They say you are what you eat. So, what are you? Chances are, you aren’t what you think. Food fraud is so rampant around the world that the producers of some sought-after delicacies have resorted to bizarre measures to combat it. For example, did you know parmesan cheese makers are installing microchips into the wheels …
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A couple of decades ago, 3D printers seemed pure science fiction. Sure, they have existed since the ‘80s and even earlier, but they weren’t really good for a whole heck of a lot. The technology has advanced in strides, though. Today, you can go buy a perfectly good 3D printer for a couple hundred bucks …
The sea is a weird and scary place. We’re lucky in one sense, though — even the biggest fish today aren’t that big. Sure, something like the whale shark and basking shark are pretty enormous, but they’re harmless plankton eaters. The great white shark might be big but even that pales in comparison to the …
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Have you read The Strange Survival Story Of Phineas Gage: Part One? Follow the link if you’d like to, because this is part two. The thing is, there are huge blood vessels on both sides of the head, and his injury was within 1/100 of an inch that these blood vessels were not disturbed. The …
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This is an oldie but a goodie and a strange survival story. It’s a marvel of medical science, the shattered skull of Phineas Gage. This case shows evidence of a truly traumatic injury. Gage had two sections of his skull missing, cracks from the lesions and damage behind left eye socket and in his cheekbone. …
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National Delaware Day happens in mid-July and these are all the facts you didn’t know about this teeny tiny state. Dead’s Poet Society was filmed in Middletown, Delaware. The state insect is the ladybug, adopted in April 25th, 1974, after elementary school children petitioned the General Assembly. Delaware is the second smallest state in the …
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Pumpkins are a staple of Fall, whether you love to eat them or use them for decorations. Here are all the pumpkin fun facts you need to know. The word “pumpkin” comes from the Greek word, pepon. Pepon means a “large melon.” Pumpkins originally came from Central America. The earliest pumpkin pie was different then …
Have you heard about the battery-powered whackadoodler that failed horribly? Of course it did — who would ever need a battery-powered whackadoodler? Now, excuse me, let me use my time machine to hop 60 years into the future. What’s this? Everyone has a battery-powered whackadoodler! This is a tale as old as time. Many of …
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Spiders — hate them or love them, you have to admit they’re strange creatures. With their eight legs and eyes, webs, and ravenous predatory habits, they really put the “creepy” in “creepy crawly.” But, as it usually goes, some spiders are stranger than others. The way they express their unusual nature differs greatly. Some of …
If you like doing something, you won’t mind spending a lot of time on it. But sometimes people do weird things for a ridiculously long time, even if they don’t particularly enjoy it. Why? Because they can. Or perhaps they just don’t have a choice. Here are nine world records for doing something for a …
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