The Floor Is Lava is the most-watched show in the US right now. That’s right, a TV show about the children’s game ‘the floor is lava.’ The show is actually spectacularly done, with its top-notch obstacle courses, as The Daily Beast details: 

The series is squarely of the Wipeout and Holey Moley “people epically fall off obstacle courses and we laugh at them” family. As far as these things go, it’s spectacularly done. 

Oversized furniture is scattered across a large room that, to escalate the hilarity, is filled with a pool of bubbling red liquid meant to look like lava. The gameplay is the same as it was for me as a kid [redacted] years ago: You gotta get from one side of the room to the other without touching the floor. Because the floor is lava.

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This one’s an unconventional companion. Meet Spot, a robot dog created by Boston Dynamics. Spot is one expensive companion at $75,000. I can’t afford that, but at least I can see Unbox Therapy unbox Spot! 

You’ve heard of pet whisperers, get ready for a secret orgasm whisperer. Not a lot of people know about his existence, and only a few have seen him in the flesh. A number of women have posted reviews about his services in a private group on Facebook, as Mel Magazine details: 

But there was one post about him that made me stop and reconsider. It was from a woman I’d later come to know as Lilly, a 34-year-old actress in L.A. “You guys,” she wrote. “When I say MY MIND IS BLOWN, it doesn’t even do it justice. Words cannot express the array of emotions I felt last night, after I playfully and easily, made myself come 5 TIMES IN A ROW. That might not seem like much to you, but it’s more than I have ever been able to before.” 

She went on to explain that she’d been a “tough nut to crack” for years, struggling to come even when she was extremely turned on. On a whim, she booked herself an appointment with the O-Man — who she’d heard could help — and gone to meet him with high hopes and low expectations. During their first session, she “screamed and moaned” throughout six game-changing orgasms, and a few weeks later, she was able to get off on her own. “The work we’ve done has impacted every aspect of my life,” she tells me. “I can now easily come multiple times. I’m stronger and taller. I feel lighter but somehow more rooted. And my confidence has grown tremendously.” 

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Even if you’ve spent years speaking a certain language, you’re still bound to make mistakes, especially in spelling. Do you sometimes stare at words and think, ‘am I spelling these correctly?’ Well, try out your spelling proficiency with this quiz from Buzzfeed. Not gonna lie, I got some items wrong. 

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Shinohara Yuta is an entomophagist who eats and makes dishes out of crickets (and other insects). His dream was to open an insect restaurant, a dream that he was able to hatch into reality! Watch as Asian Boss visits Yuta during his cricket ramen restaurant’s opening. Would you eat the dishes served in his restaurant? 

A subreddit is dedicated to photos and stories about people who made very expensive mistakes. From getting their cars wrecked and to toppling an expensive satellite, the subreddit holds some gems! See some astonishing examples and Bored Panda's in-depth interview with  researcher and Assistant Professor of Marketing Noelle Nelson from the University of Oregon about how people deal with their mistakes.

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Don’t go on a beer drinking binge for hours. If you choose to do so, make sure you’ll be able to pee, or else you’ll end up like this man! The man unknowingly held his pee in for eighteen hours after binging on booze. The 40-year-old man passed out after drinking ten bottles of beer, as Fox News detailed: 

After experiencing searing abdominal pains, the lager-logged soul reported to the to Zhuji People’s Hospital in Zhejiang, eastern China, where a CT scan revealed that his bladder was torn in three places. The pee-induced pain was so intense that Hu was unable to lie flat, and he failed to relieve himself of his massive urine reservoir despite several attempts.

Even worse, one of the holes had ruptured toward the patient’s abdominal cavity and forced part of his intestines to spill into the bladder — a complication doctors deemed potentially fatal if not fixed immediately.

Fortunately, they were able to save Hu’s life via emergency surgery, and he has since been released from the hospital after making a complete recovery, according to local media outlets.

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Makokou, a male western lowland gorilla from Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa, underwent a CT scan because of the unusual growths in its nose. Who knew that the medical procedure for humans can be given to animals as well? The gorilla was airlifted to a hospital to get a  CT scan, as Sky News detailed: 

The facility's CT (computed-tomography) scanner is strong enough to cope with the huge ape's 210kg (33 stone) bulk.

