Anonymous Buyer Purchases $9,600 Crate of Mandarin Oranges Posted December 26, 2020 An anonymous buyer bought a crate containing 100 mandarin oranges for one million yen or $9,600 at an auction that was the first of the season at Ota Market in Tokyo, Japan. Af…
Kazakhstan Adopts Movie Phrase as New Tourism Slogan Posted December 22, 2020 Kazakhstan recently launched a tourism campaign featuring a well-known catchphrase from the mockumentary film series Borat. The Borat movies …
Parents Name Their Baby after Internet Company to Get Free Wi-Fi Posted December 16, 2020 A couple named their baby girl “Twifia” after the Swiss internet company Twifi to get free home internet for 18 years. In an online advertisement, Twifi dared …
Study Finds Dogs’ Personalities Change with Age Posted December 3, 2020 Researchers from the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, discovered that much like humans going through a midlife crisis when they hit middle age, dogs als…
People Less Likely to Finish Reading Articles with Like and Dislike Buttons Posted November 27, 2020 A study by Ohio State University showed that when users have the option to upvote or downvote an article they see online, they tend to spend less time reading its…
Researchers Confirm Effective Way to Communicate with Cats Posted November 19, 2020 Psychologists from the University of Portsmouth and the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom have discovered how humans can effectively communicate with cats. The researc…
Study: Time Travel Possible but Cannot Change Past Posted November 9, 2020 Researchers are claiming that time travel is theoretically possible but cannot change past events. According to theoretical physics, if a person traveled to a …
Man Finds Huge Diamond at Park Posted November 8, 2020 A 33-year-old bank manager on vacation found a 9.07-carat diamond at a park in Arkansas. In early September, Kevin Kinard and his friends traveled to Crater of Diamonds State P…
Record Store for Mice Created in Sweden Posted November 4, 2020 A tiny record store for mice has been built in Lund, Sweden. Called Ricotta Records, the store features an array of mouse-themed records in its display window. The records are …
Bride and Groom in UK Spend Over $3,000 on Cardboard Attendees Posted October 28, 2020 A couple in the United Kingdom spent thousands of dollars to make cardboard cutouts of their wedding guests. Newlyweds Romanee and Sam Rondeau-Smith from Guildford were only al…