Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Road trip mastermind Randy Olson is back with the ultimate road trip through all 47 national parks located in the lower 48 states. National parks are restricted from development for the preservation or conservation of important land and/or animals, and have been set aside in the States since President Ulysses S. Grant granted Yellowstone the...

If you’ve been to Harry Potter World at Universal Studios, Florida, (or if you have a decent imagination) then you know exactly how delicious butterbeer is in real life. It’s like…cream soda but buttery and frothy and just an all around delight. https://www.instagram.com/p/BjprKaoH-bi/ Adding alcohol seems like it would be the cherry on the butterbeer...

Reading Rainbow aired on PBS from 1983-2006, making it the longest running educational series ever to run on the network. The show, with the help of host LeVar Burton, cultivated a love of books and reading in a generation-plus of children who eagerly watched it (this writer included). https://www.instagram.com/p/BrthjS4lSWI/ LeVar Burton grew up in Sacramento,...

Kratom is an herbal supplement derived from a psychoactive Southeast Asian plant, one that some people believe or claim has therapeutic benefits. But between July 2016 and December 2017, the CDC reported that around 91 people died after accidentally taking too much of the derivative. In low doses, the active chemical mitragynine produces a stimulant...

This post could obviously go on forever and ever. Also obviously? By best I mean worst. In the awesome-est possible way. #19. All good. expalin puns byu/tree22211 inpun #18. Trying a bit too hard, but I’ll allow it. Comment byu/achillguy11 from discussion inAskReddit #17. Totally. Comment byu/matschmid from discussion inAskReddit #16. Don’t we all. Comment...

There are laws all over the world about what sort of animals can and cannot be kept as pets, and if you thought your neighbors were rebellious for trying to have pit bulls inside the city limits, wait until you hear what 27-year-old Malaysian singer Zarith Sofia Yasin tried to sneak past the proverbial gatekeepers....

When you’re reading or watching Harry Potter, it’s easy to get swept away in the magic of it all. Part of the appeal is the fantastical magic, but like most creative people, author J.K. Rowling took at least some of her inspiration from real life. Below are 10 pieces of “magic” that you might be...

I’m afraid that if you’re someone who is easily paranoid about diseases or germs, this is going to be bad news. I know that after watching the movie Contagion, I found it hard to eat in a restaurant for weeks…so yeah. This isn’t great. Because hundreds of thousands of pigs are sick, dying, or dead...

Go ahead and @ me, people, because I’ve got arguments out the wazoo and by the end of this post, you’re going to be singing Anastasia’s praises, too. As if you weren’t already. #13. No other princess’s tragic backstory can hold a candle to her tragic backstory. #princess #fanart #FanArtFriday #fanartFebruary #not #disneyprincess #artistsontwitter #princessAnastasia...

Perhaps the most audacious movie of Mel Brooks’ directing career, the subversive satire Blazing Saddles takes on racism and prejudice in a way that is still winning over fans four decades later. Below are 8 howl-worthy facts that will make you want to stand up and cheer – and give it a re-watch, too. #8....

Hungarian illustrator Gergely Dudas draws puzzles complete with easter eggs (sometimes literally) for the solver to find. He posts them on his website and in his books, and once you check them out, you’ll see they’re trickier than they might appear at first! #6. A heart among the elephants. https://www.instagram.com/p/BfI3oYmgYYL/ #5. Hunt down the Easter...

Here’s one more reason that measles is a harmful disease that should be taken seriously and, you know, vaccinated against: if you contract it, it could erase the entire memory of your immune system. The way it normally works is that when you catch an illness, your immune system remembers a little bit how to fight...

If you think the catastrophic effects of climate change are waiting far out in the future, well, Australian think-tank Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration has some bad news for you. Their report warns of a “existential risk to humanity” coming within the next three decades, not centuries – a risk that could see a...

Perhaps people mainly know David Tennant from when he played the Tenth Doctor on Doctor Who, but since then, audiences have begun to discover – and love him – in many other roles. If he’s still a bit of a mystery to you, then you’ll be glad you stopped to check out these 10 fun...

Get ready to cringe, because guys, if any of these happened to me I would just disappear due to sheer humiliation. #15. Behold. But isn't it all about the journey? by inWellthatsucks #14. Someone didn’t learn their lesson from Seinfeld. https://twitter.com/FWheezyy/status/1112042322764668928 #13. Not true but still funny. https://twitter.com/Jerrypleasure/status/1132124722320175104 #12. You weren’t supposed to touch that....