In 1999, Andrew Ginzel and Kristen Jones unveiled their mixed-media artwork, “Metronome”. The piece is a clock that covers a ten-story-high area on the north wall of One Union Square South, a residential building. The work also included concentric circles of gold-flecked brick. They rippled outward from a round opening, with clouds of steam and...
Dubbed “The Loneliest Woman in America”, the Root Beer Lady was famous in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). Though she lived alone, she was certainly not lonely. This is her incredible life story. The Root Beer Lady Dorothy Molter, known in the BWCAW as The Root Beer Lady, lived on the Isle of...
Futuristic self-driving cars are on their way sooner than we may think, however, they’re not quite as close to reality as some want to believe. A man was pulled over in Canada for speeding while driving a Tesla, where the police discovered him to be fast asleep. Man Pulled Over While Sleep-Speeding in a Tesla...
Over labour day weekend, Oregon saw the most intense wildfire event ever recorded. A combination of high winds and extremely low humidity caused dozens of fires to start between Monday and Tuesday. Those fires quickly spread across the landscape, covering more than 230 thousand acres [1]. Since the fires began, thousands of residents have been...
Imagine picking up your bucket list to scratch off “rolling and puffing with the president’s son on the roof of the White House”. If anyone ever lived the ultimate rebel life, it was Willie Nelson, famous country musician and America’s most beloved “Stoner Uncle”. The rumor has been flying around for decades starting with snippets...
Forest and wildfires are becoming more dangerous every year. In 2020 alone, we’ve seen these fires devastate parts of Australia, Ukraine, Serbia, Brazil, and California. The blazes can tear across forests and homes and reduce them to smoldering ash. Putting them out is no easy task. Firefighters can battle the flames from the ground but...
Long has the question been asked as to whether or not humans are the only form of intelligent life in space. In an exciting new discovery, scientists have recently found what could be possible signs of life on Venus. This is what we know so far. Possible Alien Life on Venus To be clear, no,...
When you are a 1 in a 100,000 birth, you are supposed to be special and loved just like everyone else. Sadly, seals don’t understand the concept of uniqueness and would rather stick to the status quo. Last month, an extremely rare ginger seal was spotted in an all-black rookery on the Russian island of...
What would you do if you knew you had a universal basic income that you could always rely on every month? Would you cut back on your working hours to take care of your children or an aging family member? Would you take a lower-paying job in a field you were more passionate about? Give...
Over a century ago, inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla wanted to find a way to supply power without the use of wires. He was nearly successful with his creation of the Tesla Coil, and radio and television continue to use a variation of this technology today [1]. Outside of radio and TV, however, the Tesla...
A decade-long crowd-pulling tradition may have come to an end in 2020 as Walmart announced on Tuesday, July 21, that it would close all walk-in stores nationwide on Thanksgiving Day [1]. Since 2012, Walmart and some other major retailers have been opening on Thanksgiving to offer huge sales and Black Friday deals to some of...
In the wake of a pandemic affecting millions of lives and leaving many others economically vulnerable, some teenagers on TikTok have decided to take advantage of the situation by dressing up as senior citizens to illegally purchase alcohol [1]. In nearly every country across the world, face masks have become an important public health measure....
