Americans love to move to shitholes, so why don't they move to the shitholes where the jobs are? It's a mystery.

Science! What would we do without you? Certainly we would never know the marvelous story of Tornatellides boeningi, the snail that can survive being eaten, digested, and pooped out by a bird.

[Cranes flying south for the winter, at sunset in Germany. Photo via AP.]

Prostitutes are the new carnies. South African authorities estimate 40,000 sex workers from the Congo, Russia, and beyond will make pilgrimages to their nation to get rich servicing soccer fans. Sex tourism: Now, the hookers come to you. [GlobalPost]