The Latest Interesting News Stories

Dallas DoorDash customer noticed her pizza box wasn’t sealed, then found a slice missing: ‘Why does it look separated?’

Pizza, but make it suspicious

We Got This Covered · Aug 29

Virginia doctor dreams a mouse is trying to get into her mouth and reaches up in her sleep. Then she feels something: ‘Burrow between my lips’

"New fear unlocked.”

We Got This Covered · Aug 29

What Color Countertops Work Best With Dark Kitchen Cabinets? Here's What Designers Would Choose

Instantly elevate a dark kitchen by pairing it with one of the designers' top choices for countertop finishes

Livingetc · Aug 29

‘I wanted to find the slowest fashion imaginable’: the woman growing her own dress

Looking for an alternative to fast fashion, Eve Ogden Schaub decided to create a garment from homegrown flax

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29

Tennis players complain as smell of cannabis distracts at US Open

British number one Katie Boulter worried the smell could be a ‘distraction’ but compatriot Fran Jones laughed off the issue

The Independent UK · Aug 29

Keep off the grass: British tennis players complain of marijuana smell at US Open

Britain’s US Open hopefuls have noticed the smell of marijuana wafting over the courts at Flushing Meadows from a nearby public park

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29

Dolly Parton took control of her career by making men the butt of the joke

Of all the moments that capture Dolly Parton’s musical talents, fierce intelligence and driving ambition, I often find myself thinking back to an awkward, ad-libbed live television duet on “The Porter Wagoner Show.”

The Conversation · Aug 28

The Guide #258: the perennially puerile, eternally eccentric Adult Swim turns 25

In this week’s newsletter: resolutely for grownups but proudly immature, the late-night channel has influenced an entire genre of comedy. But it still retains its cult status

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28

Why the right is afraid of Girl Scouts

Behind the cookies and badges is a quietly radical idea: Girls should be curious about the world

Salon · Aug 28

In 1832, a New York merchant built a house with a hidden 2-foot-wide passage; researchers now link it to the Underground Railroad

For decades, visitors to Manhattan's Merchant's House Museum walked past a built-in chest of drawers without knowing the full significance of the narrow passage concealed behind it. After two years of research, historians concluded that the passage was likely used as a hiding place for people escaping slavery. The passage…

The Times of India · Aug 29