Moscow street dogs display specialized behaviors that differentiate them from domesticated dogs and wolves: pack leaders tend to be the most intelligent rather than the strongest, and packs tend to deploy its cuter members first, as they are more successful in begging for food from people.
When a city in Indiana replaced all their signaled intersections….
When a city in Indiana replaced all their signaled intersections with roundabouts, construction costs dropped $125,000, gas savings reached 24k gallons/year per roundabout, injury accidents dropped 80%, and total accidents dropped 40%.
Due to the melting Arctic Ice, Polar and Grizzly Bears…
Due to the melting Arctic Ice, Polar and Grizzly Bears are mating. Their hybrid offspring are known as “pizzlies”.
Some radar detectors use radar detector detector detectors…
Some radar detectors use radar detector detector detectors to detect radar detector detectors to prevent detection.
The Senator responsible for a 40 hr workweek…
The Senator responsible for a 40 hr workweek originally wanted 30 hrs.
When invented in 1840s, some people criticized anesthesia…
When invented in 1840s, some people criticized anesthesia as a “needless luxury”.
During a 1964 hoax, a Swedish journalist exhibited paintings…
During a 1964 hoax, a Swedish journalist exhibited paintings done by a chimpanzee under the name Pierre Brassau. The journalist was testing whether critics could tell the difference between true avant-garde modern artwork and a chimp’s work. They could not, and in fact, praised the works.
Louis Le Prince, who filmed the first ever motion pictures, disappeared…
Louis Le Prince, who filmed the first ever motion pictures, disappeared without a trace in 1890. Thomas Edison soon took credit as the first and sole inventor of cinema, and even took Le Prince’s son to court to dispute it. Few years later, the son also died under mysterious circumstances.
Hundreds of people – mainly homeless and drug addicts – and all of whom are…
Hundreds of people – mainly homeless and drug addicts – and all of whom are HIV positive, are living in a community in the sewers below Romania’s capital Bucharest.
The world’s oldest social housing complex, “Fuggerei”, which is still…
The world’s oldest social housing complex, “Fuggerei”, which is still inhabited today, has not raised its rent of 0.88 Euros since 1523.