Grist List

Wasted? Eat this burger the size of an IKEA lamp

In a world of gross burgers they just keep outdoing themselves. WTF.

Sarah Miller Food

‘LEGO bombing’ reveals the plastic-brick framework of your city

Street artists are filling holes in crumbling buildings with LEGO bricks. Or possibly the buildings are crumbling to reveal their LEGO cores.

Jess Zimmerman Cities

Scientists have discovered a tiny lost continent under the Indian Ocean

Mauritia once connected India and Madagascar, before sinking deep under the Indian Ocean.

Sarah Laskow Culture

This map shows you where to find love in every state of the union

Public transit lovers who want to meet Mr. or Ms. Right should hang out in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, D.C., Oregon, or Washington.

Jess Zimmerman Culture

Once a year, this waterfall looks like a stream of falling lava

Photographers trek to the park in that brief window to catch the red, streaming falls, with beautiful results.

Sarah Laskow Culture

Please enjoy this cartoon of tubby, fast-food-eating animals rolling around like balls

It's a two-minute video of fat, round, bouncing animals.

Sarah Miller Food

Socially and sexually deviant species of octopus shares room with preteen girl

They discovered a new kind of octopus. In the 70's. But we're just talking about it now because it's roomates with a 10-year-old girl.

Sarah Miller Culture

These houses share a backyard, but it would take two hours to walk from one to the other

These Florida houses are essentially touching butts, but the nonsensical suburban road layout means they're still far, far apart.