’s Groovier Than Ever
Before group chats, we had shag carpet, fondue, and a hole in the floor.
Pop Culture
🪰 Have You Ever Seen The Inside of An Etch A Sketch? It’s Freaking Wild…
That little red box was hiding a surprisingly weird secret the whole time.
Weird Science
🪰 Why Are American Men Losing Their Adam’s Apple?
The missing neck bump is only the beginning.
Human Behavior
🪰 Some Email Scams Are Misspelled and Dumb on Purpose. And the Reason Is Pure Genius
That scam email might be badly written and very good at its job.