It took more than five people to lift the sedated Makokou, who turns 35 next month, off the stretcher after the scan and he was closely monitored.

Zoo staff, who first became concerned for his health in May, decided he needed a scan after extensive tests revealed the primate had polyps in his nasal passages.

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Don’t do this, please. If you want to cure your constipation, don’t insert a live eel into your anus. A man in China did, and the 15-inch long eel had to be removed from his innards after it tore a hole through the man’s bowels. The man is safe now thanks to the doctors at Dongguan Huangjiang Hospital in Guangdong in China, but the eel didn’t survive. 

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Help NASA build the future lunar toilet, and win a huge amount of prize money! The future toilet is part of the space organization’s Artemis program to land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024. The Artemis project aims to establish a presence that will enable eventual crewed journeys to mars. So where does the toilet contest come into place? NASA needs space toilets designed for lunar gravity, as Designboom details: 

although space toilets already exist and are present at the international space station, they are designed for microgravity only, but NASA needs them for lunar gravity too. this is why NASA is calling on the global community to share their novel design concepts for compact toilets that can work in both microgravity and lunar gravity. they are looking for a next-generation device that is smaller and more efficient

the lunar toilet challenge is for both adults and children, and has a total prize purse of $35,000 that will be shared among the teams submitting the top three designs in the technical category. the top three participants in the junior category will each receive public recognition and an item of official NASA merchandise.

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Wearing a mask is essential in these trying times. It is for our own protection and safety. If you’re one of those people who are having trouble with your glasses getting foggy while wearing a mask, you’re not the only one! The Verge shares a couple of tips that can keep your glasses clear while wearing a mask. Check their list here.

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Eggs are an important breakfast staple. Did you know other places have a different way of cooking this favourite ingredient? Watch Food Insider cover different ways on how eggs are consumed around the globe. Try not to drool over the food, okay? 

An AI robot named Erica will star in a $70m sci-fi film set backed by Bondit Capital Media (the financiers behind the Oscar-nominated Loving Vincent) and New York’s Ten Ten Global Media. Erica was trained in method acting by the Japanese scientists who created the robot. FastCompany has the details: 

“In other methods of acting, actors involve their own life experiences in the role,” Sam Khoze told THR. “But Erica has no life experiences. She was created from scratch to play the role. We had to simulate her motions and emotions through one-on-one sessions, such as controlling the speed of her movements, talking through her feelings and coaching character development and body language.”

Producers filmed some of Erica’s scenes in Japan last year. The film is still without a director and human costars, but producers are planning on shooting the rest in Europe next summer.

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Experience the fear and thrills as you’re strapped into your seat! This haunted house in Tokyo, Japan is now letting customers experience the full haunted house thrill via drive-in. Hideous creatures drenched in blood will swarm towards guests in their cars. Producer Kenta Iwana believes that this new format might be scarier than a traditional haunted house, as Rappler details: 

"At the drive-in haunted house, guests are confined in a car so they can't escape the horror until the end," he said.

"It makes it even more scary for them."

Iwana came up with the drive-in solution after struggling with a string of cancellations as the coronavirus outbreak took hold.

"It's because a haunted house creates an environment with three Cs," he said, referring to the conditions Japanese experts warn risk spreading the virus: closed spaces, crowded places, and close-contact settings.

"Orders for conventional-style haunted houses were cancelled one after another and we lost about 80% of our clients."

The squad is usually hired to set up haunted house experiences at amusement parks and similar venues.

A normal experience might involve a windowless facility with actors playing ghosts quietly following visitors and whispering directly into their ears to scare them -- all impossible in the age of coronavirus.

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Special makeup artist Amazing JIRO created a fun project for those who are unable to leave their homes. The project is called ‘one hand monster.’ JIRO hoped to improve people’s gloomy moods through the project, which has a theme of monsters eating gloomy feelings. Check out more of his works on Instagram. 

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