World’s Strangest

LinkScroll down for today’s pictures & links. The Silliest Chase of All Time You know we here at DRB love a good chase in a movie, but this… this… is as atrocious as it’s royally silly. It’s also captivating in a weird way and has to be seen to be believed – taken from “Alluda Majaka” (1995), [...]

Yesterday, you were shocked to learn how many amazing writers once called Brooklyn ‘home.’ (You were shocked, weren’t you?) Today, we’ll take a closer look at some of those writers and learn some odd facts about them. For instance, most people say Truman Capote formally established the non-fiction novel in 1965 with In Cold Blood. Cold [...]

A strange assortment of prehistoric crocodilyform fossils have been found in Africa. Crocodilyforms are ancient cousins of today’s alligators, crocodiles, and caimans. For instance, the rodent-like RatCroc had buckteeth for rooting through the ground after tubers or simple animals. The flat-bodied PancakeCroc was the “ultimate sit-and-wait predator,” Sereno said. The animal would lie motionless and “wait for [...]

Reader Paul A. lives in Bahrain, part of a region whose artists have not yet been covered in “Feel Art Again.” While much less information is available (especially in English) on Bahraini artists (and artists from other small countries), I focused on Bahraini artists today because it’s important for us to remember that there are [...]

We’re kicking off the new season of “Feel Art Again” with some talented female artists, since our archive is a little lacking on the female front. Today’s artist is Frances Mary Hodgkins (1869-1947), “one of New Zealand’s most loved and critically-acclaimed artists.” 1. Although Frances Hodgkins first exhibited in 1890, when she was only 21, Hodgkins [...]

Looks like America is not the only country that needs to be weary of fast food. While not many outside the US can see the appeal of a Big Mac, people in Morocco just love the McArabia. This new sneaky tactic of adapting global fast food chains to the local palette is happening all over the world [...]