Asia’s Deadly Secret: The Scourge Of The Betel Nut
The scourge of the betel nut. It is used by almost a tenth of the world’s population. It gives people a buzz equivalent to six cups of coffee and is…
The scourge of the betel nut. It is used by almost a tenth of the world’s population. It gives people a buzz equivalent to six cups of coffee and is…
The warning signs of online fraud and how to avoid it. Logged 207,000 Internet fraud reports to the U.S. Internet Crime Center.
Fish create huge underwater spirals. American photographer Octavio Aburto thrives on the fascinating world of life in the sea. He has spent decades studying and researching marine biology in order…
Groom tried to drown himself. A young groom from China’s Hubei province was so disappointed after seeing his bride for the first time, he actually tried to kill himself at…
Homeless Man Lives In A Grave. Bratislav Stojanovic, a 43-year-old homeless man from Serbia, has been living with the dead in a cemetery in Nis. He has made a grave…
Life-size transformer sculptures. A Chinese scrapyard became a tourist attraction after the staff built Transformers from metal junk. One day, the workers at a scrapyard in China recently decided to…
If you truly believe great things come in small packages, then you’ll want to use the World’s Smallest Postal Service to surprise your better half, on Valentine’s Day. The World’s…
Hyper-environmental skyscraper acts like a squid. Animal-inspired architecture has undoubtedly been on the rise. The long legs of giraffes and spiders seem to naturally lend themselves to lofty buildings floating…
Guy Sues Parents. Bernard Bey, a homeless man from Brooklyn, New York, is suing his parents for not loving him and supporting him enough. He is actually asking for $200,000…
Silicon Valley tech companies turn to a Wiccan witch to deal with pesky computer viruses and demons. Modern technology doesn’t exactly go hand in hand with witchcraft, but that doesn’t…
Trained eagles tackle pesky drone problem. The Dutch are using an ingenious, low-cost, totally organic solution to the country’s increasing drone problem – they’re having eagles trained to attack the…
Alpaca Wedding Witness. The Epinard Nasu Hotel, in Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture, offers a highly unconventional wedding service. Newlyweds can rent a cute, fluffy alpaca from a nearby zoo to act…
You would think that a woman living with a mannequin family has got to be some sort of weirdo. Contrary to that expectation, Suzanne Heintz comes across as fairly normal.…
Guillaume Dumas, a 28-year-old Canadian entrepreneur, got his higher education for free, he crashed courses at ivy league colleges across America, for four years. Dumas, who hails from Quebec, said…
Some of the Internet cafes are also called "manga kissa," because they specialize in serving as manga (comic books/graphic novels) reading spots (the name is short for manga "kissaten," which…
Pseudis Paradoxa, or paradoxical frog, is one of the most curious creatures in the world. It grows into giant 11-inch tadpoles and shrinks to 2.5 inches as it matures. The…
Tax day is never fun, but you can take solace in a new finding: A recently translated ancient Egyptian tax receipt shows a bill that is literally heavier than any…
So, you’ve been buried alive. We’re not going to lie to you — things are looking real bleak right now. How you got there is not important. Let’s focus on…
People who cheat death think that they deserve to keep right on living. To die soon after would be just pointless and cruel on any level of cosmic life. There…
Missing Cat. Clive, a Norwegian Forest cat, disappeared from his home in December 2014 and left his owners Tanya and Jonathan Irons devastated. The couple launched an appeal on Facebook…
Voodoo. In A.D. 64, a great fire broke out in Rome for six days, and devastated much of the city. According to the writer Tacitus, “Nero fastened the guilt and…
Do words get removed from a dictionary if they are not used? The Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is generally regarded as the single most comprehensive record of…
Looking for a real challenge in your life? Try Pure Hell, a maddening puzzle made up of extra tiny pieces that are all the same solid color, created by the…
Denmark Strait Cataract. What’s the largest waterfall in the world? If you’re talking by flow rate, it’s Inga Falls. If you mean the tallest, it’s Angel Falls. The widest? Khone…
Whole brain emulation (WBE), mind upload or brain upload (sometimes called “mind copying” or “mind transfer“) is the hypothetical futuristic process of scanning the mental state (including long-term memory and…
Almost all of us are drowning in words. It’s no wonder that speed reading — which means to read at an increased speed with no loss of comprehension — is…
Although being scared may possibly not be a pleasant sensation, the capability to sense fear is clearly fairly essential, making certain that creatures respond accordingly to harmful circumstances. An interesting…
On the most southernmost tip on New Zealand’s South Island is a place called Slope Point. It hosts some of the strangest-looking trees in the world. They are shaped by…
There are strange and amazing creatures living in our world, and some of the most intriguing of these animals are the ones that are transparent. There are many types of…
Dangerous female gangsters. When asked to describe a gang leader, many people will whip up ideas of nasty-looking men in suits, covered with notorious tattoos from whom you stay away…