We’ve told you plenty of times that wild animals can be dangerous. Especially bears. But if you’re still unconvinced, here’s another cautionary tale. A man in Alaska dealt for days with a bear scenario reminiscent of the Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Revenant. Night after night, the grizzly would return to torment the man staying alone …
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One of the worst surprises you can get is to come home and realize someone has broken in. At worst, you might’ve lost thousands of dollars’ worth of stuff – or run into an armed burglar. Even if you lost nothing, you’ll probably never trust a lock again. Unless the person who broke in is …
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The definition of “custom” is “a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.” What makes customs so interesting is how they differ from place to place and group to group. What is totally acceptable to a group of people in a particular …
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In Denmark, an excavation of massive scale has begun. But the project isn’t just any regular construction or landscaping project. Instead, the Danish are digging up millions upon millions of corpses. Granted, they’re corpses of minks, but corpses nonetheless. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scandinavian country exterminated every single farmed mink in the country. The …
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A woman is sleeping soundly in the dead of night, when she suddenly wakes up. Something wet is dripping on her from above. Concerned that it might be a plumbing issue, she turns on the light and wipes her face. She looks at her hand and her eyes fly wide with terror – its smeared …
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Some people are natural hermits who enjoy spending most of their lives in complete solitude. But for most, being left utterly alone would be a special kind of hell. For one man, that hell has come to an end. On April 22, Syrian sailor Mohammed Aisha was finally allowed to leave an abandoned ship on …
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Drinking alcohol, tea, or beer are part of many cultures around the world. People love to drink and love even more the rituals that surround drinking. We tend to have drinks at social events, when we celebrate, and even when we mourn. There are different customs that accompany drinking various beverages in most countries. Some …
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There are so many ways to use baking soda beyond baking in the kitchen. Let’s find new things to do all around the house. Deep Clean in the Kitchen Deep clean a pan, specifically. Sometimes we think we scorched a pan, we feel we burned it so bad and wore it out that the pan …
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Sure would be nice if humanity was more chill. So we wouldn’t have to worry about running into unhinged creeps when you’re trying to relax in nature. If you haven’t yet, check out Part I of our collection of bizarre stories from the national (and state) parks. They range from creepy foot worshippers to figures …
If you’re not into existential crises for fun, you may not be aware of the pop-culture-fun-fact that odds are 50-50 we exist inside a simulation. You know, like the movie, The Matrix. It’s not a fringe belief, like the flat earth, but a hypothesis that combines advanced philosophical thinking with a desire to freak people …