Nightmare Fuel – The World’s Largest Spider Web Is Home to Over 111,000 Spiders
A team of researchers discovered that a cave close to the Greek-Albanian border is home to the world’s largest spider web created by more than 111,000 spiders.
Tech Entrepreneur Finances Wedding by Selling Advertisements on His Suit Jacket
A broke Frenchman was able to cover the cost of his wedding by selling advertisements on his tuxedo jacket to 26 startups and becoming a human billboard.
This Incovenient 6-Pound Phone Case Could Curb Your Smartphone Addiction
A neuroscience startup has created a 6-pound smartphone case that is so heavy and cumbersome to use that it should limit most people’s screentime by around half. Smartphone cases are usually light and slick by design, but Matter Neuroscience decided to go the opposite way, creating perhaps the heaviest and chunkiest phone case money can […]
China’s Most Hated Statues Get Slapped Hundreds of Times a Day
For over five centuries, the statues of Qin Hui, a former chancellor of the Song Dynasty, and his wife have been slapped, kicked, and spit on by millions of people. In the heart of Hangzhou, forever facing the impressive mausoleum of a brave general they once framed and got executed, are the statues of Qin […]
Listening to the World’s ‘Sweetest Melody’ Makes Chocolate Taste Better
A sound expert at the University of Bristol in the UK created a special song designed to enhance the sweetness and intensity of chocolate. The “Sweetest Melody” is the result of over 60 years of scientific research into a phenomenon known as “multisensory integration,” where taste and hearing influence each other. Apparently, music with soft […]
Burning House Halloween Decoration is a Nightmare for the Fire Department
A South Carolina couple turned their home into a burning house Halloween decoration so realistic that people have been reporting it as an actual fire. To say Amanda Peden and Sam Lee are passionate about Halloween decorations would be an understatement. In 2021, they unveiled a broken plane with skeleton passengers, one of whom hung […]
Massive Brown Seweed Belt Spreading Through Atlantic Ocean Is Visible from Space
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is a shockingly large mass of brown algae almost double the width of the American continent, and clearly visible from space. The first major bloom of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt was observed by scientists in 2011. In the almost 15 years since, it has ballooned into a giant mass […]
The World’s Most Expensive Feather Weighs 9 Grams, Costs Almost $30,000
A rare and extremely well-preserved feather of the extinct huia bird was auctioned off for NZD$46,000 ($28.365), officially making it the world’s most expensive feather. Endemic to New Zealand, the huia bird has been extinct since the early 20th century. Already rare when the Europeans arrived on the island, the bird’s feathers became a target […]
Old Man Robs Supermarket to Get into Prison and Help His Inmate Grandson
Desperate to get into prison and help his young grandson, a 60-year-old man from Guadeloupe robbed a local supermarket at gunpoint and then waited patiently to be arrested. The unusual incident took place at the end of September in Sainte-Rose, a commune in the north of the Guadeloupe archipelago. A former firefighter with no criminal […]
Japanese Researchers Win Lg Nobel Prize for Painting Cows with Zebra-Like Stripes
A team of Japanese researchers recently won the satirical lg Nobel Prize for a study that showed painting cows with zebra-like white stripes significantly protects them against biting flies. The lg Nobel Prize is a satirical award designed to “honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.” But while it might […]
Chinese Researchers Develop Innovative Self-Cleaning Glass
Scientists at China’s Zhejiang University have developed a new type of thin, transparent glass that can clean itself with the help of built-in electrodes that create an electric field. Surface particle pollution has long been a problem that science has struggled to solve. From dirty windows in inaccessible places to photovoltaic panels in the middle […]
Popular Aquarium Fish Has Been Thriving in Ukraine’s Polluted Sewers for Decades
A sizeable population of tropical fish native to Venezuela and Guyana has been thriving in the polluted sewer system of Kyiv, in Ukraine, since the 1980s. The ability of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) to adapt to various environments is well documented, but few people would expect to find a full-blown colony of the popular aquarium fish […]
Autonomous Bipedal Robot Can Change Its Own Batteries, Work 24/7
The Chinese-made Walker S2 humanoid robot is the world’s first industrial robot that can replace its own battery, allowing it to operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Unveiled earlier this month by Chinese robotics company UB Tech Robotics, the Walker S2 has been attracting a lot of attention because of its unique […]
Estonian Supermarket Has a Giant Rock in the Middle of It
The Viimsi Shopping Center in the Estonian town of Haabneeme is famous for having a giant boulder square in the middle of it. There are many things one expects to find in a supermarket, but a giant rock is definitely not one of them. And yet, in one Estonian supermarket, a giant rock with a […]
China Uses World’s Largest Inflatable Balloon to Make Urban Construction Cleaner and Quieter
In order to keep dust and noise pollution to a minimum, Chinese authorities in the city of Jinan have installed the world’s largest inflatable dome over an area of 20,000 square meters. Urban construction is a dirty business that affects large areas around the construction site, but a unique project in Jinan, China, is proof […]