There are a lot of theories as to why we haven’t made contact yet (that we know of). But perhaps, we simply made a cosmic mistake in our calculations. We began by assuming that alien life would be like us. If that assumption is wrong, all of our calculations about finding alien life make no sense. So now we’re changing that assumption, broadening our thinking and our strategies to make contact with alien life that isn’t like us....
WARNING: The clip above shows a cat using the toilet. Cleaning kitty litter is no walk in the park. According to statistics, it represents half of the expenses of keeping a cat. An interesting solution would be to train your cat to use the toilet. But how do you train your cat to do this? Enter the Litter Kwitter, a cat-friendly training system that teaches cats how to use a human toilet....
One could say that Kim and her predecessors are not so much products of any one era but examples of time and sexism standing still: Society still rewards women, sometimes against their will and sometimes fully complicit, for being the adored decorative object the public demands. 10Talitha Getty “Beautiful and damned” is how Yves Saint Laurent described Talitha and her husband, Paul Getty. Although Talitha dreamed of becoming an actress and had enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, her fame revolved around her face and fortune....
The famous Battle of Hastings did not take place in Hastings! It was actually waged at Senlac Hill – which is about 6 miles (10km) north-west of Hastings. “The battle at Senlac Hill” certainly doesn’t have the same ring to it as “The Battle of Hastings”! One of the earliest versions of the London Bridge was destroyed in 1014 when the Saxons rowed up the Thames, tied ropes to it, and pulled it down!...
An iceberg contains significantly more total heat energy than a burning match. The reason is the sheer size of the iceberg. [Source] Caves breathe. They inhale and exhale great quantities of air when the barometric pressure on the surface changes, and air rushes in or out seeking equilibrium. [Source] While the chances of being struck by a meteor are extremely slim, there have been a number of documented cases: On June 21, 1994, Jose Martin of Spain was driving with his wife near Madrid when a 3-pound (1....
Over the years, Japan has become one of the most interesting countries in the world. Its unique culture, great food and technological edge has fascinated and inspired the rest of the world. However, some of Japan’s customs and tastes have been widely misunderstood, and have even baffled some. Nonetheless, these 20 interesting facts have given the world a chance to see Japan as it is: An intriguing, culturally rich and economically sturdy super-power....
Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics.They lived in the Sarah Dessert and traveled by Camelot. The climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere. The Bible is full of interesting caricatures. In the first book of the Bible,Guinessis, Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. One of their children,Cain, asked, “Am I my brother’s son?” Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread which is bread made without any ingredients....
See Also: 60 Stunning Images of The Middle East That Will Make You Forget Its Violent Past In September I compiled a list of stunning images of the Middle East (linked right above this paragraph) and a reader (“Aman” to be exact) asked for a list on South Asia. Unlike the Middle East which is dominated by Islam, South Asia is a real hodge podge of religions, peoples, and environments....
Emergency Landing In 1979, Das Besteran, a German Magazine, held a writing competition. Readers had to send in unusual stories based on real life occurrences. Walter Kellner from Munich won with his story about flying a Cessna 41 between Sardinia and Sicily. In his story he had engine trouble, landed in the water, and was later rescued. An Austrian man, also named Waltner Kellner, wrote to the paper and told them that the winner of the prize had plagiarized the story because virtually the same thing had happened to him....
If you have suffered from any of these illnesses, or know of people who have, it would be great to hear about your experiences. Most of these are very rare, but a number of them are surprisingly common. A person suffering from this disorder experiences the sensation that a missing limb (or even organ, such as the appendix) is still present on the body. 50 – 80% of people who have had an amputation experience this disorder....
The cultures of the past weren’t some paradise of freedom; they were just different. Ancient peoples had taboos of their own as well as their own ideas of what was right and wrong. A lot of those values aren’t what you think, and they’re wildly different from how we see the world today. But if you’d grown up in any of these cultures, odds are you’d have seen the world the same way....
But today, it’s different. Since the invention of the Internet, pictures and movies of strange and terrifying things have been going up online. Killers have posted their thoughts for everyone to see. And the world has been able to watch true horror stories play out in real time, right on their computer screen. 10 Hotel ZaZa’s Room 322 A Reddit user called “joelikesmusic” posted a seemingly innocuous question on a Houston subreddit....
As vegan restaurants and specialty grocers continue to spring up faster than kale, it’s clear veganism is far more than a fad. But a big question remains: is it even healthy? Here are ten reasons many experts have a legitimate beef with vegans. 10 Vegans Fart More In addition to being unable to enjoy a nice, juicy steak, being vegan literally stinks. For some time, doctors (and probably those living with vegans) have suspected that a fully plant-based diet causes people to be particularly flatulent....
10 SS Arctic, 1854 If you are familiar with the sinking of the Titanic, then you are aware of the principle of “women and children first.” But what if that principle was ignored? On September 27th, 1854, the SS Arctic, a passenger paddle steamship of the Collins Line, entered a dense fog off the Newfoundland coast and collided with the French fishing vessel the Vesta. Attempts to patch the hole in the hull with sailcloth and mattresses failed, and over the course of four agonizing hours, the sea crept in, finally extinguishing the ship’s boilers and, with them, the pumps....
There remains a lot that researchers want to know. This desire has spawned experiments with living tissue that revived Neanderthals in a truly weird way. 10 Mysterious Faces From the first moment that researchers became aware of the extinct hominids, the question was asked: Why do Neanderthal faces look so different? Compared to modern humans, their protruding faces had distinctively high cheeks and big noses. One prominent theory suggested that the features gave Neanderthals a stronger bite....
Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991) Skynet, the 21st century computer waging a losing war on humans sends a second terminator back in time to destroy the leader of the human resistance while he is still a boy. His mother is the only one who knows of the existence of the Terminators, human-like robots that exist only to kill and are nearly indestructible, and she, the boy’s mother, is currently in a state mental hospital because of her ‘delusions’....
More than a few debtors become violent, forcing repossession agents to take precautions and get creative to both acquire their quarries and keep themselves safe. On the other side of the coin, quite a few repo men have exhibited rather callous behavior, as well. The following ten accounts feature a myriad of grievous repossessions mired in absurd and wildly bizarre mishaps and meltdowns. 10 Tricks Of The Trade Repo men are often met with challenges that make their recoup contracts quite impossible to execute....
10The St. Pierre Snake Invasion Volcanic activity on the ‘bald mountain’ towering over St Pierre, Martinique, was usually so inconsequential that no one took seriously the fresh steaming vent-holes and earth tremors during April, 1902. By early May, however, ash began to rain down continuously, and the nauseating stench of sulphur filled the air. Their homes on the mountainside made uninhabitable, more than 100 fer-de-lance snakes slithered down and invaded the mulatto quarter of St Pierre....
Darkie (now known as Darlie) is a toothpaste brand of the Taiwan-based company Hawley & Hazel, which was acquired in 1985 by the US corporation Colgate-Palmolive. Darky, or darkie, is a term used primarily in the United States and Britain to refer to black people. The package featured an image said to have been inspired by an Al Jolson performance, that of a wide-eyed, smiling dark-skinned black male wearing a top hat, monocle and bow-tie....
Here are ten of the origin stories of common foods and drinks. Top 10 Disgusting Foods The Chinese Eat 10 Tea Tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world. Its caffeine content is relatively mild so it is at once both stimulating and calming without giving you the jitters. How did the leaves of the tea plant come to be so highly prized? In one Chinese legend the properties of tea were discovered by the Emperor of China....
