A boy in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China went to extreme lengths earlier this week to avoid having to do his homework and getting a tongue-lashing from his mother. The boy, Xiao Kai (not his real name) allegedly hid on a ledge under his apartment window, 11 stories above the ground. Kai was missing for two hours before his […]
Oh, humans. They’re such a difficult bunch, right? One day they’re creating amazing works of art and feats of science, and the next they’re blowing each other up. And if their actions aren’t on a large scale, well, don’t worry, the local news has a way of getting even the dumbest things to you. Take […]
It’s no secret the United States is heavily indebted to the rest of the world. But do you know how much we actually owe? The total number is staggering. This visualization of the scale of America’s national debt should help. At the very least it will make you feel better about your own financial situation. H/T: Piximus […]
When viewing the launch of the unmanned Antares rocket, this family was shocked by the explosion. Not only that, but wait for the delayed shockwave they experience seconds later: OO.ready(function() { OO.Player.create(‘ooyalaplayer’, ‘lod2dlcTo30S6nXbnXfiNrL8BPRsfFXj’, {‘autoplay’:true}); }); Please enable Javascript to watch this video Source: Rumble.com Luckily, no one was on board the rocket headed for the International […]
In an effort to revitalize one of the oldest villages in Tunisia, artist Mehdi Ben Cheikh led an awesome project. He and the Galerie Itinerrance (France) created a plan to make Erradh, on the island of Djerba, awesome. They rounded up 150 street artists from 30 countries around the world and set them loose in the […]
Pripyat Amusement Park was set to open on May Day of 1986. On April 26th, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster left Pripyat, Ukraine in the Zone of Alienation, an area unsafe for humans due to high levels of radiation. Despite not making it to opening day, the park operated on the 27th to cheer up the […]
San Francisco dealt with huge issues during the 1970s. Poverty, urban development, and outdated zoning were but a small fraction of problems facing a city bursting at the seams. To ease the problem in November 1974, Dave Glass oversaw the monumental task of moving twelve Victorian houses one mile down the road. This was done to allow […]
The city of Pripyat, located in northern Ukraine, was founded in 1970, and was one of the “nuclear cities” of the Soviet Union and served as home for the workers of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. At its height, it had a population of almost 50,000. Then, in April of 1986, the city was evacuated […]
California teenager Connor Eckhardt slipped into a coma after taking one drag, or “hit,” of synthetic marijuana. The drug, which is sold under brand names like K2 and Spice, and can be purchased online and in various shops, though its sale is illegal in California. After inhaling the chemically-sprayed herbs, oxygen supply was cut off […]
You can turn anything into a joke if make North Korea the punchline. The extreme country is hard to understand and full of frightening rules. It’s being behind the times in pretty much everything. Not only that, but its citizens are repressed, starved and abused. In a new show of the country’s ineptitude, photos were […]
