The world is a pretty strange place; things often don’t happen according to plan, and weird coincidences are generally the norm. With this in mind, it’s not surprising that there would be unexpected facts about everything from pencils, to history, to science, and everything in be ......Read more
Walter White's descent into the meth-cooking underworld while he struggled with cancer made "Breaking Bad" utterly gripping TV...Read more
North Korea's Kim Jong Un is one of the most infamous -- and mysterious -- leaders in the world. The Communist ruler assumed power following...Read more
We know that filmmaking is more than just a bunch of actors reading a script while some dude points a camera and records it all. There's a lot of careful direction and editing and cinematography going on that is required to take your movie up...Read more
When you head to a restaurant, you might have your heart - or stomach - set on a particular dish. Or, you might be a little more open to suggestion. That's the opportunity menu engineers and consultants are looking for. Behind the scenes, before you're even thinking of dinner, th ......Read more
In the 1930’s starlet, Hedy Lamarr invented a new technology to stop Nazi’s from jamming Navy torpedoes, but the idea was rejected until 1962 and implemented during the Cold War. Her frequency hopping technology is also the basis for modern Bluetooth....Read more
At times, life can present seriously blatant coincidences that give us the impression of being trapped inside some sort of ...Read more
There are more than 200 countries in the world, and we’re sure you’ve heard of each of them at least once. But there are states and territories on our planet we never knew existed. They occupy a super small area, and some of them are inhabited by just a couple of families. ...Read more
It’s the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of living organisms. It’s such a big concept that it's understandable to feel as if it's beyond your control....Read more
Japan is well known for its inventions. Some of them are weird, others are genius, while still others are somewhere in between. Just remember the selfie stick that so many laughed at only a couple of years ago! ...Read more
If you don’t know what a bullet bra is then you could be forgiven for thinking it’s something dangerous. And in a way it is, because its extremely conical points are sharp...Read more
Our body is a perfect mechanism where lots of things happen at the same time. And sometimes it gives us signs that it needs help which, if ignored, can lead to health issues. ...Read more
Alice Robinson from England tested several popular techniques and managed to become 1.5 cm taller in a week thanks to stretching her spinal column and increasing the intervertebral disk height by 1-2 mm. Correct posture will add another inch to your height....Read more
You would think that by now people wouldn't ask the whole Internet for help with photoshopping. Yet they still do... This time, a couple asked the Internet to photoshop a shirtless man out of their engagement pic. But the Internet did what they always do when they get a photoshop ......Read more
Imagine a funeral in which the polished mahogany coffin is replaced by a whimsical wood-carved sculpture. Imagine a last farewell not accompanied by uncontrollable sobs but by celebration. Imagine a journey...Read more
