Grist List
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Everybody managed to not get killed during the first five months of New York’s bikeshare
Doomsayers predicted helmetless tourists careening into taxis, but so far there have been no deaths on or caused by Citi Bikes.
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Texas attorney general is going to great lengths to water his lawn during drought
Note: There's a terrible, terrible drought going on in Texas.
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Home Depot will trade in your energy-wasting Christmas lights for LEDs
But only for the next few days.
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Someone left 423 protected tortoises on a baggage carousel in Thailand
Authorities found two "unusually heavy bags" abandoned on the baggage carousel.
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Bacon deodorant extends the bacon trend beyond the bounds of tolerability
Wasn’t bacon over like several years ago? Why can't we smell like kale instead?
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Look don’t panic but apparently sometimes bananas are full of venomous baby spiders
We're not saying that if YOU buy a bunch of bananas at the store, they'll be full of dozens of poisonous spider babies. We're just saying that happened to this one lady.
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Your plastic garbage is killing whales
Dead whales keep washing up with stomachs full of golf balls, latex gloves, rope, and plastic bags.
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Beer makes turkeys, like everything else, way better
One turkey farmer is feeding his birds beer to make them fat and delicious.
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Solar panels get more efficient when they listen to pop music
Rock and pop music boost zinc oxide solar panel efficiency by 50 percent. Quit trying for technological innovations and crank up the HAIM!
