Although the most recent Spider-Man movie will have you believe that getting shocked by high voltages of electricity will give you superpowers (and a creepy, robot-like Mike Tyson voice, apparently), the truth is, it will most likely kill you. This idea seems like a no-brainer, but it wasn’t in England in 1989, as evidenced by […]
I’ve been covering the ghost beat here at ViralNova for a while now, and I’ve read a lot of similarities in these stories. Few are more uncanny than the common materialization of a “lady in white.” Why is this specific haunt so prevalent, not just in American paranormal culture, but in Europe as well? Could […]
As if the popularity of gifs didn’t already make you feel like you were behind the times, there’s now a whole new genre of web-based art that takes things to a creepy new level. Like guitarists distort sound with amps and pedals, broken gif enthusiasts distort pixels. Pieces of frames are strategically moved to create […]
Most college kids have part-time jobs in between classes and study sessions, but this senior at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University started his own lawn care company for the elderly. Here’s the thing, though. He doesn’t actually make any money doing it. It started as a simple act of kindness, but once Rodney Smith Jr. […]
Spring break is almost here for students, but as a parent, you can teach your kid that learning doesn’t have to stop for the Easter bunny. The cool thing about science experiments is that they can be super fun for kids….and adults! Here are some simple but awesome ways to teach kids how the world […]
We may have over a month until April Fool’s Day, but it’s never too early to start planning a prank — especially if it’s a good one. From the simple to the elaborate, here are 12 pranks that will really help you pull a fast one on your victims this year! Source: 12 awesome pranks […]
After denying his crimes for over a decade, Ted Bundy finally admitted to murdering at least 30 people in several states in the U.S. just before being executed, although officials suspect that the actual count may have been much higher. The reason why Ted Bundy terrified people so much was because he was actually a […]
When Linda Koebner arrived at the chimpanzee habitat, she wasn’t sure how they were going to react. Sure, she spent several years with Doll and Swing, two former lab chimps, in the past while helping them acclimate to living on the outside. But that was 18 years before, when Koebner was a 23-year-old grad student. […]
Since the era of the Three Kingdoms of Korea in 57 A.D., the consumption of dog meat has been a controversial part of South Korean cuisine. Though as much as 30% of the population has tried dog meat at least once in their life, a much smaller percentage actually consumes it regularly. With the tradition […]
We’ve been told since childhood that eating healthy food makes us stronger, which, if you’re gross like me, you’ve interpreted as eating an apple once every Arbor Day or so. But as it turns out, your body needs a healthy dose of good nutrition every day, and if it doesn’t receive it, it will find […]