Spotify’s 2025 Wrapped dropped on 3 December with a chaotic new obsession: Listening Age, a playful metric guessing which era your taste belongs to. Users immediately turned it into a cultural referendum, older ages framed as superior taste, younger ages roasted as shallow, while Spotify reminded everyone the feature is just a bit of fun. Cue the inevitable meme avalanche.
Eighteen-year-old George Smyth vanished on a solo hike near Romania’s Bran Castle, the site long linked to the Dracula legend, after calling emergency services while disoriented and hypothermic. Rescuers say his route and decisions were “very strange,” especially passing an open mountain chalet he didn’t enter. Severe weather has slowed operations, while his mother waits desperately for news as searches resume.
A new claim about Jack the Ripper’s identity has resurfaced, this time hinging on disputed DNA from a shawl allegedly found at an 1888 crime scene. Russell Edwards says it proves Polish immigrant Aaron Kosminski was the killer, but forensic experts dismiss the evidence as weak, contaminated and statistically meaningless. More than a century on, the Ripper remains unsolved, fuelled by speculation rather than certainty.
Nearly a decade after her Paris robbery, Kim Kardashian returned to testify against the ten accused, confronting lingering skepticism, including from ex-husband Kanye West. In The Kardashians, she recounted the trauma of being tied up and robbed of $10 million in jewelry, the emotional toll of disbelief, and the sense of vindication and closure she felt after facing her attackers in court.
A baseless conspiracy theory about Erika Kirk having a secret ex-husband before marrying Charlie Kirk has exploded online. Fueled by tragedy, a complex public persona, and the internet's love for hidden scandals, this myth lacks any verifiable evidence. Public records confirm only her marriage to Charlie Kirk, yet the fabricated narrative continues to spread, distorting reality.
In Ashland, Virginia, staff at a liquor store arrived to find smashed whisky bottles and a raccoon passed out in the bathroom after falling through the ceiling and drinking freely from the stock. Animal control officer Samantha Martin confirmed the “suspect” was extremely intoxicated. After sobering up, the raccoon was released back into the wild, hungover, unharmed, and hopefully wiser.
Former Home Alone homeowner John Abendshien reveals how his idyllic suburban life was upended by the movie’s fame. What began as a fun filming opportunity turned into decades of lost privacy, gawking tourists and strangers treating his front lawn as nostalgic property. His account shows the hidden cost of cultural landmarking, and what it means when the world decides your house belongs to them.Spotify’s 2025 Wrapped dropped on 3 December with a chaotic new obsession: Listening Age, a playful metric guessing which era your taste bel...
