World’s Most Expensive Racing Pigeon Is Worth At Least $1.5 Million, Has Its Own Bodyguards
New Kim, a two-year-old racing pigeon from Belgium has recently been crowned the world’s most expensive pigeon after a South African collector bid a whopping 1.3 million euros ($1.5 million) in an online auction. Hok Van De Wouwer, a renowned pigeon breeder in Antwerp, Belgium has recently put its entire collection of racing pigeons on […]
Turkish Repairman Boasts Collection of Over 1,000 “Antique” Cellphones
To get an idea of what mobile phones were like before the smartphones took over, take a look at this Turkish man’s impressive collection of outdated handhelds from the pre-iPhone era. It’s hard to believe that kids today have to imagine what it was like having to push physical buttons, not figures on a touchscreen, […]
Earth’s Heartbeat – The Mysterious Sound Generated Every 26 Seconds
Ever since the 1960s, seismologists on multiple continents have detected a mysterious pulse generated like clockwork, every 26 seconds. But in the last 60 years no one has been able to figure out what this sound actually is. The “heartbeat of the Earth” was first documented in 1962, by John Oliver, a researcher at the […]