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A gigantic spiderweb was recently discovered in an underwater cave on the Greece-Albania border.

The web spans about 1,000 square feet and houses more than 110,000 spiders.

TBH, the underwater cave feels like overkill.
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The longest government shutdown seems to be close to ending.

Here's what you need to know.
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald killed all 29 aboard.

Despite numerous subsequent underwater expeditions examining the wreckage, no definitive answer was reached as to why the vessel sank.
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In 1957, the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company commissioned the construction of a freighter, named after its president, that would be the largest ship on the Great Lakes.

After its completion in 1958, the ship typically carried pellets of taconite, an iron ore.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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By contrast, predators tend to have circular pupils or vertical slits, as well as binocular vision, which means both of their eyes are front-facing.
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Grazing animals like goats and sheep have rectangular pupils.

As the animals raise and lower their heads to eat, their eyes automatically rotate so that their pupils remain parallel to the ground.

How does this help them? 🧵⬇️
November 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In her 1831 introduction, she wrote of Frankenstein:

“And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper.

I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart.”
November 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Four years later, after a popular theatrical production based on the story was staged, Mary Shelley released a new edition of Frankenstein under her own name.

In the third edition in 1831 (pictured), she credited her inspirations, which included “Fantasmagoriana.”
November 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Godwin and Shelley married in 1816 and moved to Bath, England.

Mary Shelley became pregnant for a third time and, although Percy Shelley was often absent, and spent this period drafting the bulk of her novel.
November 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The travelers met the poet Lord Byron, who was dodging his own extramarital scandal, at a mansion known as Villa Diodati in Switzerland during the summer of 1816.
November 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Which lucky KPop Demon Hunter is going to get Delusion–Frensen??
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Longer and broader shutdowns can affect the entire economy by lowering U.S. GDP.

For example, the partial shutdown from December 2018 to January 2019 reduced GDP by $3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018 and by $8 billion in the first quarter of 2019.
October 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The country as a whole may also be affected by the termination or slowdown of government services such as:
- Issuing passports
- Processing business loans or subsidies
- Issuing federal grants to local governments
- Maintaining national parks
- Conducting food-safety inspections
October 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
From the 1970s to the present there have been 22 government shutdowns, ranging in duration from 1 to 34 full days.

Here's some information about the timeline of a government shutdown from day 1 to a month in.
October 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
An analysis of records from 1980 to 2024 shows that hurricane activity IS increasing in the North Atlantic basin.

This increase applies to the total number of hurricanes as well as the number of major hurricanes- storms reaching category 3 status.
October 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Copeland gave her final performance with ABT on October 22, 2025, at Lincoln Center.

She drew large crowds, and hundreds lined up for hours to attend a free livestream.

At evening's end, Copeland symbolically hung up her pointe shoes, closing her performing career.

Merde!
October 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
While the main showdown starts tonight at the Rogers Centre, 8 pm EST, we're still thinking about a slightly older Toronto/LA feud.
October 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Scorpio’s brightest star is Antares, whose name comes from the Greek for “rival of Ares.”

For the record, we would not recommend being a rival of Scorpio.
October 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
October 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We won't tell our actual founders, Andrew Bell and Colin Macfarquhar, about Joan and Brian.
October 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Walt Disney debuts the first Mickey Mouse cartoon in 1928.
October 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Ophelia" by The Lumineers is released in 2016.
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM