Found: An Egg With No Yolk
9年間主婦やってきてこんなの初めてです pic.twitter.com/mHEqunP3tR— るふふふ (@Chuchnsdboy) December 9, 2016Would you be unnerved if you cracked an egg and found no yolk inside? Earlier this month a Japanese woman boiled some...
View ArticleWatch Salvador Dali in the Greatest Chocolate Commercial Ever
Salvador Dali: famous eccentric, leader of the surrealist art movement, chef extraordinaire, face of Lanvin chocolates.If one of these things is not like the rest, let’s keep in mind that in Dali’s...
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Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford, Connecticut
The oldest historic site in Hartford is the Ancient Burying Ground, adjacent to Center Church, founded by Rev. Thomas Hooker and built in 1636. As the city's first cemetery, all who died at the time...
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Why Researchers Howl At Wolves—And Why Some Might Stop
When searching for their subjects out in the field, animal researchers rely on a whole bag of tricks. They might hide in hunting blinds until their species of choice comes by, or pinpoint them with...
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This Chocolate Festival in Scotland Went Very Wrong in a Lot of Ways
After a single day of horrors, organizers in Edinburgh cancelled what was supposed to be a weekend-long celebration of chocolate, STV News reports.The event, the Scottish Chocolate Festival, was to be...
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Tapton House in Chesterfield, England
Tapton house is a place of pilgrimage for railway enthusiasts. It is the former home of railway pioneer George Stephenson, the engineer who built the first-ever steam-hauled passenger railway and...
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Rockefeller Mansion in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.
Former West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller's Rock Creek Park mansion is one of Washington, D.C.'s most luxurious residences. The 1920s-era house sits atop a leafy 16-acre estate known as “The Rocks”...
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Pu o Hiro (Hiro's Trumpet) in Easter Island, Chile
In the era of Easter Island's famous moai carving (sometime between 1250 and 1500), another special stone, Pu o Hiro (Hiro's Trumpet) was located in Hanga Roa, the main village. It was named for Hiro,...
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Why Some Christians Are Forsaking Christmas
With four days left until Christmas, people around the world are preparing for the celebration. The Christmas trees have been decorated with ornaments and lights, stockings have been hung, presents...
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Jardins de Ca n'Altimira in Barcelona, Spain
The gardens of Josep Altimira, the eccentric millionaire who returned to Barcelona from Cuba in 1860, are no ordinary gardens. They are especially famous for containing a zoo, subterranean galleries,...
View ArticleThis Meteorologist Keeps Standing in Front of East Iceland and People Are Upset
People in Iceland are being left off the weather map and they're pissed https://t.co/ba8WzblNFWpic.twitter.com/nNEMlXKFvS— True Tech Lover (@TrueTechLover) December 21, 2016Most of Iceland lives in the...
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Chesterfield's Crooked Spire in Chesterfield, England
St. Mary and All Saints Church was built in the late 13th century. It is the largest church in Derbyshire, built in local stone in a Decorated Gothic style. Altogether it's a church much like any other...
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Toad's Mouth in Derbyshire, England
Toad's Mouth is an ill-defined area of land near Hathersage in Derbyshire, England named for a slightly modified but largely natural piece of rock called "The Toads Mouth Rock." No one knows exactly...
View ArticleFound: A Glimpse of the World Under Antarctica's Ice
In East Antarctica, under sea ice that grows five feet thick, there's a whole ecosystem of marine life that thrives year-round. It's surprisingly warm in the water under the ice—or at least not as...
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Sea Ranch Chapel in Sea Ranch, California
Inspired by the waves of the nearby Pacific and the nature of the coast, this spiritual outpost makes visitors feel like they've fallen into a fairy tale.The Sea Ranch Chapel is a nondenominational...
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Does America Have a Secret Kangaroo Population?
Not all legendary creatures—cryptids, as they're called—are supernatural monsters like Bigfoot or the Jersey Devil. Sometimes a cryptid is just a regular animal found in a place where it seems...
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Students Have Built A Coconut-Harvesting Robot
It's a classic conundrum: Everyone wants coconuts, but no one wants to pick them.Fear not, though. Students at Amrita University in Kerala have developed a solution—a coconut-harvesting robot.The...
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Luftbrückendenkmal: Monument to the Berlin Airlift in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
During the Berlin Blockade in 1948, the Soviets blocked off transport and electricity to West Berlin and imposed a new currency, leaving the millions of Germans and Allied soldiers living there at the...
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The First Female Doctor in Britain Spent 56 Years Disguised as a Man
In 1826 in a southern suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, a frail-looking doctor with red hair prepped his instruments for a highly dangerous procedure—a cesarean operation. Once Dr. James Barry, a...
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Former Site of Selig Polyscope Film Studios in Chicago, Illinois
In 1896, an upstart producer named William Selig made a little movie called “Tramp and the Dog.” It was about a tramp who stole some pies, then was chased by a dog. That’s about it. It’s under two...
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