There are some really depressing places to live in the world, and people should probably avoid building homes there. People most likely try to flee from these locations, and rightfully so. If you lived in any of these places, you’d want to get out, too. Their names say it all. 1. Charlie Brown might live […]
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Ever wonder which side of the road different parts of the world drive on? How about what Pangea would look like with today’s international borders? What about where the TV remote is located? Well, this post has the answer to the first two questions and more–and they’re all in map form. For the remote, just […]
After tragically losing his daughter at a young age, a father decided to give her one final gift. John Cargill, son of Captain William Cargill, lost his youngest to a rip tide in the 1870s. She drowned and, understandably, it broke his heart. So, he used his grief and chipped away at a sandstone coastline […]
If you love island living and are looking to move, this is just the place for you that doesn’t include an overwhelming amount of sun exposure. (I just hope you have enough money to buy a castle.) Between the Canada-United States border, there is a beautiful place called Thousand Islands. You might know the name […]
If you live above the Mason Dixon line in the United States, then you probably know how terrible winter can be. Snow, ice and bitter wind chills are a part of life. But, at least the US isn’t Russia. The Rostov region can get a blast of snow so strong, it’s apocalyptic. I’m not joking. […]
As if he hadn’t done enough to get the public at large interested in space with his zero-gravity version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”(video below), Col. Chris Hadfield has released a book of photographs taken from the international space station called You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes, published by Little Brown. These photos […]
Personally, I’ve always thought it would be cool to be a neon orange human. Now, I know that’s never going to happen. (That kind of thing is impossible right?) Strange color mutations and variations is actually possible for many creatures. In the animal kingdom, genetic mutations that result in pigment changes are actually fairly common. […]
Summer 2014 has been weird and scary as hell. Pretty much every part of the country is experiencing some sort of severe weather – from tornadoes, wildfires, and droughts, to deadly storms in the northeast and midwest. Of course the logical question to ask now is, “are we nearing the end of days?” Probably… and […]
The world is a mighty big place. So big, in fact, it’s hard for most people to realize just what it’s like. It’s estimated that there are more than 7 billion people in the world. Any statistics you see about the world are probably so big in size and scope it’s difficult to wrap your […]