No bath time experience would ever be complete without the addition of one yellow, plastic friend. We’re talking, of course, about a rubber duck – the staple of so many childhood bath time adventures. Seemingly functionless, these joyful, rubbery aquatic birds were a welcome addition to any bathtub – some...

We’ve all been there, right? Hitting our finger with a hammer, trapping it in the door, or bashing our funny bones (nothing funny about it!) on the wall. When this happens, we instinctively put our fingers in our mouths or rub our elbows, and this helps to sooth the pain...

Towns long abandoned can offer a fascinating yet haunting glimpse into the lives of communities from years gone by. Discover our top 10 ghost towns in the world. Kayakoy, Turkey Kayakoy is a village in south-western Turkey. Following the conclusion of the Greco-Turkish War in 1922 the town was completely...

The population on our planet is ever-increasing.  Medical advances in recent years have only helped the number continue to grow. Naturally, this issue is cause for concern as overpopulation becomes all too real for many. Overpopulation is felt not just in the likes of China and Bangladesh, but also in...

Strange, dangerous, gross, uncomfortable, highly specialized, or rare–the following ten jobs pay better (in some cases, way better) than most people could ever imagine.  They’re not all easy jobs to get, of course, and some of them are jobs most people wouldn’t do no matter how much you paid them....

We all know that if you don’t like your job, you can become stressed, unhappy and you find yourself in a situation that is bad for your health. But are all jobs that bad? It looks like some jobs are worse for your health than others. Here are 23 jobs...

There are many people who end up taking a dangerous for a wide variety of reasons. Sometimes it is for the ability to simply just brag to their friends about it, but many times, it is also because of the pay that comes with doing this kind of work. A...

Each country has its own strategy and law enforcement habits to regulate the people living there, but some of these “rules” are a lot more than just that. The following countries enforce some of the strictest rules upon their locals and visitors, giving them a notorious reputation regarding crime and...

Coffee is really a fruit. Coffee beans are the pit of a cherry looking berry. You probably drink coffee everyday, but did you ever wonder where it comes from? Well the coffee bean is actually a seed, if you roast it and grind it, it can be used to brew...

Here are 7 of the best and most hilarious in-flight safety videos to grace your airplane screen… 1. Virgin America Safety Video Leave it to a company like Virgin to pull out all the stops. This Virgin America safety video is five full minutes of expertly choreographed dance routines, pop-quality...

It’s no secret that athletes are some of the highest paid people in the world, but do you really know how much they make? You may be surprised to learn that some of the athletes we’re about to look at have made as much as $100 million; and they’re money...

We hear about the economic crisis so much nowadays that it feels like it will never go away. Many of us have been struggling with money for quite some time now, and it seems like things are just getting worse. According to new research there are now a lot of...

People will try to sue for pretty much anything nowadays and lawsuits seem to be getting crazier and crazier. Some people have tried to sue Disney, McDonald’s, zoos, prisons and even victims of crime. The more ridiculous thing is that most of these people have actually won their cases as...

Some countries receive too little recognition from the world as a consequence of being small. However, many of these countries have very interesting stories to tell and conceal great beauty, as well as great mysteries. One of them is the Philippines. Few people know, for instance, that the Philippines was...

Some of the things successful people do are easy to guess at—they’re often more educated, more productive, and less likely to have vices that slow them down.  But there are other habits that successful people cultivate that seem, well—more than a little strange on the surface.  Each one of these...

As a species, humans tend to have a delicate appearance, however it is rather impressive how many big secrets lie in such little and fragile creatures. Our evolution and existence within an impressive universe lie at the basis of an extensive list of intriguing facts ranging from physical to psychological....

We all know that eating bad food can make us overweight or even make us feel lethargic, but did you know that some unhealthy food types could actually kill you? There are a whole ton of different types of food that can cause health problems, or even poison you, if...

When you consider how affluent some of the world is, it can be hard to imagine that there is an estimated 100 million homeless people around the globe. However, according to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, homelessness is still one of the biggest problems facing the world today....

Halloween has been around—in one form or another—for thousands of years. But there are still some things about it you might not know. Check out these spooky, strange, and surprising Halloween facts! 1. Trick or Treating is fairly new—and it’s a lot more literal than you might think. Trick or...

Shockingly Almost Everyone Is Involved In This Mess It has been nearly three years since the conflict in Syria started and the situation does not look good at all. The Syrian National Coalition’s proposition of a transitional government being set up and the Syrian government’s endeavors to fight terrorism have failed...