Could this finally be the year? The treasure hunt featured on hit History show The Curse of Oak Island was given a massive $3million cash boost for Season 6 — more than DOUBLE the figure from last year. The Nova Scotia Film and Television Production Incentive Fund (NSFPIF) committed $3.97million Canadian dollars (US$3million) to helping create the […]
WASHINGTON — Responding to teacher walkouts across the country, congressional Democrats on Tuesday proposed raising teachers’ salaries by canceling the tax cut for the nation’s top 1 percent of earners. The Republican-controlled Congress was unlikely to support the idea of giving states and school districts $50 billion over a decade to fund the teacher raises […]
Native to central and southern Europe, the amphibious alpine newt breeds in shallow water, where its larvae are born, hatch and feed on plankton, before sprouting legs and moving to land. This timelapse video from the Dutch director Jan van IJken tracks the development of a single-celled zygote into the hatched larva of an alpine […]
Made by Austrian goldsmith Konrad Seusenhofer, a leading armor manufacturer of the 16-th century, this strange-looking Horned helmet was originally part of a suit of armor presented by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I to Henry VIII in 1514. The Horned helmet is technically called an armet, with protection for the skull, hinged cheek pieces, […]
Are you turned on when you look in the mirror, and enjoy nothing more than a steamy night at home alone? You could be an autosexual Name: Autosexuality. Age: Exactly as old as I am. Appearance: Beautiful, fun, charming, attractive, sexy. Like me. If you don’t mind me saying so, you seem pretty pleased with yourself. Yes, I am, thanks. […]
Finally, a positive online “challenge” has gone viral! For years, bored teens and online spotlight-seekers have followed silly and sometimes dangerous trends, from the Birdbox challenge to the Tide Pod challenge. However, the idea of using a viral trend to motivate people for good could be an extremely positive force in the world, and the […]
Farken hell! Sometimes you look at a lego build and think, hang on ya hairy-toed wanker, you’ve gotta be Tolkien the piss with this one. This, this, is one of those builds. And let’s start by saying f**ken well done on the Lord of the Rings love. Amongst the love Game of Thrones gets these days, it seems people […]
Hey, it’s science Scientists from the Weizmann Institute in Israel fed 800 people the exact same meal before monitoring their blood sugar levels, physical activity, sleep and bathroom activity. While you would expect the results to be fairly similar across the board – they had eaten the same food – researchers instead saw wildly differing reactions. One […]
Police officers detained Kate Scottow, 38, at her home in Hitchin, Hertfordshire More than two months after her arrest and she has had neither her mobile phone or laptop returned The complaints made by activist Stephanie Hayden led to arrest of Mrs Scottow A mother was arrested in front of her children and locked up […]
It is widely known that the U.S.-led NATO intervention to topple Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 resulted in a power vacuum that has allowed terror groups like ISIS to gain a foothold in the country. Despite the destructive consequences of the 2011 invasion, the West is currently taking a similar trajectory with regard to Syria. Just as […]
Drew Goodall lives comfortably today, easily taking in £250,000 every year as a result of the success of his Sunshine Shoeshine company which almost exclusively employs homeless people and those with special needs. But while it may seem that Drew lives an especially charmed life nowadays, he will never forget the time when he himself […]
Above image: Filmmaker Stephani Gordon records the encrusted cockpit area of the aircraft. The disappearance of famous pilot Amelia Earhart as she tried to circumnavigate the world in 1937 has obsessed many for years, with theories ranging from Earhart and her navigator dying on an island after they crashed in the ocean to being imprisoned […]
You thought Big Oil was bad, but the Rockefeller Family also set the stage for Big Pharma destroying Natural Cures in the process. Author, Chris Kanthan, has written an amazing article on how the Rockefeller family undermined modern society in countless ways, but what most do not realize is just how much they wiped out natural […]
Back into the history, people were little bit weird. They are taking pictures funny dressed, with some really strange people, and I wanna say thanks to all people who saved these pictures, and allow us to see them today. I think that most of people will agree with me about these pictures, and for those […]
Artists impression of Titanic II leaving New York Harbor. Photo by Roderick Eime CC BY 2.0 Titanic II is on the way, but it’s not a movie. A replica ship is being made in China and aims to give passengers a luxury traveling experience with a historical flavor. Since its spectacular sinking after hitting an […]