Grist List
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This London butcher is selling fake human meat, and it is INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIC
Just keep telling yourself "it's only animal meat that someone has lovingly sculpted into the shape of human meat." On second thought, that won't help at all.
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High schoolers run a solar-powered treatment plant that will give clean water to 750 families in India
This solar-powered water treatment plant, which will make 1,300 gallons of clean water every day, is owned and operated by high school students.
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How did we let another country beat us to pizza-encrusted candy bars?
America, I still believe in your ability to bang two junk foods together and make something horrible. But Pizza Hut Middle East scooped you on the pizza-dough-coated Kit-Kats.
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Internet genius wants you to ride around in a series of 900-mph tubes
PayPal founder Elon Musk is getting sick of waiting around for someone to build a bullet train. So he’s come up with an idea he calls the Hyperloop, a sort of mega-fast Futurama people-tube situation that would get passengers from L.A. to San Francisco in 30 minutes. The Hyperloop would move people at speeds up to […]
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New York is building the world’s largest ferris wheel in Staten Island
The city has decided to give tourists a reason to stay in the borough for longer than the time it takes to catch the next ferry.
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Donate $5 to charity and these guys will dance in a bear suit, fix your resume, or walk your dog
Raise5 lets you get the warm fuzzy feeling of donating to charity, PLUS have someone design your business card, draw a picture of your hair, or remind you of good bits from the Simpsons.
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Nazis kidnap Buddha statue from spaaaaaace!
There is an iron Buddha statue, just under 10 inches high, that has now been confirmed to be made from a meteorite
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Absolutely the best animal photobomb ever
This stingray is all "Hey guys! Are we doing a group photo? Rad! You'll tag me on Facebook, right?"
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Climate change means you’re going to have to ski on snow made out of sewage
In the future, all the ski slopes will be doing what Arizona Snowbowl is doing this season: making snow out of sewage effluent.
