He was cast by William Shakespeare as a murderous deformed monster, and in portraits he looks every inch the cold-hearted ruler.
The Least Effective Zebra Escape You’ll See All Day
Each year, zookeepers in Tokyo hunt down and capture a coworker dressed in an animal suit as part of their annual animal escape preparedness training.
NASA ‘Super-Tiger’ Balloon Breaks Two Records Soaring over Antarctica
You’d think the records would have to do with a figure like “50 million” — the number of cosmic rays an NASA science ballon drifting over Antarctica recently intercepted — but it actually involves a pair of flight duration records.
Bar Refaeli and the Nerd: That Unbearable GoDaddy Kiss Took 60 Takes
It was the Super Bowl ad you couldn’t look away from, and the 10-second kiss took as many as 60 takes to get right.
Reading While Eating for Feb. 5: Rise of the Bones
In today’s must-read links for your lunch break: The fallout from the discovery of Richard III’s bones and the big loser from Sunday’s Super Bowl.
Arkansas Couple Wins Lottery Twice in One Day
When Stephen and Terri Weaver set out for a day-long fishing trip, they had no idea they would come back millionaires.
Family Accused of Smoking on Plane Forces Emergency Landing, Gets Arrested
A family traveling from Canada to the Caribbean forced a pilot to make an emergency landing last Friday night after allegedly refusing to cooperate with flight attendants who accused them of smoking on board.
WATCH: Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker Defeats Racist Jesus
If you ever needed a subtle reminder as to why picking up hitchhikers — or, indeed, hitchhiking yourself — isn’t the best idea, meet Kai.
Beercycling: Alaska Brewery Uses Spent Beer Grains to Make New Beer
It’s the circle of life at its finest: using beer to generate electricity, and then using that electricity to brew more beer.
Architects and European Space Agency Team Up to Design 3D-printed Lunar Bases
Maybe Newt Gingrich was right: setting up a lunar base may not be a completely unrealistic idea after all.
Florida Woman Arrested After Genital Kicking Spree
Fear not, Florida, the genital kicker has been arrested
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wants to be an Astronaut
Iranian president says he wants to be his country’s first man in space, according to media reports.