Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.


Trending today: “the cow.” What is “the cow”? It’s the weird name that scientists have attached to an unusually flat explosion they’ve observed in space – trending especially because it bears a striking resemblance to that scene in “Star Wars” when the Death Star explodes. Also trending: a village in Iceland whose residents routinely throw puffins off a cliff into the ocean – but don’t worry, it’s to help the puffins, not hurt them. Honest.

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