A Few Trick-or-Treaters in Canada Receive a Surprising Treat: Bitcoin

Cointelegraph reports: While many children dressed as ghosts, goblins, and witches last night may have been disappointed to find an inedible thin piece of cardboard left out in a goodie bag, a lucky few recognized the treat as a Bitcoin prize. According to an October 31 tweet from Brad Mills, the crypto user filled a Halloween candy box with more than…

Why are witches hexing the moon on TikTok?

Putting spells on the moon, plus science limericks and knights patrolling social distancing, in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732941-300-why-are-witches-hexing-the-moon-on-tiktok/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

We’ll have 2 Friday the 13ths in 2020

And 2020’s first Friday the 13th is coming up on March 13. It’ll be exactly 13 weeks after the previous Friday the 13th in December 2019. Zoinks! Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/scared-2-friday-the-13ths-in-2020…

Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Changes Time Zones, Just Keeps Drifting

pgmrdlm tipped us off to an unprecedented scientific phenomenon. Forbes writes: Earth’s magnetic north pole has been moving East at an unusually fast pace, heading from the Canadian Arctic toward Russia. The rapid change of the magnetic poles has caused concern over navigation, GPS systems, military operations, etc. The northern magnetic pole has been drifting toward Russia at a speed of…

Witches set to cast ‘binding spell’ on Trump

Thousands of witchcraft practitioners are planning to cast a spell on US President Donald Trump later today. Taking full advantage of the Halloween se… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/331480/witches-set-to-cast-binding-spell-on-trump…

Two Friday the 13ths in 2019

Do you have friggatriskaidekaphobia … an irrational fear of Friday the 13th? Today isn’t Friday the 13th. But it is exactly 13 weeks before a Friday the 13th in September. Then, exactly 13 weeks after that, 2019’s second Friday the 13th will fall in December. Zoinks! Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/two-friday-the-13ths-in-2019…