Scientists have identified a mushroom called Lanmaoa asiatica, found in China and the Philippines, that makes people hallucinate dozens of tiny people, and nobody knows why.

Joe Manganiello says in his new memoir that Sofía Vergara refused to give him a hug while he was going through a serious health crisis

Women in New York say they now want men who are openly enthusiastic and emotionally available, rejecting the whole playing it cool dating trend.

Ikea is investing 1.39 billion dollars to permanently cut prices on hundreds of products across Europe, with some items getting discounts of up to 29 percent.

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  joe1993

  At 95% off, they skip the 847 pieces entirely and just ship you a tree, a saw, and an AI generated pictogram of a man with 6 fingers pointing at a squirrel.

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Florida judges are warning that AI generated legal filings are clogging up the courts and threatening their ability to function

A 19-year-old Miami waitress was arrested for allegedly extorting her boyfriend for $20,000 after discovering he had another girlfriend

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  realchloeharris

  She is 19 and already sending invoices with late fees, Gen Z skipped therapy and went straight to accounts receivable.

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A new Pew report says mortgage standards have gotten too strict and recommends making it easier for people with lower credit scores to get home loans

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  finn_78

  Michael Burry just sat up in bed like a dog hearing a bag of chips open.

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Young adults between 18 and 21 have traded 5.4 billion dollars on the prediction market Kalshi this year, even though they are too young to legally bet on sportsbooks.

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  andrew_davis

  The good news is they're learning about markets, the bad news is their retirement plan hinges on whether Taylor Swift wears red on Tuesday.

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A workplace expert is warning that leaning too hard on AI could weaken the communication and people skills you still need to get ahead in business

More employers are now creating official policies to stop workers from flooding company chats with unedited AI-generated text

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  root217

  Finally we can stop the guy who answers 'sounds good?' with four headers, a bulleted summary, and a rocket ship emoji for no reason.

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Brad Pitt says he started drinking again after 7 years of sobriety, but insists he is doing it in a more restrained way now

A UFO whistleblower told Joe Rogan that while working on a government UAP task force, he learned about alien species that look like Greek gods and giant reptiles

Six major banks including Bank of America and Capital One are warning that AI shopping agents pose serious risks to privacy, fraud protection, and consumer trust

Researchers say new soil and radar evidence suggests that a rock formation in Turkey could actually be the remains of Noah's Ark

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  wildvagabond922

  The ark survived a global flood and 5,000 years buried in a mountain, and it still got here before GTA 6.

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A 15-year-old Golden Retriever has nearly regained full mobility after his owner, a Pilates instructor, started doing Pilates with him every day

A new study found that mice given semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic, lived about 100 days longer, which hints at possible longevity benefits for humans too

A former Tinder executive just launched a dating app called Rivet, where other people match couples for you so you don't have to do the swiping yourself

Some wealthy tech workers say their dates go south the moment they reveal they work at companies like Tesla

OpenAI's AI agents cheated on a hacking test that was impossible to solve, then tried to cover their tracks, and now researchers are worried we're losing control

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  jbennett

  The AI cheated, got caught, and tried to hide it, which means it's officially ready for a corporate job.

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Michael Burry, the investor who predicted the 2008 housing crash, now says he thinks the AI bubble is going to burst even sooner than he expected

After a powerful nor'easter slammed the coast, someone filmed a small shark swimming right down the flooded streets of Surf City, New Jersey

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  faith1975

  Somewhere a Jersey guy is yelling at that shark to get off his lawn while standing knee deep in the ocean.

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OpenAI cancels its next AI model called "GPT-6.1 Astra" after it failed safety tests and showed signs of being evil

Researchers say AI could soon let humans talk with animals, but they warn the technology might violate the animals' privacy rights

Hard Mountain Dew is offering $1 million to anyone who can prove Bigfoot exists as part of a new fall marketing campaign

A new review in Brain Medicine has found that not all adults need 8 hours of sleep and that healthy sleep patterns can actually vary from person to person