Patrick Smith/Getty Images Bubba Watson hit a putt at the Masters that somehow ended up in a bunker at the second hole at Augusta National. Watson was attempting to play aggressively, hoping to sink an eagle putt to help get him back in contention atop the leaderboard. While the shot didn’t work out as planned, […]
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The internet is freaking out that an 11-foot alligator ended up in someone’s indoor pool — but the local police department says it’s ‘just a Florida thing’
DonkeyHotey/ Flickr A Sarasota couple awoke to find an 11-foot American alligator swimming in their indoor pool. The emergency responders seemed to enjoy removing the large animal in a video that’s since gone viral. The Sarasota Sheriff department tweeted “Understand it’s just a #FloridaThing!” Living in Florida means living with the possibility that just about anything […]
11 McDonald’s menu items that ended up being total failures
Associated Press McDonald’s menu items have been hit or miss over the several decades of its existence. Customers used to be able to order their meals super-sized, but a documentary revealed how terrible it was on the body so the fast food chain stopped. Onion Nuggets came out before McNuggets but they were unpopular with […]
This season’s ‘Bachelor’ finale ended in a shocking twist — but there’s reportedly one more surprise coming
ABC/Paul Hebert This season’s “Bachelor” finale featured a shocking twist. Arie proposes, but that’s not where his love story ends. This post contains reported spoilers for this season of “The Bachelor.” If watched the “Bachelor” finale, you’ll know that it reportedly contains, uh, quite the bombshell. We’re going to be referencing some reported spoilers for Arie’s […]
‘Fire and Fury’ author Michael Wolff ended a live TV interview after question about his claims Trump is having an affair
Screenshot/ The Today Show via Twitter Michael Wolff abruptly left an interview with an Australian TV news program after he was asked about his claims President Donald Trump is having an affair. Wolff suddenly appeared to be having technical difficulties, said he couldn’t hear the question and left his seat. Alternative footage showed the […]
The Jaguars’ biggest play of the AFC title game could have ended the Patriots’ season but it was squashed by a suspect whistle
CBS The Jacksonville Jaguars lost to the New England Patriots in the AFC title game when they blew a 20-10 fourth quarter lead. The Jaguars had a shot to end the game in the fourth quarter with a fumble recovery, but instead of being given a touchdown, the play appeared to be called dead by […]
DNA from an escaped slave who ended up in Iceland ID’d in his descendants
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Hans Jonatan left Denmark in 1802 and eventually started a new life as an immigrant in Iceland. But he was an unusual Icelander. Unlike most Icelanders—and even most immigrants to Iceland—Hans Jonatan was mixed-race and a former slave. By piecing together genetic information from his descendants, scientists in […]
NSA sought to prevent Snowden-style leaks, ended up losing staff – whistleblower to RT
Published time: 9 Jan, 2018 02:02 The NSA has been steadily shedding staff ever since the agency introduced draconian internal rules to stop potential new Snowden-inspired whistleblowers, former NSA technical director William Binney told RT. “The NSA has launched an internal program called ‘See something, say something,’” Binney, told RT, explaining that the new internal […]
Most of Millennials’ favorite stocks for 2017 ended in the red (AMD, FIT, SNAP, GPRO, F, AAPL, TWTR)
Mikhail Goldenkov/Strelka Institute/Flickr Millennial investors favored tech and bitcoin in 2017. The generation’s favorite stocks posted mostly losses. While some millennials surely spent 2017 swiping through dating apps and posting selfies on social media, an increasing number of them started investing for their futures. The bad news is, they don’t seem to be very good at […]
The year’s biggest fast-food feud was a battle over the NFL’s national anthem protests that ended with a CEO stepping down
BI Graphics Hollis Johnson The pizza culture wars were the biggest fast-food feud of 2017. In November, Papa John’s founder and CEO John Schnatter said that NFL player protests were hurting pizza sales. Pizza Hut said the next day that the protests weren’t impacting sales. Everyone freaked out. On Thursday, Papa John’s announced that Schnatter […]