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"Ma'am, is there a dead baby shark in here?"

Check Out the 10 Weirdest Things the TSA Confiscated in 2020—Including a Dead Baby Shark

The TSA’s prohibited items list doesn’t expressly include dead sharks. (Possibly because the subject doesn’t come up a lot.)

Sea turtles in Israel are being saved by mayonnaise.

How Mayo Is Being Used to Save Sea Turtles

The popular condiment is good on sandwiches but even better for turtles. It's a major tool in an ecological disaster.

Alien Almost Had a Much Darker Ending

Studio executives threatened to fire director Ridley Scott after he pitched his original ending for 'Alien.'

Unusual Half-Male, Half-Female Northern Cardinal Spotted in Pennsylvania

If you’re bird-watching near Warren County, Pennsylvania, keep an eye out for this beautiful rare bird.

Tasha Marks created This Sea of Sugar Knows No Bounds, a mixed media piece made of sugar, rosewater, and wood, for the Istanbul Design Biennial.

The Decadent Art of Renaissance-Era Sugar Sculptures—and Their Not-So-Sweet History

Food has been used as an artistic medium since ancient times, but its sweetest period may have been the Renaissance, when sugar sculptures graced the tables of Europe’s most elite—but at what price?

Buttergate Has Canadians Upset Over Their Buttery Spreads

Sticks of rubbery butter have prompted a flood of complaints from Canadians in recent weeks. There are theories, but no pat solution.

Accidentally Deleted Photos Off Your iPhone? Here's How to Get Them Back

If you accidentally hit "delete" while browsing your iPhone's camera roll, here's how to undo your mistake and recover your photos.

Why Five Guys Always Serves Their Burgers Well Done

Five Guys Burgers and Fries accommodates customers in many ways, but they won't serve you beef cooked rare or medium.

Fred Hampton: "You Can Jail A Revolutionary, But You Can't Jail A Revolution"

10 Facts About Black Panther Party Leader Fred Hampton

Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton was just 21 years old when he was tragically killed during a police raid on his apartment on December 4, 1969. But his legacy endures.

Rock salt can damage concrete driveways.

The Reason You Should Never Spread Rock Salt on Concrete Driveways

Millions of people treat slippery surfaces with rock salt, but it can wind up doing your driveway a lot more harm than good.

Cats vs. Dogs: This Map Shows Which Pet the World Prefers

To settle the cats vs. dogs debate, check out this map showing which countries are cat lovers and which ones prefer dogs.

How to Turn the Apple Logo on the Back of Your iPhone Into a Customizable Button

PSA: You can program the Apple logo on the back of your iPhone to perform all sorts of tasks at the tap of your finger.

How to Remove a Sticker From 5 Different Surfaces

You don’t *have* to remove sticker residue from glass jars before you reuse them, but you probably want to.

Feast Afrique, A Digital Archive Dedicated to West African Cuisine, Is Now Online

Feast Afrique is an online library that gathers recipes and culinary texts from the past 200 years of African diasporan history.

Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) in 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

The 50 Best Animated Movies of All Time, According to Rotten Tomatoes

If you haven’t seen ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ (2018) yet, you should. Same goes for ‘Paddington 2’ (2018).

20 Latin Words for Not-So-Lovely Things

Sometimes the dreadful things we must suffer can seem a little less grim when they have the sweet ring, nay—the dulcet tones of euphonious polysyllabic Latin appellations.

The northern lights in northwest Canada.

Transport Yourself With This Northern Lights Livestream

An in-person aurora borealis show might be a little out of range for most of us—this northern lights livestream is the next best thing.

Public bathrooms are uncomfortable for a reason.

The Reason Public Bathroom Stalls Have Gaps

The design of public restrooms guarantees you'll never be all that comfortable. Blame Frank Lloyd Wright.

Miss Piggy and friends on an episode of The Muppet Show.

The Muppet Show Was More Controversial Than You Might Remember

Jim Henson’s ‘The Muppet Show’ is streaming on Disney+, but 18 episodes start with a disclaimer alerting viewers about offensive elements.

Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor in Bridgerton.

20 TV Shows You Should Never Watch With Your Parents

TV show nudity and sex scenes are par for the course in the streaming era—but ‘Bridgerton’ might not be the best choice for a family binge-watch.

Franz Drameh, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones, and John Boyega in Joe Cornish's Attack the Block (2011).

8 Facts About Attack the Block

When 'Attack the Block' arrived in theaters in 2011, it recouped just half of its $11 million budget. The critics, however, were positive in their reviews, and the film became a cult classic.

Watch the Deleted Scene From Titanic That Almost Changed the Ending

Titanic's conclusion ends on a surprisingly uplifting note for Rose, but the ending originally focused on a different character.

The Quest for the North Pole, Episode 6: Third Time’s the Charm

After traveling over hundreds of miles of dangerous ice, Robert Peary believed he had reached his goal: He and his team were the first men to stand at the North Pole. Or were they?

Researchers Uncover 29 Graves at the Original Site of a Razed Black Cemetery in Clearwater, Florida

People have long believed that a 1954 cemetery relocation process in Clearwater, Florida, was incomplete. They were right.

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