At least five nights a week, a very kind and definitively patient human named Dmitry Tkachenko comes to the rescue of a rather dim but harmless raccoon named Sneaky Pete who has been getting himself stuck in the trash bin on a fairly regular basis. Tkachenko doesn’t seem to mind, in fact he’s come to…
Save Snopes, The Internet Fact Checking Site Turns to Crowdfunding to Keep Their Virtual Doors Open
Due to a contractual relationship that cut off their advertising revenue stream, the incredibly popular internet fact checking site Snopes has turned to crowdfunding in order to keep their virtual doors open and their staff paid. The site has been self-funded since inception, but, per founder David Mikkelson, the situation has gotten pretty dire and…
How Game of Thrones Helped a Farmer in Northern Ireland Save His Livestock Farm
Great Big Story visited with farmer Kenny Gracey of Forthill Farm in County Armagh, Northern Ireland who shared the remarkable story of how a producer from HBO series Game of Thrones saved him from losing his livestock farm a few years ago. The series specifically sought out Forthill Farm because of their rare breeds of…
Chef Asks His Cats to Choose Between a Gorgeous Handmade Sushi Style Meal or Canned Cat Food
Jun Yoshizuki of Jun’s Kitchen put his incredible culinary skills to use when he prepared a truly lovely handmade sushi meal for his youngest feline Nagi, who will be turning one within the next few weeks. Alongside the sushi, Jun put out some store-bought canned cat food in a manner similar to the experiment he…
An Amazing Octopus That Walks on Land to Search for Food Whenever the Tide Gets Too Low
No one is safe when this octopus is around In a fascinating episode of the BBC Earth series The Hunt, narrator Sir David Attenborough marvels at an amazing Australian octopus who lives in water, but is able to hunt for food on land whenever the tide gets too low or the when pickings in the…
Musician Plays Guitar To Assist His Doctors While Undergoing Complicated Brain Surgery
A talented musician named Abhishek Prasad in Bangalore, India very bravely and ably played his guitar while undergoing complicated brain surgery to help relieve a particularly bothersome case of musician’s dystonia that left many of his fingers immobile. Prasad’s playing helped the doctors determine to locate the nerve that was restricting movement. Since his surgery,…
The Android Hosts Turn the Tables on Their Human Counterparts in the Season Two ‘Westworld’ Trailer
In the folksy trailer for the second season of the HBO Hit Westworld that was revealed at the Comic-Con 2017, the suddenly self-aware hosts travel back to 2018, where they take it upon themselves to treat their human counterparts and guests of the park in the same way that they were treated in the past,…
