If you consider peeing in the shower some kind of crime against hygiene, you might want to rethink as dabbling in, er, golden showers, could in fact save the planet. Unlike number twos, urine needs hardly any help getting down…
A Reddit thread discussing celebrities at school, answered by those who knew them, has thrown up some wild revelations about A-listers from Kanye West to Leonardo DiCaprio. Kanye West was “a decent student but sometimes a bit stubborn”, says a teacher of…
Host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, English comedian John Oliver, broke the record of charitable TV giveaways during Sunday’s show by writing off $15 million of medical debt. The show examined the shady goings-on of the US debt-buying industry before…
#1. Novi Sad, Serbia. Considered the cultural capital of Serbia, Novi Sad has museums, galleries, and beautiful architecture to wow any traveller, as well as stunning views over the Danube. #2. Český Krumlov, Czech Republic. Cobbled streets and hospitable locals mean you…
You might not be surprised to discover that flight attendants are humans who need sleep and breaks, too, but we bet you never knew just where they go to relax. Most Boeing 777 and 787 airplanes have a secret stairway…
Move over Disneyland, there’s finally an adult theme park that’s thrown out the rollercoasters, screaming kids, and soggy pizza slices for wine, wine, and, er, more wine. La Cite du Vin or, the City of Wine, recently opened in Bordeaux,…
#1. Most consumed alcoholic beverages by country. #2. Total worldwide adult alcohol consuption. #3. Areas with highest income and college education level in the US. #4. Population of Southeast Asia compared to the rest of the world. #5. Countries that…
#1. Just 4 days after fertilization. Although it doesn’t look like much, this microscopic zygote has a unique set of DNA, a sex (it’s a girl!), and is how we all started out. #2. Around 5-6 weeks of gestation. Although…
Two jokers found themselves a bit bored in a San Francisco art museum so decided to liven things up a bit with some “art” of their own. T.J. Khayatan, 17, and a friend placed a pair of glasses on the…
Prepare yourself for a migraine, as this image designed to test your senses asks: How many colors can you can see in the image below? It seems easy enough, but the illusion above plays with your ability to process visual…
#1. This huge container ship. #2.A hockey helmet (left) and an American football helmet (right). #3. A very old mechanical calculator. #4. Different cables. #5. An aloe vera leaf. #6. An airplane. #7. A wasp’s…
#1. Soldiers leaving for Egypt hang out of train windows to kiss loved ones goodbye, 1935. #2. Soldiers leaving Los Angeles, US, for the Korean War help a friend kiss his sweetheart, 1950. #3. A tea party for Local Army…
#1. Two kilograms of fat beside two kilograms of muscle. #2. Nordlingen, a town in Bulgaria built inside the crater made by a meteorite when it struck Earth 14 million years ago. #3. A cross-section of an underwater communication cable. #4.…
This is the 230-foot sea-organ in Zadar, Croatia, which uses the energy of the winds and waters of the Adriatic sea to create beautiful music. The sea-organ, or “morske orgulje” as it’s know in Croatian, was designed by Croatian architect Nikola…