■ A Virginia teenager was booted out of her prom after fathers acting as chaperones complained that her sparkly mini-dress would “cause the young men at the prom to think impure thoughts.”The 17-year-old had made sure the dress met Richmond Homeschool Prom’s regulations for length. But she said dads who were “ogling” her as she danced suddenly sent a security […]
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Studies have shown that cockroaches break wind on the average of every 15 minutes. Even after death they will continue to release methane for up to 18 hours. In a global scale, insect flatulence is estimated to account for 20% of all methane emissions. This puts the cockroach as one of the biggest contributors to Global Warming.
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A rare crested macaque that took a now internationally famous “selfie” cannot own the copyright to the photograph because he is not human, a U.S. judge ruled in a suit brought by animal rights group PETA on behalf of the monkey. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals brought the case in September on behalf of the seven-year-old monkey Naruto […]
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Americans have expressed extreme frustration with their main choices in the 2016 presidential election. They’ve either got Hillary Clinton, the Wall Street boosting autocrat or the outspoken Donald Trump. As a test to see exactly how dissatisfied the American public is with their voting options, the Public Policy Polling firm suggested a hypothetical third candidate in their latest 2016 election […]
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■ So that’s where some of those bitter lyrics come from. Three years ago, according to a new story in RadarOnline.com, Taylor Swift lost her virginity to Jake Gyllenhaal, but was left heartbroken when he failed to attend her 21st birthday party. A source tells the website that the country starlet had been “saving herself for marriage” until she fell […]
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