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Hospital staff in Wales left some food outside — a vat of chicken tikka masala. A seagull fell in while seeking food. The staff rescued the white bird to find its feathers had turned orange.

Eric Thurm and friends were watching TED Talks while drunk and had an idea — Drunk TED Talks. But Thurm tells the site Jezebel he got a cease-and-desist letter from the real organization.

To Mark Apelt it felt gross to blow on a cake that everyone eats. He created Blowzee. Kids blow into the kazoo-looking tool and it activates the fan which blows out the candles.

Casino magnate Steve Wynn acquired Picasso's painting La Reve for $139 million. Then, while showing off the valuable work at his Las Vegas Hotel, he punched a hole in it with his elbow. Ouch.

Chappy Hardy, a.k.a. the Man from Hunger, was forced by Hurricane Katrina to leave his beloved New Orleans. But his search for good, economical eating continues in New York. He finds a low-priced, top-notch burger in the East Village.

The U.S. citizen did not die from a climbing-related accident or inclement weather, his group said. Mount Everest, located across Nepal and Tibet, is the world's highest point above sea level.

The estate of fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien has successfully blocked a cryptocurrency called "JRR Token."

Though Will Kimbrough's masterful guitar work has been featured on albums by Jimmy Buffett and Rodney Crowell, his solo career is what's made him a legend in some circles. When he first became popular in his home state of Alabama, a bar could attract huge crowds just by advertising that "Will" was playing.

Gary Himmelfarb, a.k.a. Doctor Dread, has always admired the music of Robert Zimmerman, a.k.a. Bob Dylan. The result is a new tribute album to the protest singer, cast in the protest music of reggae. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Doctor Dread.

Wild boars have a reputation for destruction, but farmer Friedrich Stapel told a news agency that he can't bear to chase away the piglet, which he's named Frieda. It'll winter with his mother cows.