When the nation’s Health Secretary—historically the cheerleader for public health—tells Congress not to take medical advice from him, you know we’ve hit a new apex of bureaucratic irony. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sidestepping on vaccine questions is less a tightrope walk than a full gymnastics routine, leaving Americans to wonder (perhaps grimly amused): Where exactly are we supposed to look for guidance now?

Turns out, when it comes to hygiene and healing, we may not be as unique as we think. Recent research out of Uganda’s Budongo Forest shows chimpanzees using leaves for everything from wound care to post-coital cleanup with surprising finesse—even tending to each other’s injuries. Maybe civilization isn’t invention after all, but simply clever opportunity—one leaf at a time. Curious yet?

When a nurse’s career unravels after a patient’s outlandish paternity claim, the NHS’s tangle of procedure proves stranger than fiction. Jessica Thorpe ended up leaving not just her job, but the entire profession—for sourdough and Instagram stardom. What does her story say about rumor, bureaucracy, and the cost of letting the bizarre shape real lives?

Just when you thought you’d seen it all in the world of pampered pets, along comes Tofu—the Denver rescue cat with a bona fide $5,000 gold tooth and a viral TikTok grin to prove it. Is this the dawn of dental bling for cats, or simply a shimmering cautionary tale? Click through to discover how Tofu’s bite became pure gold.

Every so often, the bureaucratic circus delivers a proposal so bizarre you have to double-check it isn’t satire. Indonesia’s recent debate—making vasectomy a prerequisite for government aid—hits that mark, blending economic logic with eyebrow-raising ethics. Is this a pragmatic fix or a page from dystopian fiction? Let’s unpack the latest policy oddity straddling the line between bold and bewildering.

You’ve likely heard of picky eaters, but what if your entire menu—day in, day out—was limited to toast, Shreddies, and a dash of Haribo? Thomas Sheridan’s real-world “bread-only” diet is at once strange and quietly sobering, spotlighting the often overlooked world of ARFID. How much of life, I wonder, really happens simply around the dinner table?