Peeling Garlic
A Twitter user shared a video of a distinct but swift garlic peeling technique, leaving many home cooks in awe. Some even gave it a try themselves.
The Hunger Games
Author Suzanne Collins is working on a prequel set 64 years before the trilogy, and it’s planned for release in less than a year. Lionsgate, the studio behind the Jennifer Lawrence-led franchise of blockbuster films based on the books, is already in talks to develop the book as a movie.
Amazon
The online retailer is selling a new shock bracelet called the Pavlok that promises to help you break bad habits. The $200 bracelet will give the person wearing it a 350-volt jolt every time they cross a line. According to the manufacturer, the idea is that if you punish yourself enough, you’ll feel your urges subside “within 3-5 days.”
Gloria Vanderbilt
The child heiress who went on to establish herself as an actress, artist, author, fashion icon and socialite, died yesterday. She was 95. Vanderbilt was beautifully eulogized by her son, CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
Duquesne University
A new study there found that the sad puppy look that dogs give is the result of tens of thousands of years of evolution. The researchers believe that when dogs were domesticated about 33,000 years ago, some of them started figuring out that when they made that face, it helped them get what they wanted from humans. The muscles in their faces evolved to make it easier for them to make that facial expression, to the point where it’s now widespread.
Gay Hell
Social media star and musician Elijah Daniel says he temporarily bought the town of Hell, Michigan, and renamed it Gay Hell to protest the Trump administration following earlier reports that the US State Department denied a number of embassies permission to fly the Pride flag during Pride Month.
