First, you were horrified by the hot dog pizza. Then, you were stunned by thecheeseburger/chicken sandwich pizza. But now, behold many more pizza-shaped monstrosities available at Pizza Hut locations around the world. Come for the shrimp, stay for the salmon-cream stuffed crust …
Orfield Laboratories, located in Minnesota, is home to the U.S.’s most soundproof anechoic chamber, which is basically an ultra-soundproofed room. If you stay in the room (in the dark) for more than a few minutes, you begin to hear your own heartbeat and lung function. Then you start hallucinating. The record for sitting in the dark in the room? Only 45 minutes …
A Thai resort is offering a new service where guests can dine in giant “tree pods,” which are basically giant gazebos suspended from trees. But the thing that makes this idea crazy/great? The waiters use a system of ziplines to bring you your food. That’s a way to make fast food much more enjoyable …
Olive Garden is known for its soup, salad and breadsticks deals, as well as its hearty claim that “when you’re here, you’re family.” But when one thinks of the finest dining experiences, the Italian chain probably doesn’t come to mind—unless you are Marilyn Hagerty, a food columnist in Grand Forks, N.D. Hagerty’s sincere and raving review of the Chicken Alfredo and water she had at ” the largest and most beautiful restaurant now operating in Grand Forks” has gone viral. Hilarious as it may be, her column actually makes you crave their breadsticks, right? …
Remember “Joe the Plumber” from the 2008 presidential campaigning? So, yeah, now he’s running for Congress and actually won his district’s GOP nomination in last night’s Ohio elections …
Uggie, the dog who stole the show in The Artist, has supposedly retired from film—but he’s now become the new spokesdog for Nintendo. Maybe he is a canine, but it’s pretty sad that a major performer in this year’s Best Picture winner is already starring in cheesy commercials with Mario
Officials at an aquarium in Tokyo, Japan are trying to recapture a penguin who escaped the facility and is currently at large. The aquarium workers say they have had trouble recapturing the penguin because he swims at “tremendous speeds.” It is basically every cartoon short ever …
