What’s Trending: The Poop Egg
Trending today: a man attempts to steal a Faberge egg by swallowing it, but biology (eventually) gets in the way.
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What’s Trending: Trashed Panda
Posted by Aaron Keck | Dec 11, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a raccoon goes on a bender in a Virginia liquor store, sparking widespread memes and some pretty fun pictures.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Ikea Forever!
Posted by Aaron Keck | Dec 10, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: IKEA’s master plan to stay in business in perpetuity – by purchasing its own forest, to ensure a permanent lumber supply.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Hello, Rich Hapsburg!
Posted by Aaron Keck | Dec 9, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a company is purporting to offer a humanoid robot butler – but it’s not AI, it’s being operated remotely by a person.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Neophobic Birds
Posted by Aaron Keck | Dec 8, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a massive study of neophobia (fear of new things) in birds, with some highly interesting findings.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Yo Ho Ho and a Kettle of Fish
Posted by Aaron Keck | Dec 5, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a 1907 maritime research project whose work is still relevant today – because they used lots and lots of rum.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Buy Now, Pay Later
Posted by Aaron Keck | Dec 4, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a big spike in “buy now, pay later” purchasing – which is sparking concerns as more and more Americans are missing payments.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Nuclear War, Corn, and You
Posted by Aaron Keck | Dec 3, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a Penn State study on the effects of nuclear war on global corn production – which must have had a fun origin story.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 28, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: the autograph-collection market is roiled by a massive forgery scandal, with four million fake items on the marketplace.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Signed With Human Hands
Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 21, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Instead of getting to today’s trend, Victor and Aaron get sidetracked on a fun conversation about the pros and cons of autograph collecting.
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