Posts by Kim Wong-Shing

The rule about not wearing white after Labor Day is so common that many people don’t even think twice about it. But where, exactly, did this rule even come from? From rich people, apparently. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, more and more people became millionaires. High-society wives felt the need to come up...

Today in Florida Man news, a man in Florida parked his car in his kitchen to protect it from Hurricane Dorian. And also just because, well, he can. Patrick Eldridge lives in Jacksonville, a city that just narrowly escaped the path of Hurricane Dorian this week. While preparing for the storm, Patrick and his wife...

Hurricane season can be a scary time, and it’s vital to be as prepared as possible before an emergency happens. One helpful trick to keep in mind: the “one cup tip.” The one cup tip tends to go viral on social media every time a major hurricane pops up, since first appearing on Facebook in 2016...

Hurricanes have the most random names sometimes. Barry? Dorian? Who comes up with this stuff, anyway? Well, though hurricane names may seem random, there is actually a system to it all. Hurricanes in the West Indies used to be named after the saint’s day when the storm hit. In the 1900s, an Australian meteorologist decided to...

Vegans don’t exactly have the best reputation for being subtle about their beliefs. But one vegan in Australia really took things several steps too far when she sued her neighbor for barbecuing in their own backyard. Cilla Carden is a vegan massage therapist from Girrawheen, Australia. She claims that her neighbors intentionally barbecued fish in their backyard...

A woman’s fishing trip took a bizarre turn when she reeled in a fish with two mouths. Debbie Geddes was fishing on Lake Champlain in upstate New York when she caught the unusual animal. She told Fox News that when the fish initially bit her line, she felt like it was a quite large one....

As if anyone needed another reason to love beer, one beer company is on a mission to make a positive difference in the world by donating 100% of its profits to feed the hungry. Jacquie Berglund, the founder of the beer brand Finnegans, says she was inspired by the Paul Newman Foundation and their 100%...

Peanut allergies are incredibly common among children, so much so that many schools have simply banned peanuts altogether. Peanut allergies are life-threatening for many sufferers. Simply being in the same room as peanut dust can trigger a deadly reaction, which is an incredibly scary way to live life for young kids and their parents. There...

Disney and Cirque du Soleil are teaming up for the first time in over 20 years! Disney announced that they’ll be producing a Cirque show for Disney Springs, a shopping area near Walt Disney World in Florida. The show is a collaborative effort between Cirque du Soleil, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering....

No matter how utterly charming you are, there is apparently a natural limit to how many friends you can have: 150. It’s known as “Dunbar’s number” because British anthropologist Robin Dunbar came up with the figure. Dunbar defines a friend as “the number of people you would not feel embarrassed about joining uninvited for a...

Got a beagle? Need a hotel? Man, have we got the perfect Airbnb for you! There is a beagle-shaped house in Cottonwood, Idaho, available on Airbnb for $132 per night. The house was built by Dennis Sullivan and Frances Conklin, artists who live in another (regular-shaped) house on the property. They started by building a...

Don’t you love when companies take two good things, like hot dogs and ice cream, and combine them into one horrific thing? Introducing the “ice dog sandwich,” a new dessert from none other than Oscar Mayer. The brand collaborated with Il Laboratorio Del Gelato to create the ice dog sandwich, which consists of hot dog-flavored...

If you’re lucky enough to live in certain regions of the U.S. or the U.K., you may have spotted squirrels that are black instead of gray. These unusual animals have been a bit of a mystery, but now scientists have figured out why they have such an odd color. Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge...

It’s common knowledge that cats and dogs respond very differently to their names. Dogs can be counted on to come running on command, while cats will frequently ignore you completely. But it turns out that cats do recognize and react to their names, according to new research. Researchers in Japan conducted a series of experiments to study...

Each year, the world produces over 300 million tons of plastic, much of which quickly goes into the trash where it takes centuries to decompose. In Abidjan, Ivory Coast, women are putting plastic garbage to good use by turning it into bricks to build schools, New York Times reports. Many women in Abidjan make a living...