May 29, 2015

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Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert indicted for hiding payments made to alleged blackmailer.

Investigation into who owns London’s most expensive mansion.

If you’re recovering a body in an apartment building, ask every tenant to make coffee—it covers the smell.

For the first time in 16 years, as many Americans say they are liberal on social issues as say they are conservative.

The campaign of Mike Beitiks, running for Senate in California, has one message: we are all going to die.

FIFA likely to re-elect sexist/corrupt Sepp Blatter, despite opposition from US, Canada, and Europe.

United Airlines offered men-only flights until 1970, with steak dinners and complimentary cigars.

Until 1998, the only non-white American Girl doll was Addy, a runaway slave.

Globally, suicide is the main cause of death among 15 to 19-year-olds girls; the most probable explanation is gender discrimination.

British beach town credits ban on “mankinis” for a significant drop in antisocial behavior and crime.

For second year in a row, National Spelling Bee ends with a tie.

Former high-school athletes go on to make more money than non-athletes, but no one’s quite sure why.

Being a contract United States Postal System employee is basically insanely terrible. #tmn

Self-driving 18-wheelers will take so long to develop, this generation of truckers need not worry.

See also: Driverless cars are going to make some people puke.

Fascinating analysis of how ants engineer traffic better than humans.

You tell sex-history calculator how many people you’ve slept with, and it will tell you if that’s a lot.

Blogger explains how he tricked the global media into believing people can lose weight with chocolate.