https://tenmagpies.com/ We collect the world's shiny stories. en https://tenmagpies.com/assets/logo-320.pnghttps://tenmagpies.com/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/candy-corn-love-it-or-hate-it/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/candy-corn-love-it-or-hate-it/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:09:00 +0000 You Eat This? Yellow, orange and white, shaped like a corn kernel, and covered in a shiny glaze made from an insect. You eat this? Millions do, and the other half of America thinks they're mad. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/melatonin-heart-failure-study/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/melatonin-heart-failure-study/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:08:00 +0000 What It Does Millions take it like a sweet before bed. Doctors looked at the records of 130,828 people with insomnia and found something that made them sit up. Don't panic, but do read the small print. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/casalesi-boss-caught-outside-prison/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/casalesi-boss-caught-outside-prison/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:07:00 +0000 Omertà Files For almost twenty years, a branch of the Casalesi clan ran rackets on Italy's Adriatic coast. When the final sentence came, its boss wasn't home. Five days later, police found him by a prison gate. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/cat-cancer-genes-help-humans/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/cat-cancer-genes-help-humans/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:06:00 +0000 Whisker Facts Scientists read the DNA of tumours from almost 500 pet cats. What they found looks a lot like human cancer, and that could help both of you. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/artemis-ii-moon-photos-and-flashes/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/artemis-ii-moon-photos-and-flashes/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:05:00 +0000 You Need To Learn The first people near the Moon in over 50 years didn't just take selfies. They took notes, in coloured pen, and NASA has just made it all public. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/10-minutes-exercise-deeper-sleep/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/10-minutes-exercise-deeper-sleep/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:04:00 +0000 You Are Not A Doctor The claim: it doesn't matter when you exercise, only how much. A study of students wearing Fitbits suggests that, for deep sleep, how often might matter more. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/pat-mcgrath-labs-bankruptcy/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/pat-mcgrath-labs-bankruptcy/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:03:00 +0000 Gone Bust Pat McGrath is the most famous makeup artist in the world. Her brand was once valued at over $1 billion. In January 2026 it walked into a bankruptcy court. In April it walked out with a new owner. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/halloween-spending-record-2026/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/halloween-spending-record-2026/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:02:00 +0000 You Pay How Much? Costumes, candy, fake cobwebs and a dog dressed as a hot dog. Here's where the money goes on the spookiest night of the year, and how families are trying to keep it cheaper. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/how-lego-bricks-are-made/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/how-lego-bricks-are-made/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:01:00 +0000 Made Inside Plastic grains, a lot of heat, a mould accurate to two thousandths of a millimetre and a few robots that never sleep. Inside the factory in Billund, Denmark. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/ai-teddy-bear-pulled-from-sale/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/ai-teddy-bear-pulled-from-sale/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Leave The Kids Alone It looked like a cuddly bear. Inside was the same AI that powers adult chatbots. Testers found it chatting about matches, pills and topics no child should hear. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/cats-prefer-predictable-over-surprises/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/cats-prefer-predictable-over-surprises/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:52:00 +0000 Whisker Facts Curiosity killed the cat, they say. A study with boxes, toys and a bit of sleight of hand suggests your cat would rather everything stayed exactly where it was. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/big-mac-price-around-the-world-2026/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/big-mac-price-around-the-world-2026/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:51:00 +0000 You Pay How Much? It's the same burger everywhere: two patties, special sauce, a sesame bun. So why does it cost almost four times more in one city than another? Here's the world's tastiest price list. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/australia-social-media-ban-teens-still-online/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/australia-social-media-ban-teens-still-online/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:50:00 +0000 Leave The Kids Alone The world's first big ban started in December. Three months later, most teens hadn't gone anywhere. The surprising reason? Many apps never even asked how old they were. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/teens-take-to-the-streets-europe-2026/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/teens-take-to-the-streets-europe-2026/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:45:00 +0000 Leave The Kids Alone It started in one school near Paris. A month later, students are marching in France, Italy, Spain, Albania and beyond. Here's what they want, what went wrong, and what it means if your kid wants to join. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/mafia-bosses-phones-in-prison/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/mafia-bosses-phones-in-prison/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:42:00 +0000 Omertà Files Smuggled phones, tiny SIM cards and "mafia lessons" for new recruits. What 1,200 officers found when they knocked on 181 doors in one morning. