Topping the list of people eager for an official name for nCoV2019: The makers of Corona beer.BoingBoing has revealed a recent spike in Google searches for “corona beer virus.” Evidently some people believe the Mexican brew is somehow connected to the virus.

Sorry, cat lovers: More evidence has surfaced that your cat would, indeed, nibble away on you if you died, thanks to a forensic research facility that caught feral cats red-pawed. The cats did show a twisted sense of loyalty—repeatedly returning to the same person,…

Employer worries about workplace efficiency is going down the toilet—literally, The Atlantic reports.   The solution to lengthy bathroom breaks? The StandardToilet. It offers a slanted perch that tires the legs to shorten stall spells.  

Holiday pop quiz: Can you rattle off America’s top trade partners?   There’s China, Canada, Mexico.... The Kingdom of Wakanda...   Waa? According to a Marvel-ous error on the USDA website, the fictional East African nation is a key supplier of nonexistent ducks, donkeys and…

On his way to yesterday's historic election victory, Boris Johnson paused on Wednesday to give TV commentators more than the cold shoulder. On his final day of campaigning, he ducked his entire frame into a refrigerator to ice out an interview with Piers Morgan.  

When Emma Dumain tumbled outta bed, stumbled to Pret A Manger, and poured herself a cup of ambition, she had no idea she was on her way to going “minorly viral.”   But soon after, the congressional reporter was spotted taking a big, dramatic, chug—smack in the live shot at…

They were already the most notorious crime family in Europe. Now, the Tuscan Hog Mob has expanded its repertoire from terrorizing farmers to sniffing out drugs, GQ reports.

Is this the end zone of all cat videos? Halloween came late this year for Monday Night Football, when a jet black cat raced across the field as the Dallas Cowboys faced off against the New York Giants,HuffPost reports. He lapped up the moment like a bowl of milk.

Pity the poor impostor who tried to scam a Harvard professor earlier this year. When Harvard Kennedy School Professor Joshua S. Goodman got an urgent email from the dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education, he was surprised she asked him to send her an Amazon gift card…

Cruise passengers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your piña coladas!When passengers on the Norwegian Spirit this week heard their headlining stop in Iceland was nixed due to weather, they got angry. But when the Scotland stop was canceled too, all…