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Incredible Footage Shows How Sperm Whales Sleep Floating Vertically in the Ocean

DOMINICA, Caribbean Underwater footage making the rounds this week shows sperm whales doing something almost no other animal does: sleeping standing up. The cli

You Can Still Visit the Exact Street Corner in Sarajevo Where World War I Began

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina On a quiet street corner at the north end of the Latin Bridge, a small grey plaque marks the exact spot where the First World W

Romanian Woman Unknowingly Uses $1.1 Million Amber Nugget as Doorstop for Decades

A 3.5 kilogram lump of amber spent decades holding a door open in Romania, and nobody in the house guessed what it was. Not...

Prospector Unearths $150,000 Gold Nugget Dubbed ‘Tibooburra Spud’ in Outback New South Wales

TIBOOBURRA, Australia. A prospector who asked to keep his name out of the papers nearly walked past the find of a lifetime in mid-October....

Viral Videos Show Squirrels Chewing on Discarded Vapes in London and Philadelphia

Squirrels in London and Philadelphia keep turning up on camera clutching discarded vapes, and the clips look exactly like the animals are smoking. Wildlife...

Lamborghini Releases a $9,250 Fountain Pen Inspired by the Legendary Miura Supercar

Italian pen company Montegrappa and Automobili Lamborghini have teamed up on something that only exists because someone, somewhere, asked the question: what if the...

New Study Reveals Petting Your Cat Consistently Improves Mood for Both You and Your Pet

Turns out that quiet moment when your cat decides your lap is the only place worth might be doing more for both of you...

Woman Who Carried Live Bees in Handbag Endured Over 50,000 Stings in Bizarre Health Ritual

Margaret, a 53-year-old from Morningview, Kentucky, told cameras she had deliberately stung herself more than 50,000 times. She kept live bees in her handbag...

How the Creator of Hello Kitty Was Rejected 47 Times Before Building an $80 Billion Empire

In the mid-1970s, a young illustrator at a Japanese gift company sat down with a brush pen and ink and drew a simple white...

Man Buys $530,000 Home and Accidentally Acquires Entire School Property

A Birmingham businessman thought he was getting a three-bedroom house. Instead, a paperwork slip handed his company the keys to an entire primary school...

Google Reveals Experimental Design Showing the Backside of 3D Emoji

But here's proof of what can go wrong when a well-recognized emoji is turned around with it's two buttocks.A Google Design blog entitled 'Bringing...

How Lisa Theris Survived 28 Days Lost in Alabama Wilderness

A 25-year-old Alabama woman who vanished in July 2017 after fleeing a burglary emerged from dense woods nearly a month later, naked, severely underweight...

Ex-Tinder Executive Launches Dating App Where Strangers Vote on Compatible Couples

Former Tinder executive Taru Kapoor launched Rivet, a dating app where strangers vote on whether two users are compatible. Here is how Social Matching works.

Ballistic School Backpack Developed in Ankara to Shield Students During Attacks

A Turkish defense firm has begun selling a ballistic school backpack designed to double as a protective shield during armed attacks, with the first...