Known as Cheddar Man, a 9,000 year old skeleton was found in a cave in Cheddar, England. After DNA testing, a living relative was found half a mile away, linking back 300 generations.
Nunavut has the lowest graduation rate in Canada…
Nunavut has the lowest graduation rate in Canada and a student from Qikiqtarjuaq became the first high schooler to graduate in four years in 2016
A Burger King in Finland…
A Burger King in Finland recently opened a sauna in its restaurant.
Apollo Mission astronauts have nearly five times…
Apollo Mission astronauts have nearly five times higher mortality from cardiovascular disease than other astronauts due to exposure to deep-space radiation.
Manly, NSW, Australia, was named after the local…
Manly, NSW, Australia, was named after the local indigenous people who the governor thought were very…. manly.
The word Mamihlapinatapai listed in The Guinness…
The word Mamihlapinatapai is listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the “most succinct word” and means “a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin.”
The highest paid CEO in the U.S. was…
The highest paid CEO in the U.S. was John Hammergren of McKesson Corp in 2011, in excess of $700 million. At a company annual meeting in 2013, an employee asked for wages increases and was fired 4 months later. In June 2014, he returned to the company’s annual meeting to ask that Hammergren’s $292 million […]
Labor and Delivery Cost in the USA in one picture
A Reddit user received the bill for labor and delivery (C section) total $13,280.49. That didn’t come as a surprise, as its well known fact that childbirth cost in US, ranges from $3,296 to $37,227, or more depending on the state and the hospital. However, what blew the mothers mind was, that she was charged […]
Istanbul’s Most Famous Cat Honored With Its Own Statue
There are plenty of cute cats all over the word and today’s technological world gave them a whole another level of attention. Now, they have Youtube channels and even their own social media pages. However, Tombili of Istanbul recently got immortalized with its statue. Tombili became popular, when somebody took picture of him, chilling in […]
Salvador Dali’s Rare Surrealist Cookbook
In 1973, German publisher Taschen released a cookbook of Salvador Dali «Les Diners de Gala». The book was written and illustrated by the painter himself. Bizarre illustrations were created exclusively for the book. Today, only about 400 copies of the original book are preserved in the world. The book includes 136 recipes, sorted by 12 […]