Posts by Kim Wong-Shing

Humans and their pets often seem eerily similar to each other, and it’s not just in our imagination, according to a new study. In a study published in Plos One, researchers surveyed over 3000 cat owners. They asked them a variety of questions about five broad personality traits: extroversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism. Then...

In case you didn’t get the invite, everyone and their mama is planning to storm Area 51 in September. Over a million people RSVPed to the viral fake event, prompting the U.S. Air Force to issue an actual warning to anyone who’s really considering following through with it. Meanwhile on Twitter, people are sharing endless...

Meet the cutest criminals in perhaps the whole world. Two penguins in New Zealand disobeyed police and hid under a sushi stand. On the one hand, penguins have NO business being in or near a sushi shop. But on the other hand, penguins mainly eat fish, so… You can see how they’d be tempted. The...

Nora Keegan just published her very first scientific study in a professional journal. At 13 years old. Nora started on her research when she was only 9. The young Calgary, Canada, student noticed that hand dryers often made her ears ring, and that led her to hypothesize that these products are actually harmful to children’s...

The housing crisis in San Francisco is so bad that, according to an annual report, the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is now at $3,170 per month. But for under half of that price, you could also just accept that you live in a dystopia and rent a bunk bed in a communal...

Bob Ross’s painting show is popular because it’s wholesome, deeply soothing, and ironically funny. But let’s not forget that Bob was also a skilled artist who painted 1000+ landscapes over the course of his TV show. In one interview, he claimed to have completed over 30,000 paintings total. That’s a LOT of paintings. But until...

In the age of social media, one of the best ways to get a company’s customer service department to actually listen to your concerns is to blast them on Twitter. Some companies are more responsive than others — and apparently, Delta Airlines is really on the ball. The airline company replied to a user’s joke tweet...

Parking in New York is a nightmare, so one billionaire took desperate measures to get his very own ‘permanent’ spot. Noah Gottesman, a very wealthy hedge fund honcho, created the illusion of a driveway on his property where none exists. He now hands out parking violations to anyone who tries to park in front of...

An ancient tree in Scotland is under attack — by the tourists who can’t keep their damn hands off of it. The Fortingall Yew may be the oldest living organism in Britain. Some say it is as many as 5000 years old, though other experts say the tree may be as young as 2000. Either...

Pet goldfish are a staple of childhood, but many of these poor fishies don’t last long in their little fishy bowls, and the next stop always seems to be the toilet. It may seem like the best option — the toilet leads back to the open water, where fish belong, right? Just like in Finding...

Five lionesses in Botswana started behaving like male lions — long manes and all. Male and female lions look and behave quite differently from each other. Male lions have big manes and they roar a lot. Female lions don’t have a mane and they’re not as vocal. The ladies also do the majority of the...

Being a teacher is tough. But there are a few definite perks of dedicating your life to the classroom, and one of them is the stories. As a teacher, you literally never run out of hilarious and surreal stories to tell your friends. One teacher, Erica Buddington, shared a series of particularly hilarious stories about a...

It takes a special sort of dog to be a working TSA or service dog. Those dogs have to be loyal, sharp, and able to resist oodles of humans dying to pet them. Dogs being dogs, there are a lot of dogs who just can’t quite meet that last qualification. They’re too nice! Or they...

When yelling “Jesus Christ” just isn’t enough, you might add an extra letter in there: Jesus H. Christ. It’s like Jesus’s full name that you break out when you’re really serious. But what does the “H” even stand for? Well, first of all, the “H” is not a middle initial, because Jesus Christ is not...

The first Harry Potter book came out over 20 years ago, which means that for over 20 years, fans have been fantasizing about owning their own invisibility cloak. In the era of social anxiety, the ability to disappear at will sounds very enticing. Invisibility cloaks have been a mere fantasy for so long, but soon, Harry Potter...