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If you find yourself walking in the Tatra mountains in Poland, don’t be afraid if you see a dark, ghostly presence hovering above you in the sky. The phenomenon is called Brocken spectre, and it occurs when “the shadow of the observer is cast on the clouds.” [Book of...

Unemployment has a few advantages: you don’t have to go to work, you can surf the Internet all day – both very big pluses. On the flip-side, your significant other will expect you to be looking for work, which can be feigned by leaving the job section open on...

The person who spent good money taking out this ad may very well be as frightening as a man who grabs random butts in public places is disgusting. Responding to the ad would probably be a bad thing for everyone involved. ...

The “King of Kings” statue was a 62-foot colossus that sat outside the evangelical Solid Rock Church in the town of Monroe in southwest Ohio. The upraised arms led people to nickname the landmark “Touchdown Jesus” because of the similarity to the hand signal that used when a footballer...

When NASA announced the release of the most detailed pictures of Pluto that have ever been seen, I must admit to having experienced a certain level of excitement. After all, it is not very often that one gets a chance to get a good look at the distant dwarf...

A group of surfers in Chile claim to have found the perfect break and are not afraid to brave extreme pollution to enjoy it. Ventana beach in Santiago, Chile receives polluted outflow from no less than ten thermoelectric power stations, which leaves the water brimming with arsenic, mercury, lead...

Happy New Year everyone! I would like to say thanks to all the great readers of this site. A special thanks goes out to anyone who has linked to the site, submitted material to other sites, forums, communities or just happened to stumble upon us. Thank you for making...

Gossip site TMZ recently showed some pictures of a man who appeared to be the late Tupac Shakur in a bar in New Orleans. This author will be the first to admit that the man in the image did bear more than a passing resemblance to the late great...

This author is still not sure whether this represents an ingenious method of cheap transportation, a serious case of child endangerment or both. Weighed down with the weight of eight people, the suspension would be seriously strained and the kinetic energy would make the motorcycle extremely difficult to stop....