Grist List
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Cute, weird, nearly defenseless pangolins are in danger because people won’t stop eating them
There are eight species of pangolin, and all eight are in decline.
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Greatest Craiglist Missed Connections ad in history makes the train seem so much more romantic
It may be one of the loveliest pieces of public transit-related short fiction ever written.
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Why would you punch a seal? This zookeeper did
Don't punch a seal. Unless it's a zombie, the antichrist, or an evil robot. Or just never, to be on the safe side.
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Painfully adorable couple wed on bus where they first met
"We had about three stops to talk," Nina says. "It sounds cheesy, but I would call it love at first sight." *sob*
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L.A. bar has water sommelier, water tasting menu, and a 45-page water menu
But does it taste better than cheap water??? Actually, no, apparently sometimes it tastes worse.
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A tiny dead shark rides the New York subway
Not a Shark Week promotion. Not a subway publicity stunt. Just a small deceased fish drinking a Red Bull and riding the train.
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Cotton-candy-flavored grapes are all-natural but also really disturbing
But if these are a gateway drug to kids eating more fresh fruit, we’re tentatively in favor.
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Charming animation reminds you to turn out the lights and look at the sky
We love this, which Olivia Huynh made as her senior thesis.
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These buses have gardens on their roofs
The prototype buses have been tooling around towns near Barcelona.
