Tech Jobs With the Highest Salaries
Tech has always paid well, but not all tech jobs earn the same. Some roles consistently sit at the top because they combine rare skills, high responsibility, and real business…
The McDonald’s MP3 Giveaway That Came With a Hidden Trojan
In 2006, McDonald’s fast food in Japan ran a nationwide promotional campaign in partnership with Coca-Cola. Customers who bought participating Coca-Cola products needed to remove a sticker from the drink…
Headshot of Jonathan Enriquez
Arizona Dad Killed Newborn After Becoming Angry Over Her Crying
In Mesa, Arizona, a 4-week-old baby girl died in late July 2025 after suffering severe injuries that police say were inflicted by her father, 22-year-old Jonathan Enriquez. The Mesa Police…
Jesica Santillan
A Second Surgery Couldn’t Undo the First Mistake
In early February 2003, Jesica Santillan, a 17-year-old Mexican girl, was being treated at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. She suffered from restrictive cardiomyopathy, a condition that…
Bornean orangutan ken Allen (Credit: San Diego zoo)
Ken Allen: The Orangutan Who Outsmarted the Zoo
Ken Allen was a Bornean orangutan born at the San Diego Zoo in California on February 13, 1971, to Bornean orangutans Maggie and Bob. He became the zoo’s most famous…
Secretary Bird Flying
The Bird That Runs Before It Flies
With an impressive wingspan of over 6.5 feet, a body length of 1.25 to 1.5 meters from beak to tail, and standing nearly four feet (3.9 feet) tall on long,…
Scarface of Kenya’s Maasai Mara (Credit: Angama)
Scarface: The Lion Who Ruled the Mara
Born in 2007, no one could have imagined a cub would become the ‘World’s Most Famous Lion.’ It was as if he was given no name at birth until he…
A leopard that frequently visited a cow in Gujarat, India.
The Leopard That Kept Coming Back to a Cow
In 2002, villagers in Antoli, a small settlement in Vadodara district, Gujarat, India, reported an unusual sighting. A young leopard was seen wandering around at night. What drew attention was…
Lala, the king penguin.
When a Rescued Penguin Chose to Stay
In the late 1980s, a king penguin named Lala found himself far from home — not in the cold Antarctic, but on a fishing boat off Japan’s coast. A fisherman…
Google.com bought for 12 dollars by Sanmay Ved
The Day Google Lost Its Domain — And Paid $6,006.13 to Get It Back
In September 2015, a former Google’s employee Sanmay Ved was exploring Google Domains, Google’s own domain-sales site, when he typed “google.com” into the registration page, and to his shock, the…