Russian candy bars have disturbing secret ingredient: blood

This creepy candy bar kept Soviet-era children fed — and it’s still “in the red.” Hematogen — a chocolatey, chewy snack with an oddly metallic aftertaste —
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There really is something unique about Tennessee whiskey, study finds.

So-called "Lincoln County Process" is a critical step in achieving smooth flavor.
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Pecker-checker Becker's hacker wrecker: Saudi cyber-crew stole Bezos' sexts from phone, fed them to tabloid – claim

IT cloud baron's device pillaged, Feds told, while mag denies any hacking, spying
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Tesla Boom Lifts Norway's Electric Car Sales to Record Market Share

Almost 60 percent of all new cars sold in Norway in March were fully electric..
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April Fools' Day:10 Stories that Look like Pranks but aren't

It's even harder to decipher the fake from the facts on April Fools' Day.
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Andy Yan, the analyst who exposed Vancouver's real estate disaster

Hated by politicians, speculators and money-launderers, Andy Yan's data on Vancouver housing has earned him the right to say, 'I told you so.' By Terry Glavin. (Feb. 14, 2018)
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‘Worse than doing time’: life on the wrong side of China’s social credit system

David Kong felt shattered after a recent business trip to Chongqing. It took him more than 30 hours to travel to the city from Beijing, on a hard sleeper known in China as the “green-skin train” for its distinctive dark olive hue. The same 900-mile journey would have taken just three hours by air, or about 12 hours by high-speed train. But Kong could not take either, as he was a “deadbeat.”
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