We all need sleep, but that’s (mostly) all we know. It helps us keep a clear head, feel restored and when we aren’t getting enough, it can suck. Cool Down is Needed There is nothing better than sleeping in a cold room if you ask me. Some people don’t see it that way though. They …
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We like to think of space as a cold, empty void. And it is, for the most part, but between the interstellar stretches of nothing there are planets, stars, nebulas… You know, space stuff. Some of these deep space objects are absolutely terrifying from our terrestrial perspectives. Other times, though, they’re just plain weird. Here …
Imagine you’re some kind of a small animal, minding your own business. But oh no, suddenly a predator is attacking you! What’re you going to do? Will you run away, or will you try to attack the beast? Or will you fart your intestines out of your body? No, that’s not something we made up. …
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Arranging a funeral is one of those things that’s never fun. It’s a difficult and sensitive event to begin with — you don’t want anything to go wrong while it’s happening. But, of course, sometimes things do go wrong. And sometimes, they go really, really wrong. Here are five funerals that turned into absolute nightmares. …
Dressing in the latest fashions can make you look fabulous — or completely ridiculous. As time goes on and tastes change, the likelihood of the latter keeps increasing exponentially. Of course, there are some immortal, classic looks. But for each of those, we’ve had a hundred fashion trends so mindbogglingly bizarre that you have to …
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Wherever you go in the world, you’ll find people hailed at heroes for the selfless, valiant deeds they’ve done. But animals, too, can rise up to heroics on the occasion. It’s not always critters that have been trained to do so, either. Even wild animals sometimes help people in fantastic ways, for reasons we can’t …
Here’s a little-known fun fact for you. Every year since 1976, the Lake Superior State University (LSSU) has officially banned 10 words from the English language. Alright, that was hyperbole. But the LSSU does publish an annual list of words it considers woefully, misused, overused, or just plain useless. It seems that each year’s list …
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Despite the piles upon piles of research into life on Earth, there’s always something new to learn. For example, we’ve only recorded a small fraction of all animal species on the planet, particularly if you look into the oceans. It’s no surprise, then, that last year scientists continued their tradition of finding both new species …
When you start covering the strange traditions of the world, you always run into one problem. There are just too many of them. We felt that our recent list about the world’s weird New Year’s traditions was a bit incomplete. That’s why we decided to do a sequel right away. Here are six more unusual …
The year’s coming to an end, and you know what that means. It’s time to break out the fireworks and champagne to bid farewell to 2021. But that’s not how it goes everywhere in the world. Different peoples have very different ways (and times) to welcome in the new year. We’ve looked at unusual traditions, …
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