Churches are as varied as the people who build them—and some of them can seem very strange to most of us. Here are 10 fascinating churches from around the world which may not be like your local parish house of prayer. 10 Sedlec Ossuary An ossuary is a place used for the storage of bones. It can be as small as a wooden box or as large as a city....
This was a big week for the natural world with several animal-related stories making the headlines. We have flying spiders, Alien wasps, costly storks, and margarita-loving bears. In otherworldly news, we look at an amazing baby picture and explore Uranus. On Earth, we set a new eating record and open the Dildo Brewery. 10 What Crashed Into Uranus? According to a new paper published in the Astrophysical Journal, a massive object smashed into Uranus billions of years ago and caused many of the peculiar characteristics that the ice giant still has today....
10Kiiking When we were kids, just about all of us probably used a swing-set at some point. They are at found in most public parks and are a pretty ubiquitous part of everyone’s childhood. However, in Estonia, swinging is much more than just something children do to pass the time. As children, we probably all tried to swing over the bars at some point, and found it was pretty much impossible, due to the design of our swing-sets....
Prisons today formulate ways to encourage inmates to adopt art as a form of redemption, but it’s clear that art and criminality often have met historically. It seems that the stereotype of the miserable, deranged artist rings true, particularly in the cases on this list. Perhaps genius and misery go hand in hand. 10 David And GoliathCaravaggio This striking painting is the renowned David and Goliath by Caravaggio, an Italian Baroque master of the 16th century....
10 Jose Viana And Manuel Pereira Da Cruz In August 1966 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a teenager was looking for his lost kite when he made the grim discovery of two dead men, both dressed in raincoats and lying on their backs, each with a makeshift lead mask near their heads. There were no signs of a struggle, and initial investigations ruled that both men had died of cardiac arrest....
10George Mendonsa And Greta Friedman V-J Day in Times Square, which was shot by Alfred Eisenstaedt, is arguably one of the most iconic photographs from World War II. It gained infamy when it was published in LIFE magazine and became a cultural icon almost instantly. Eisenstaedt claimed that he watched as the sailor grabbed “every female he could find and kiss[ed] them all” before finding his famous nurse. The subjects’ identity was a mystery for decades after the photograph was published....
Recently, Maduro went on an international tour to beg for money from Middle Eastern and Asian countries and for oil price support from OPEC. As of this writing, he’s received a new $20 billion commitment from China for investments in Venezuela, although it’s unclear if the deal includes any free cash to reduce the risk of default this year. Qatar is also studying the possibility of investment. But this is unlikely to be enough to save Venezuela, especially in the long term....
From six-year-old kids being arrested to being placed in a mental facility, with these stories, you may even feel a bit better about your high school experience! 10 Banned for Being Bald In 2014, a young girl was banned from coming to school because she had no hair. The nine-year-old girl, Kamryn Renfro, had shaved her head in support of her best friend, Delaney Clements, who had been diagnosed with cancer back in October of 2010....
10 Omagh Bombing, 1998 A man smiles for a photo wearing a bright yellow jumper with his equally smiley son hoisted on his shoulders. They are a couple of excited Spanish tourists visiting the town of Omagh in Northern Ireland. They stand in front of an innocuous red car on a busy street. The year is 1998, and that red car was packed with around 500 pounds )226 kilograms) of fertilizer-based explosives that would detonate moments after that photo was snapped....
Some mysteries are cool. Others are creepy. And then there are the decidedly shady ones that could be solved if only those who know the truth would emerge from the shadows and speak up. Here are ten of those. 10 Ghost Gunshot It was a beautiful day in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, in February 2022, and a 38-year-old man and his two children decided to take a leisurely walk. Accompanying them was an acquaintance of the family....
Discovery: Butterfly supergenes demonstrate unknown method of inheritance The butterfly species Heliconius numata has long proved a mystery. Its population carried seven different discrete wing-patterns, each specified by a combination of many different genes. When parents with different wing patterns mate genes get shuffled and spread out and these patterns should quickly merge together. The traditional Mendelian inheritance model we all learned in school breaks down where multiple genes are involved....
According to expert Gay Bradshaw, the animals have just reached a breaking point. They’ve suffered through decades of poaching, culling, and habitat loss, and many have had to watch while their families and babies are killed and severed. Bradshaw believes that this is a sort of animal revolt—a time when the animals of the wild are turning against their abusers by becoming more aggressive than ever before. The result has been some absolutely chilling stories of animal attacks....
So come, hear the creepy stories of one of the strangest countries on Earth. 10 Cosmonauts And UFOs Cosmonauts are notoriously brave people. Not only did they manage to win the Space Race, they did it with crafts that were essentially held together with chewing gum and hope. So when a Soviet space veteran lowers his voice and starts whispering about the strange and scary things he saw up there, it pays to listen....
But that is not the only surprising fact that we have about vegetarians. For example, most return to eating meat sooner than you might expect, some have an unusual fetish, and a war is brewing among them. 10 It Used To Be Called ‘Pythagorean’ “Vegetarian” is actually a new word. It was only formed in the 19th century. Before then, people used “Pythagorean” to refer to a meatless diet. And yes, it was named after Pythagoras, the same Greek mathematician and astronomer for whom the Pythagorean theorem is named....
Due to a large assortment of culinary applications, peanut butter can be found almost anywhere. Some people would rather stick to the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich, while others use the ingredient in everything they can, including ice creams, cookies, salads, soups, burgers, and even drinks. Beloved by children and adults alike, peanut butter has stolen the hearts and stomachs of many cultures—especially in the US, which has been the main source of its popularity....
How could we possibly do this stuff accurately and easily without electronics and machinery? Well, Mother Nature already has a lot of it figured out. We’re not talking about taking inspiration from nature or genetically modifying an animal to do something different. This list is made up of surprising abilities and features of the natural world that can be used to directly solve a problem. 10 Want To Know The Temperature?...
However, there are also some rather unusual ways in which you can land yourself in trouble abroad. Tourists have been fined or spent time behind bars for engaging in what many of us would consider standard holiday activities. Plagued with over-tourism, the Italians in particular have begun imposing fines on tourists to restore a level of decorum to their cities, while wearing swimwear in public or stepping on a banknote can land you in trouble elsewhere....
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was labeled a security risk by the First Continental Congress, and required to go around Philadelphia, from September 5 to October 26, 1774, with a bodyguard of 3 armed soldiers “surreptitiously dressed,” so as not to arouse suspicions. These men weren’t expected to protect Franklin from other citizens. They were expected to protect the secrets of the Congress from getting out to the public via Franklin’s loose lips....
For the following explorers, however, the risk caught up with them in a big way. Not only did they die, but they’re also believed to have been eaten by cannibals. For some, whether or not they were actually cannibalized is up for debate. Others were eaten without a doubt. 10 German Explorer Killed On Polynesian Goat Hunt German-born Stefan Ramin and his girlfriend Heike Dorsch were experienced travelers. They had embarked on a sailing trip around the world, which, on August 30, 2011, took them to the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia....
Maybe you think of bygone flavors like clove or inexplicable candies like Circus Peanuts. Or maybe you think of retro classics like candy cigarettes and buttons or wax lips and bottles. This list is not about those candies. It is about confections and sweet treats that have been around for hundreds or even thousands of years. As these items are so old, their origin stories are varied or murky. Their ages also mean that these treats have assumed many names and forms in different cultures over time....
