The matter of paranormal happenings in this day and age is met with much more cynicism than in the past. Whist science has helped explain many things which previously could have been associated with the unknown over the last century or so, this does mean to say that paranormal entities [...]
Throughout the history of humanity we have sought to leave a mark on the world. For both individuals and entire civilizations, this quest has led to some of the greatest achievements in our history, and sadly some of the most horrific as well. Humanity has accomplished some truly epic feats [...]
Are you one of those people who don’t believe we know everything that is out there in the world? If you cling proudly to your “I Hunted Nessie” shirt and tear up every time you hear about a new Bigfoot sighting, this is the list for you. It chronicles the [...]
We all rely on vehicles in one way or another and most of us own our own using it for both business and pleasure. Maintaining a vehicle is perhaps one of the least appreciated aspects of daily life. Each year drivers cost themselves millions of dollars simply because they [...]
The Bermuda Triangle or ‘The Devils Triangle’ is an area in the North Western Atlantic Ocean infamous with the unexplained disappearances of a number of aircraft and ships. The corners of the triangle lie in Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda, making the space vast and completely comprised of ocean. As [...]
There’s nothing like an impressive vocabulary to make having a normal conversation—or a game of Scrabble—so much more fun. This is particularly true if you have one of those annoying relatives that thinks that he is smarter than every person he encounters. Next time a conversation you are having is [...]
The story of humanity is really the story about our ability to use tools to advance our society. From the very first time a human picked up a stick an used it as a weapon through the use of computer guided medical robots we as a society have evolved because [...]
For millennia, torture has been used by humankind in order to meet various ends. Whether as punishment for a crime, for the extraction of information or as part of an execution- we’ve become devilishly good at devising ways of inflicting unthinkable misery upon each other. Here’s a look at some [...]
Your parents were always telling you that you should spend more time in museums learning than out doing whatever it was that you actually wanted to do. Chances are these aren’t the kinds of museums they had in mind. Here is a list of the top ten weirdest museums from around the [...]
The conspiracy theory is in no way a recent phenomenon, with accounts of proposed cover-ups in both the social and political spheres dating back centuries. You know that movie that came out like a year ago about Shakespeare being a fraud? That was based on a common rumor of the time. Of [...]
"Could it be magic?" sang British Pop Group Take That in the mid 1990s, presumably after seeing a woman being...
Who doesn't love a beach vacation? The sun, the sand, the radiation...hang on, what was that last part again? Yes,...
Ever wanted to get lost somewhere? Well, there are some mazes out there where you can do just that. You...
Perhaps because of the diversity of American settlers, or perhaps because of frontier humor, towns with strange names abound in...
The concept of human imprisonment is one that has courted our species through a number of sociological ages. As the...
The world is awash with very real dangers which act to threaten the lives of the human populous on a...
The noun ‘hostage’ is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary Online as being ‘a person seized or held as security...
We humans have long been tunneling for many reasons. Ever since we realized the importance of hiding supplies and/or ourselves,...
Not much is generally known about serial killers aside from their crimes. It is widely believed, at least amongst experts,...
Leading internet sources will tell you that Paul McCartney, composer and bassist of the Beatles, lived 18 June 1942-present. But...
