They’ve got the beet. A touring orchestra using instruments entirely of vegetables just earned itself a world record. The Vegetable Orchestra, which only plays instruments that are carved out of vegetables, earned a Guinness World Record for the most concerts by a vegetable orchestra. The 11-piece orchestra, formed in Vienna, Austria, in 1998, has performed a … Read more
North Korea revealed Saturday it is building a nuclear-powered submarine — a weapon that experts say would be “absolutely threatening to [South Korea] and the US.” Images showed Kim Jong Un touring a navy shipyard to see the massive warship, which state media called “a nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine” — and may have been … Read more
The Buffalo Bills have released veteran linebacker Von Miller in a strategic move to create salary cap space, as reported by NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero. Miller’s release frees $8.4 million against the cap, though they will incur $15.4 million in dead cap. There’s also a reported interest in Miller returning to … Read more
They’re a 10 overseas but a dud on home soil. The term “losers back home” has entered the vernacular following the season three premiere of HBO’s “The White Lotus,” in which the term is used to refer to the proliferation of “bald, white guys” in Thailand. Defined as a “stereotype of the older, rich, bald … Read more
Dead cats have been discovered on the streets of Israeli cities in what animal rights activists believe could be a sick string of mass poisonings. Bodies of dead strays were found across four blocks in western Tel Aviv on Friday, according to the nonprofit Noah, the Israeli Association of Animal Protection Organizations. It comes just … Read more
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Yankees will have to find pitchers who can pitch this season. In the wake of a lat strain that has knocked Luis Gil out for months and the elbow concerns that Gerrit Cole himself called “alarming,” two spots have opened in the Yankees rotation. “That’s two big, big parts … Read more
All through the 1950s and 1960s, as I grew up in Fair Lawn, my beloved hometown in northern New Jersey, almost every one of our immediate neighbors, the dozens of families around our block and those nearby, was, like us, Jewish. Over here, likewise housed in split-level colonials on quarter-acre plots, lived the Fishmans, the … Read more
A British serial killer notorious for his eating habits is refusing to chow down after guards at the prison holding him took away his TV and PlayStation. Robert “Hannibal the Cannibal” Maudsley, 71, is incensed by the loss of his gaming system, his brother, Paul, told The Sun. He said Maudsley has turned away meals … Read more
The saga between Myles Garrett and the Browns has come to a lucrative end. The superstar defensive end inked a four-year extension on Sunday. The deal averages $40 million per year and included $123 million in guaranteed money, according to ESPN, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. Garrett last month told reporters that … Read more
This is the one time NSFW content is suitable for the workplace. When she isn’t hosting client sessions, sex therapist Georgina Vass spends time researching various X-rated topics, telling Jam Press that she will “visit sex shops, attend lectures, watch porn” and even “recently attended a workshop in a dungeon.” “There is no typical day,” … Read more