It happened to Alec Baldwin. It happened to Dog the Bounty Hunter. And now it’s (finally) happened to John Schnatter. Who’s that, you ask? You might know him better as his company name, Papa John. Schnatter has long been accused of racism, sexism, and so on. According to the article, “acknowledged using a racial slur during a May conference call. He also apologized following a media report that said he had graphically described violence against minorities.” Schnatter has stepped down as chairman of the board, but he will remain on the board. He controls 30% of the company. 

You Suck at Cooking (yeah, you totally suck!) is back again with another installment. This time, they teach you not only how to make scones, but give you an idea of the different kinds of scones. First, you will learn about American scone, which has fruits and flavors added to it. Then, you will see the British and Scottish scones, which are a little planer and used to spread jam and cream on. 

Captain Jack Sparrow was, in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, famously marooned on a desert island with a gun with only one bullet. Is this something out of the movies, or did pirates really maroon traitors and victims on islands? As it turns out, this is not a bit of Hollywood storytelling. Instead, pirates really did maroon people. In fact, marooning was actually written into pirate codes as one of the kind of punishments possible.

You don’t even have to be a history nerd to get excited about this story. Egyptian archeologists have recently discovered something very rare: a sarcophagus that’s as ancient as it is untouched. See, the problem with Egyptian archeology is that most of the finds aren’t exactly finds, they’re refinds. Most tombs have long since been looted by grave robbers. This sarcophagus, however, was protected by a layer of mortar. This means that archeologists have the possibility to study something extremely rare. 

There are a lot of cool railways in the world. One of the most popular and well known is the route between Oslo and Bergen, Norway (a video of which you can watch below, if you have seven and a half hours to kill). An equally impressive railway––but for different reasons––is the Sahara Railway. It’s among the longest, heaviest trains in the world and it runs through the most extreme conditions you can imagine hauling iron.

It might be hard to believe, but Flint, Michigan has been struggle with a water crisis since 2014. Twelve people died in the aftermath, and thousands have been poisoned. Although much of the water has been fixed, according to the city, Flint residents still don’t believe their water is safe to drink. Enter Elon Musk, who has promised to fund a fix for residents who are still experiencing problems with their water and have filters installed. 

Everyone knows the basic facts about the Titanic. It was a big ol’ ship that was supposedly unsinkable. It was lavish on the inside. It sank. Rose let go, despite saying she never would. The Titanic has become a metaphor for human hubris in the face of nature. But this video reminds us that the Titanic was actually a tremendous feat of engineering, and there are a ton of surprise facts in this video about the Titanic’s sister ships. 

Kristján Loftsson’s commercial whaling company, based out of Hvalfjordur, Iceland, has harpooned and slaughtered an endangered Blue whale. It is the first such killing in fifty years. The company has already killed twenty-one Fin whales, another endangered species that no other country in the world hunts because of an international moratorium. From the article, “Loftsson’s whaling station crew posed for photos next to and even on top of the whale in a sign they knew very well this was a rare Blue whale.” 

Michael Jackson’s famously high, beautiful singing voice may not have been natural, his doctor alleges. Conrad Murray, Jackson’s doctor, claims that Michael Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, essentially tortured young Michael Jackson to push him to greater performing heights. From the article: “Dr Murray has previously claimed the Jackson family patriarch would give Michael hormone injections to stop his voice from getting deeper. The doctor said Michael told him he was so scared of his dad he would vomit when he saw him.”

Formula 1 racing is, unsurprisingly, an incredibly expensive and complicated sport. That’s because half of the “athlete” competing in the race is actually a car. The expense and complexity are exacerbated by the fact that races are held thousands of miles apart, sometimes with only five days in between races. This video explains the incredible logistics that go into moving these races––think planes, trains, and automobiles. Sometimes races are held so far apart that several truck drives often follow the convoys in RVs, sleeping in turns so they can drive all hours of the day. 

There are lots of problems with interstellar travel. First, you need the technology to propel yourself millions upon millions of miles. Second, you need life support systems to keep people alive that long. Third, you need navigation technology. Fourth, you need to avoid wormholes to hell. But those are the smaller problems, relatively (or relativity) speaking. In fact, the big problem is called the Wait Calculation. Imagine that you send a group of colonists to travel 10,000 years to a star. Then, 2,000 years later the scientists on Earth figure out a way to travel faster, and then they send a ship to reach the same star in only 5,000 years. So the second ship gets to the star 3,000 years before the first ship. Imagine how the first ship feels. That’s the huge problem with space travel.

President Donald Trump has announced Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee. Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement opened the space for Trump’s second nominee, and the administration has played their choice close to the vest. The selection of Justice Kavanaugh is, according to several major news outlets (NYT, Wall Street Journal, and even Fox News), a win for conservatives, since Kavanaugh has been reliably conservative in his decisions. He has not decided on abortion cases directly, however, and the one decision he did make was criticized by conservatives for not being conservative enough. That could lead to tough questions from both sides of the aisle during confirmation.