World’s Strangest

Odd things happen in the confusion of war, or training for war, or even peacetime that resembles war. An example of the latter happened in 2010, when Nicaraguan commander Eden Pastora and his men accidentally invaded Costa Rica, supposedly because of a border error in Google Maps. It’s not clear why he decided to consult an [...]

This is not an article that advocates being lazy for longevity, but five stories of rare coincidence that don’t really have a lot to do with everyday life. But for these five folks, it was a good thing they were late to the appointment when disaster was waiting for them. Like that night back in [...]

As much as I loved Big, I must not have watched it very well because I can’t, for the life of me, remember a scene where Tom Hanks’ head explodes into a big mess of primary colors. But if this Russian poster for the film says anything about the movie, that’s precisely it. Check out [...]

Movie producers and designers tend to use outdated ideas because it’s just easier to do things they way they’ve always been done -even if they make no sense in the modern world. For example, my daughters first saw nuns wearing habits in a restaurant when they were 8 and 9 years old and asked me [...]

If you ever wondered why it is so important to be exact in math, particularly in engineering math, then take a look at cases in which a math error resulted in deaths. Remember the Hyatt Regency disaster in Kansas City some 30 years ago? When designing their newest hotel to be built in downtown Kansas City, [...]

Sure Schindler was great guy who saved thousands of lives, but that doesn’t mean he had it easy after the war ended. Partially because of his affiliation with the Nazis, he was persecuted throughout the rest of his life and essentially survived only due to the good will of those he saved. And that’s not the [...]

Everyone wants to come up with the Wii, which means everyone wants to come up with a new video game idea that so out-of-the-box that everyone will want to buy it. Which leads us to some strange and frankly dumb innovations. Like Biotic games, developed by Stanford researchers to teach children about biology. Biotic games look [...]

From diamond patches to genetic modifications, these might sound like they are merely sci-fi ideas, but they are real. Check out some of the most futuristic cancer cures being tested right now over at Cracked. Link http://www.cracked.com/article_16787_7-kickass-sci-fi-cancer-cures_p2. html

Scientists sometimes have an experiment in mind that would be unethical, or more likely too dangerous, to ask volunteers to submit to. If the scientist wants to know the answer badly enough, he (these six are all men) may just use himself as the experimental subject, no matter what the danger. You’d have to be [...]

Buying a new home is a big commitment and for first-time buyers especially, it can be a little terrifying. Imagine just how horrific it would be then to discover your home ended up being home to thousands of snakes or the mummified body of the last homeowner. Read about these terrible discoveries and more over [...]