by Editor | May 27, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Atlantic Hawaii’s Feral Chickens Are Out of Control Polynesians brought chickens’ wild ancestors to the islands. Europeans brought domestic chickens. Now they’ve mixed, and are everywhere. By Tove Danovich Cory Lum / NYT / Redux On the island of Kauai,...
by Editor | May 23, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Daily Mail Huge swathes of Mexico are blanketed in dust as Popocatépetl volcano continues to spew ash and dust, with 3M ordered to prepare for evacuation By STEPHEN M. LEPORE Around three million people have been ordered to evacuate as huge swathes...
by Editor | May 21, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Wall Street Journal A Global Scavenger Hunt for Classified Documents Pits Gamers vs. U.S. The government secrets leaked on Discord have become fodder for users seeking fun and attention By Jessica Donati Videogame enthusiasts are scouring popular social-media...
by Editor | May 20, 2023 | Weirdness
from BBC Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before By Rebecca Morelle and Alison Francis The world’s most famous shipwreck has been revealed as never seen before. The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which lies 3,800m...
by Editor | May 18, 2023 | Weirdness
from AP Dubai’s next big thing? Perhaps a $5 billion man-made ‘moon’ as the city’s real estate market booms By NICK EL HAJJ (Michael Henderson/Moon World Resorts via AP) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Who says you cannot reach for the moon? A proposed $5 billion...
by Editor | May 16, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Wall Street Journal For Many Big Cities, It’s Their First Rodeo. ‘You Don’t Do That In Cowboy World’ Bull riding is becoming more popular in metro areas, and that poses hurdles—trucking dirt through traffic to the arena and teaching manners; no booing...