You may of heard the sad news of Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke dying on Tuesday. The cause of her death was sepsis, and the announcement was a “major milestone” for this little-known but common condition, according to Thomas Heymann, executive director of the Sepsis Alliance.…
A recent study from University of Michigan suggests that the militant grammarians angered by rogue apostrophes and missing commas are basically, er, jerks. Linguists from the university published a study arguing that so-called “grammar Nazis” are usually disagreeable and introverted by nature.…
It’s common knowledge that microwave’s cook food by passing radiation through them, causing water molecules in the food to rapidly heat up. You don’t have to be a nuclear physicist to realize that you certainly wouldn’t want that radiation passing through you.…
A tree surgeon airlifted to hospital after a nasty fall was in for a royal surprise when he discovered that none other than Prince William was flying him to safety. Jim Schrembi, 37, was knocked unconscious after falling from a tree…
A 9-year-old super-athlete has just crushed a Navy SEAL-designed extreme obstacle course created to test the limits of the fittest adults. Milla Star Bizzoto, 9, completed the BattleFrog 24hour Xtreme race, tackling a 5-mile course with 25 obstacles and a…
A Russian oligarch’s son married his mysterious bride last weekend in the most lavish wedding ceremony the world has ever seen. Kazakh billionaire Mikhael Gutseriev’s son Said, 28, married 20-year-old Khadija Uzhakhovs in a $1 billion ceremony. Little is known…
In a recent episode of James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke for the Late Late Show, Jennifer Lopez joined comedian James for singing, gossip and some hilarious prank texting. It started with a lot of dancing and singing to J. Lo’s classic hits…
A vegetarian diet is good for you right? Wrong, if the findings of a new study are to be believed. A long term vegetarian diet causes genetic mutations which increase the risk of heart disease and cancer, say scientists from Cornell University in…
The 1984 film The Neverending Story is undoubtably a classic. It’s a gripping story within a story about a boy reading about a magical world named Fantasia that is under threat of being destroyed by The Nothing. The film’s hero Atreyu was played…
We love a good life hack — particularly when it involves using something that seemingly has no use at all, like silica bags. These little bags of beads that are found when you buy shoes, handbags, and electronic items are…
When Dalton Ross left his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee to study abroad at Belmont University in London, UK, he knew his mom would miss him, so he decided to do something about it. He sent his mom Susan Talley a life-sized…
Getting water stains on your beautiful wood table is annoying to say the least. But there is a bizarre and cheap solution to this problem that doesn’t involve the use of chemicals. Just use mayonnaise. That’s right. In the program “Home Made…
With its amazing facilities and fantastic job perks, Google is a highly desirable place to work. But it also has a gruelling interview process — so much so that some questions were banned by the company because they were too difficult. Career…
Life offers much pleasure. While some things may feel better than others (we’re looking at you, toe-curling orgasms), a few other incredible sensations also deserve acknowledgement. Like the feeling… #1. When you take a test and find everything you studied for on it. Hard…
If you were a dog, you wouldn’t want to leave the park either. Who would exchange those huge spaces for the tiny confines of indoor life? Not this clever pooch. He came up with an ingenious way to stay in the…
You just know when it’s time to settle down and have a family. And so it was with Austin-based comedians and best friends MK Paulsen and Ella Gale, who decided that it was time to take the next step and have a baby…