In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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A type of strawberry that almost became extinct is now being sold in Europe. It tastes like pineapple so they call it pineberry.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
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