Sad truth: Fake animal attack videos harm animals
Animal rescue videos are so popular and so lucrative that people are forcing animals into life-or-death situations just to make money. A monkey is saved…
Category: General Interest
Dinner! Stop pillaging and come to the table
Pillagers, crusaders, explorers and ninjas — those guys needed a good dinner to keep their energy high. Templars The Knights Templars famously outlived…
The magical story of Romeo still tugs at Alaska’s heart
A magical thing happened in Juneau, Alaska, 18 years ago, and as with most magical things, some people loved it and some hated it. But it’s a true story…
Croquet: Make your own court and rules!
If there is one backyard game that families can play in their own style, it’s croquet. The ancient sport, played since at least the 1500s, is simple…
Tiny nation is the least-visited country
Tropical climate, sand beaches, crystal clear blue ocean waters and lots of palm trees. Tuvalu has everything. Except tourists. It doesn’t have many of…
Amazing languages: Unlikely words and phrases
Google defines the German word Kummerspeck as ‘grief bacon.’ That is a literal translation, and it tells you that Germans are champions at sticking nouns…
Man makes honey thieves into taste testers
Ibrahim Sedef keeps bees in the best location in the world. Trabzon province in Turkey, near the Black Sea, has a climate that is perfect for bees. Sedef…
The hardest test in the world?
This is an exam so rigorous that only 10 percent of those who take it pass. In the entire 45-year history of the test, only nine have ever passed the exam…
Bugs make trouble; bees make honey
In 2014, the pretty spotted lanternfly hitchhiked its way to Pennsylvania aboard a shipment of stone leaving China and ended up an unwanted and messy…
Painless euthanasia for pets
It’s depressing to think about, but all pet owners understand that one day we’ll have to say goodbye to the furry loves of our lives. So, uncomfortable as…