The Chicago Sun-Times just put out a list of books to add to your summer reading list, but good luck finding these titles! The problem? Most of the books don't exist. The authors may be real, but the newspaper confirmed that the list was generated by AI, and ten out of fifteen titles don't exist. The list was generated by freelancer Marco Buscaglia, a Chicago-based writer, who confirmed that he failed to fact check when using AI. Whether it be just lazy editing or a calculated prank, which of these fake titles do you think sound like interesting reads (only showing four of them) ?

For centuries, beekeepers across Europe have followed the ancient tradition of "telling the bees". This is where the beekeeper treated their bees as extended members of their own family and kept them informed of any family news in the household. Marriages, new births and especially deaths were marked by decorating the hive and telling the bees what had happened. The death of the beekeeper required the new beekeeper to introduce themselves formally as their new owner and ask for their acceptance as their new master/mistress. It was thought that not doing this would encourage the bees to desert the hive or the colony to stop producing honey or even die. Most recently, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the newspapers featured a story of the Royal beekeeper telling the bees kept on the grounds of Buckingham palace that she had died and wrapped a black bow around each hive. Are you familiar with this tradition?

Before his death on 9/11, emerging NYC artist Michael Richards was becoming a prominent figure in contemporary art with his work known for its provocative themes. He was working at his studio in the North World Trade Centre on that terrible day. The imagery of airplanes, pilots and wings in Richards' work took on a new meaning after 9/11. His work often featured planes, including sculptures depicting airplanes piercing his own body. Before his death, Richards said of his work, "The idea of flight relates to my use of pilots and planes, but it also references...the idea of being lifted up, enraptured, or taken up to a safe place—to a better world." Do you agree this is a very scary "foreshadowing" of his death?

Many credit a book for figuratively saving their life, but one nurse can say without a doubt this is the case. Agatha Christie's 16‐year‐old detective story "The Pale Horse" saved the life of a 19‐month‐old girl dying of a condition that baffled London doctors, in a case from 1977. A baby, flown for treatment from Qatar, was semiconscious when admitted. Despite intensive care, her blood pressure rose, her breathing became increasingly difficult and she appeared on the brink of death. The doctors could not diagnose the illness. Nurse Martha Maitland said she was reading "The Pale Horse" and the baby's symptoms were remarkably similar to those of a thallium case in the book. Thallium is rarely found in Britain, but once the proper equipment and tests were done, they confirmed thallium poisoning. Once properly diagnosed, doctors were able to save the child. Have you ever learned important information from a book or in a movie or TV show?