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We've all been told that if you set your mind to something you can do it, as long as you don't give up. The woman in this video seems to live by these words of wisdom. Watch as she walks the wrong way up the down escalator, causing a person-jam of ...

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, whose claim to fame is being Trump's eager doormat, has outdone himself in the art of being a quivering puddle of sick. As reported in Vanity Fair, the invertebrate Speaker demanded "everything out there"

After getting blackout drunk at a London party, the author wakes up in a random building to discover he's lost his backpack containing his laptop, two passports, and various personal items. Instead of panicking, he treats the situation like "a new ...

When a plasma donation center opens, local crime drops 12%, say researchers from the University of St. Gallen. Why? Plasma centers offer steady income--up to $400 a month for just four hours weekly. For those struggling, plasma donation becomes a ...

TL;DR: Normally $2,899, this MacBook Pro is now only $1,239.99. If your laptop sounds like it's about to take off every time you open Photoshop, it might be time for a serious glow-up. The MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro chip is an absolute beast, and ...

Sony's RX1R III updates a decade-old flagship compact with a new processor, AI feature detection and a $5,099 price tag: "61-megapixel 35 mm full-frame Exmor R CMOS image sensor, the latest BIONZ XR image processing engine, and a ZEISS Sonnar T* 35 ...

Students and faculty at Gobowen Primary School in Shropshire, England, sent a weather balloon, a camera, and a small, plastic passenger to the edge of space. While the experiment didn't work out quite as planned, it turned out to be quite an ...

Jordan Klepper runs down the near-endless connections between convicted felon Donald Trump and two of America's most famous sex trafficking pedophiles. Donald Trump is melting down over the continuous focus on his history with folks who are famous ...

Delusional Donald Trump said he was "surprised" that Jerome Powell was appointed as chair of the Federal Reserve -- even though he himself appointed him. "He's a terrible Fed-Chair. I'm surprised he was appointed," the nearly 80-year-old president ...

A few hours after Donald Trump bashed his own MAGA base this morning, calling them "weaklings," he doubled down: now Republicans attempting to uncover the so-called Epstein files are "stupid" and "foolish." Speaking to reporters, Trump again called ...