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/swift-telescope-falls-after-22-years/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/swift-telescope-falls-after-22-years/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:41:00 +0000 You Need To Learn Swift chased the biggest blasts in the universe since 2004. A robot tried to rescue it and ran out of fuel. Now it's slowly falling home. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/crayola-12-million-crayons-a-day/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/crayola-12-million-crayons-a-day/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:40:00 +0000 Made Inside Wax, colour, a mould and seven minutes of patience. Inside the Pennsylvania factory that still makes most of the world's best-known crayons. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/7000-steps-not-10000/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/7000-steps-not-10000/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:41:00 +0000 You Are Not A Doctor Your watch buzzes at 10,000 like it's a medical rule. It isn't. The biggest review of the evidence found most of the benefit comes earlier. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/coffee-less-fat-more-muscle/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/coffee-less-fat-more-muscle/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:40:00 +0000 What It Does People who drank the most coffee weighed about the same as everyone else. But inside, their bodies looked different. Here's what it does, and what it doesn't prove. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/billion-dollar-bankruptcies-2026/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/billion-dollar-bankruptcies-2026/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000 Gone Bust Huge firms with more than $1 billion on the books keep falling over in America. Fewer than last year, but still more than normal. And one of them made the wipers on your car. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/kids-ai-more-than-parents-think/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/kids-ai-more-than-parents-think/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:09:00 +0000 Leave The Kids Alone A new survey in France asked kids and their parents the same questions. The answers didn't match. Here's the gap, why it matters, and how to close it without a fight. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/phones-out-of-school-netherlands-pennsylvania/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/phones-out-of-school-netherlands-pennsylvania/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:08:00 +0000 Leave The Kids Alone The Netherlands and Pennsylvania both want phones gone from the school day, from the first bell to the last. Here's what changes, what doesn't, and the bit every parent asks first: “but how do I reach my kid?” https://tenmagpies.com/stories/why-cats-meow-at-us/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/why-cats-meow-at-us/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:07:00 +0000 Whisker Facts Adult cats hardly ever meow at other cats. Scientists think the meow became a special line to humans, and that every cat and owner end up with their own little language. Also: cats meow more at men. There's a reason. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/cats-and-owners-share-hormones/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/cats-and-owners-share-hormones/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:06:00 +0000 Whisker Facts Japanese researchers put Bluetooth tags on cats and tested everyone's hormones for a month. Happy owner, happy cat? It looks that way. And sitting close seems to matter more than how long you've had them. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/europe-prices-romania-cheapest/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/europe-prices-romania-cheapest/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:05:00 +0000 You Pay How Much? Eurostat compared the prices of more than 2,000 everyday things across Europe. Romania came out as the cheapest country in the EU, Luxembourg and Denmark the priciest. But there's a catch, and it's your pay slip. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/price-of-a-coffee-italy-uk-australia/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/price-of-a-coffee-italy-uk-australia/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:04:00 +0000 You Pay How Much? Your morning coffee got pricier almost everywhere. We lined up an espresso in Italy, a cappuccino in Britain and a takeaway in Australia. The gap is huge, and the reason isn't really the beans. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/first-pumpkin-over-3000-pounds/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/first-pumpkin-over-3000-pounds/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:03:00 +0000 You Eat This? First a British grower broke the record. Seven days later a man from Rhode Island smashed it with a 1,431 kg monster, the first pumpkin ever over 3,000 pounds. Here's how you grow a fruit the size of a hatchback. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/ultra-processed-food-colorectal-cancer-study/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/ultra-processed-food-colorectal-cancer-study/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:02:00 +0000 You Eat This? A huge US study found no link between how much ultra-processed food people ate overall and bowel cancer. Before you grab the crisps: what's inside the package still matters a lot. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/getty-images-chapter-11/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/getty-images-chapter-11/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Gone Bust That tiny credit under a news photo? Very often it says Getty. Now the company is in bankruptcy, after a wedding that got called off, very expensive debt and, of course, AI. https://tenmagpies.com/stories/milan-car-rental-mafia-bank/ https://tenmagpies.com/stories/milan-car-rental-mafia-bank/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Omertà Files From the street, a car-rental firm near Milan. According to investigators, a “hidden bank” washing money for three mafia groups. Thirty arrests, €21 million seized, and a twist straight out of a TV series.