The Empire State Building is a New York City landmark. Almost 1 in 10 tourists to NYC visit the building each year and make the trip all the way to the top–over 4 million people each year. don’t look down Its spire is famous in its own right, towering over Manhattan and acting as…
When we looked at the future in the 1950s and 1960s, we brimmed with optimism at the possibilities. A world not in war, flying cars, space colonization, and technology beyond our wildest dreams. and self-driving car threesomes! But now that we’re in that future, most of us are surprised and somewhat disappointed at the result.…
Either Margot Robbie is a shapeshifter, or she’s literally one of the greatest actresses of all time. She goes from looking like Kate Upton if she was hot in The Wolf of Wall Street to a discount Emma Stone in real life. It’s like a Playboy model turning into your nerdy little sister. And in…
Apparently, in Sweden, being too buff is a crime: Police in Malmö, southern Sweden, asked the muscly man on the street if he had been taking performance enhancing drugs. The man evaded the questions, prompting police to search his apartment. Aren’t you glad you live in America, when you can be as buff as you…
Shoplifting seems like something of the past these days, since just about everything over $2 has one of those little scanners on it to prevent you from lifting it on the shelf. Buying a damn razor nearly requires a government security clearance. So it’s a mystery as to how a couple was able to shoplift…
A 9-foot great white shark tagged for research off the coast of Australia mysteriously disappeared recently, leaving only the tracking device to wash ashore. Great white sharks don’t just…go missing out of nowhere. And as an “apex predator”, great whites are the top of the top of the food chain, able to take on anything…
Golf is one of those sacred, ancient sports where you can seemingly make things up as you go along. Compare this to football, where you’re likely not drinking beer on the sidelines. Also, if there’s so much as a hint of drizzle, golfers are more likely to pack it in than the guys wearing shoulder…
What if I told you there was a company in America that has access to everything about you: what you buy, where you drive, what you eat, what you say, where you work, what you watch, and whether or not that thing you picked up at CVS was a pregnancy test? (and store brand too,…
It’s the sea serpent of sailor lore, and it’s been spotted for one of the first times ever. You hear all the time about the Giant Squid being captured on film, a 50-ft-long beast with eyes the size of dinner plates. But you think—there’s gotta be bigger stuff out there. The ocean is a huge…
It’s one of the most unassuming buildings in one of the world’s most well-known cities: a simple white office building that houses something very important. It gently hovers over the end of Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles, with lettering that reads: “One Wilshire”. nope, not that big one. the smaller one, off to the right…