Month: December 2016
According to this (admittedly 3-year-old) map made by Reddit user “depo_,” the countries with the most metal bands per capita (in the blood-red) are all frozen Nordic nations: Finland, …
For his final performance in Finland’s got talent, Antton Puonti performed John Lennon’s classic song, Happy Xmas (War Is Over), using just his hands. He calls it “the leather …
This modern hipster nativity set comes complete with a teenage shepherd boy on his iPhone as his “100 per cent organic” cow chews on gluten-free feed and his sheep …
In the U.S., 97 percent of households report having a bottle at the table. But Ketchup’s origins are anything but American. In the 17th century, the Chinese mixed a …
To experience the White House in Augmented Reality, all you need is a smartphone and a dollar bill. Glenn Wiebe of History Tech advises that you download the 1600 …
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin in 1767. Benjamin Franklin to The Royal Academy of Brussels 1781 (Extract) It is universally well known, That in digesting our common Food, there is …
The Rude Map of World Place Names, made by Strumpshaw, Tincleton & Giggleswick (I know!), wants to show you all the world’s giggle-inducing rude place names. So you don’t …
Image Source Sweden’s Christmas Goat — a giant decorative goat made of straw and wood — is celebrating its 50th birthday. It’s erected at the beginning of Advent and …
Smells like chicken? KFC New Zealand just ran a competition for a KFC-scented candle. They asked people on Facebook to suggest some new products. The result ? 15,000 comments …
