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Is there anything Pikachu can’t do? It was announced this week that the donut masters at Krispy Kreme are teaming up with the good creatures at Pokémon on the ultimate collab: new Pokémon donuts. 

The Royal Caribbean International Alaska Cruise canceled its travels after guests had already boarded the ship, USA Today reports. Online, passengers didn't take the news kindly.

Working in the service industry, you'll always run the risk of dealing with aggravated customers, but commenters were stunned to hear that one Taco Bell worker got fired after a customer shot out their drive-thru window.

This square tire has viewers perplexed.

A video posted by TikToker Mom Mom (@minimumio) shows a square-ish tire on a car mounted on what seems to be an apparatus in a car repair shop. The tire has four major dents around it that have turned it into a square with rounded edges. A hand in the video spins the wheel, showing just how strange it actually is.

While it is unclear what exactly happened to the tire, viewers in the comments section are speculating.

"This is good for driving in sand... Читать дальше...

Last year, Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) was kicked out of a Denver Beetlejuice The Musical performance for vaping and disrupting the performance. At an appearance at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. yesterday, Boebert was mocked by protestors who chanted "Beetlejuice" and held signs with the musical's name on them.

Pets enrich our lives, be they pup, feline, goldfish, or even gator. For Pennsylvania man Joie Henney, his pet gator Wally is a source of joy, emotional support and affection.

The House of Representatives has passed bipartisan legislation requiring the Department of Education to use a controversial definition of anti-Semitism that conservatives claim makes the Bible illegal. Critics say the definition, which was adopted from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), would essentially make blaming Jews for the death of Jesus Christ, among other things, on par with a hate crime.

People are getting fed up with Chipotle's small-portion antics. This man decided he wasn't gonna take it anymore.

Martinelli's Apple Juice was recently recalled for unsafe arsenic levels, prompting shock and outrage online. The brand has long touted its recipe, which uses U.S.-grown apples instead of foreign concentrate and water. So the discovery of arsenic in the juice was especially shocking.

Members of a fraternity at UNC Chapel Hill are about to have a party of a lifetime. After pro-Palestine student protesters on the campus replaced an American flag with a Palestinian flag, members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and other fraternities stepped in to prevent the American flag from touching the ground and being damaged.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is receiving criticism online after releasing a video detailing their efforts on Tuesday evening to dismantle protests in support of Palestinian liberation at Columbia University and City College. The action by NYPD saw nearly 300 people arrested in a manner that protestors argued was profoundly unsafe.

After getting a letter in the mail, this wife finds out that her husband may have a 13-year-old child neither of them knew about. Viewers are at the edge of their seats, waiting to know the truth.

If you’ve been anywhere near the internet this week, you’ve undoubtedly seen that Jerry Seinfeld
begged the question, “What’s the DEAL with the wokes?”

Tesla has gone from a minor company to a major player in the car space in an incredibly short time. Although the company only launched production of its Model Y vehicle in 2020, it has since become the best-selling EV on the market, with 1,211,601 recorded registrations across 2023 alone.

John Little, a Native person who works at the University of South Dakota, said that he was forced to remove his tribal affiliation and his gender pronouns from his University email signature. The University said Little had violated a state Board of Regents policy concerning communications and branding.

A user on TikTok is calling out Teladoc Health after claiming that a customer service worker from the healthcare company used her personal information to contact her and send her inappropriate messages.

The New York Police Department's (NYPD) claim that industrial-grade chains were used by pro-Palestine protesters to barricade buildings is being met with doubt and full-throttle mockery online.

A woman issued a warning after wearing Amazon sunglasses and experiencing yellow dots in eye. She says she later learned she may have permanently damaged her eyes.

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An Austin resident is warning that her city’s real estate market is “cooked”—and offers insight on who’s to blame.

In a viral video with over 2 million views, a Target customer Kenni (@kennileee) confronts a man who she believes was following her around the store. She believes the man is a "secret shopper," or member of Target’s loss prevention team. 

An auto mechanic declares that he loves Toyotas, but still has a warning that pertains to multiple cars manufactured by the Japanese car company that recently came into his shop.

Murmurs of how Chick-fil-A customers can nab free sandwiches from the restaurant have been circulating the internet for quite some time. Reader's Digest purportedly stated that whenever the franchise opens up a new location, the first 100 guests can get themselves free grub for an entire year. Mashed also wrote about how folks who are quick to complain about a location's service on the Chick-fil-A mobile application can find themselves with a coupon for a complimentary sandwich for their troubles. Читать дальше...

If you've been on a busy freeway anytime in the last few years, you might think that driving a semi-truck would be a pretty good living. After all, the lanes are crowded by semis—seemingly at all hours.

Buying a car is a long-term commitment—and an increasingly expensive one at that. In addition to the sticker price, yearly registration costs, insurance, and constantly fluctuating gas prices, you're also looking at maintenance costs that only hurt more and more the older your car gets.