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In Paris, every first Wednesday of the month at noon, without fail you can hear the eerie wail of an air raid siren from wherever you are in the city. They’ve been going since pre-World War II and have these monthly tests to make sure everything is in working order– or to serve as a [...]
And now, sit back and prepare for the freakiest, most insane video you will ever see from an actual functioning government. The bizarre footage, accompanied by the sound of a cheap rendition of “We are the World“, was uploaded last week by the North’s official website, ‘Uriminzokkiri’, which distributes news from the state media. The [...]
The luxury French resort of a different variety … Photo source: Flick User An Agent Like a giant tombstone at the top of a hill prevailing over the dense tropical Cambodian jungle, here lies the remains of French colonial history. Yet another testimony to Europe’s once sinister use of imperialist power, Bokor Hill Station [...]
Hey, so this weekend while we were out Christmas shopping and getting wasted, the unmanned aerial revolution, a.k.a Drone technology, was probably getting a whole lot smarter. Why should you care? Well, there is that whole thing that drone technology is evolving to be really, really good at killing a lot of people. And then [...]
This is Alfred J. Sirleaf, the founder and sole editor of a ‘blackboard newspaper’ in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital city. Everyday, Alfred updates his newspaper, The Daily Talk (I can’t even paste a link), neatly writing the latest headlines using sticks of chalk in his “newsroom”, a small wooden shack attached to the back of his [...]
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il was a known film enthusiast, or what we might call a ‘movie-buff’. He especially loved the kind of movies that portrayed America as the evil imperialist devil– but there weren’t too many of those floating around Hollywood. So to take matters into his own hands, Kim poured a whole load [...]
More peaceful than your average explosive, there’s something kind of great about a country introducing a weapon that tries to choke you, but wait; can be soothed with ice cream♥! The “bhut jolokia”, a.k.a ghost chili and technically the world’s 5th hottest chili as of February 2012 (still pretty hot) is now India’s prized weapon [...]
What if we did have superheros? What if they had been there to help us (or turn on us) when the world most needed superheroes to stamp out the villains of the real world? What may have been just a fleeting thought for us has become an artistic fantasy for Indonesian illustrator Agan Harahap. Merging [...]
St. Tropez, Miami Beach, the Bahamas; imagine if the world’s most glamorous seaside resorts were abandoned overnight; the luxury hotels emptied of their guests and left to slowly decay, the boutiques, bars and nightclubs reclaimed by nature, sunbathers replaced by sea turtles nesting on the deserted beaches and the once vibrant holiday spirit silenced; nothing [...]
I spent my Saturday afternoon, avoiding the Parisian summer crowds and tiptoeing along the train
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For many years, these bizarre buildings on the isolated southern tip of Marco Island in Cape
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I finally watched Life of Pi last night and was pleasantly surprised to learn that the hero of the
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When I was a kid, I was cast as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz for my school musical. I was a very
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If I ever find a hidden time capsule, there damn well better be some sort of pirate treasure inside
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Average Joe contractor, David Gonzales paid $10,000 for an abandoned house he spotted in Elbow
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It was an ambitious, otherwordly idea, dreamt up by American military physician, Dr. Bond, deemed
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Some cities have a litter problem, some suffer from high crime rates and others might have a lack
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There can be no feeling like it; uncovering a secret treasure buried in the past. A Reddit.com user
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A room with uninterrupted sea views? Admittedly, it might need a bit of work but this underwater
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When was the last time you felt like complaining to your landlord? It seems there’s always
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