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For anyone who’s ever been confused about what sexual consent means, the UK’s Thames Valley Police has just launched a brilliant YouTube campaign explaining it using a quintessentially English tea analogy. The video, titled “Consent: It’s as Simple as Tea,”…
Josh Sundquist‘s life hasn’t been easy: he was diagnosed with cancer when he was just nine years old, and was told he had a 50% chance of surviving. After chemotherapy, he survived, but lost his left leg. He was thirteen when…
Don’t be fooled: this pink meadow is actually the world’s driest desert — which has been stirred to life by climate change. The Atacama desert in Chile is the driest non-polar desert on Earth, but occasionally this barren wasteland likes to make a grand spectacle.…
A 10-year-old dinosaur enthusiast who has made a YouTube video every day for the past four months has seen his subscribers shoot up from just 22 to an incredible 88,000 — literally overnight. This Pterosaur flight video has over a million…
These wide-eyed and unbearably adorable Japanese and Siberian flying squirrels look like they’ve come straight out of a Disney cartoon, but they’re actually found in Japan and some parts of Europe. Old World flying squirrels, as they are known, don’t hibernate, but…
If cats went to a gallery, what kind of art would they be into? This is Paramount Picture illustrator Carrie Liao‘s take on it — and we think it’s extremely insightful. After spending a day at the Museum of Contemporary Art in…
If you’ve never wanted to go to Romania, you will now, because the world’s first ever kinetic steampunk bar has opened there, and it looks AWESOME. Enigma Café in Cluj-Napoca has working steampunk structures that guarantee an awesome setting on a night out.…
Lithuanian outdoorsman Darius Sasnauskas had the rare opportunity to witness the birth of two baby deer in his backyard near Yellowstone National Park in the US. Sadly, one of them injured her leg and was left behind by her family because…
The Force has awoken — in Odessa, Ukraine, where a statue of Vladimir Lenin has been transformed into the dark lord Darth Vader. While the rest of the world was trying to figure out what The Force Awakens trailer reveals about…
US-based photographer Freddy Fabris had always wanted to pay homage to the great Renaissance masters, but wasn’t sure how until he stumbled upon an old Midwest car shop. “The place screamed for something to be shot there,” Fabris wrote on the…
We’ve all been there: your good friend starts dating and suddenly disappears off the face of the earth. It’s as though they’re dead. Well, when 20-year-old Keiran Cable from South Wales started to date 19-year-old Jess Ferguson, his friends had…
You might see a fountain, but photographer Rich McCor sees a popped champagne bottle. The Eiffel Tower? It’s a rocket taking off, obviously. The London artist has amassed a strong Instagram following thanks to his simple yet striking images of…
Artist Michael Pederson likes to inject a little amusement and the delight of discovery into people’s lives by leaving clever little works of art around Sydney for them to find. Pederson began his urban mischief in 2013, and explained the idea behind his work to…
Matt Dixon is a freelance illustrator from the UK who works in the games industry. When he’s not painting angry goblins or weird alien slugs, he likes to unwind by retreating to his world of robots. These peaceful and solitary metal figures are…
Tired of the beach waste washing up on the shores near her Oregon home, artist Angela Pozzi decided to do something. Inspired by the variety and color of the trash, she created the Washed Ashore Project, a traveling art exhibition and…
Meet Mary Cotter, who recently turned 103 years old. But instead of sitting down and putting her feet up, Cotter decided to dress up as a real-life Wonder Woman and volunteer at the Montclair Senior Center, California, serving tea and cakes to the residents.…