We, humans, consider ourselves the smartest of all the species. After all, we have been around for just 0.004% of the earth’s history and still manage to achieve so much. But perhaps we’ve underestimated the ...
Around 400 BC, Persians had invented a cooler that enabled them to store ice year-round. This cooler goes by the name of yakhchāl, which is a Persian word comprising of two words, ‘yakh’ meaning ice, ...
Location: Naica, Mexico Cueva de los Cristales, known as the Giant Crystal Cave or Cave of the Crystals in English, is a true testimony of how beautiful our mother nature can be. Located just below the Naica ...
As children, we were often told the stories of Sinbad the Sailor. No matter how amusing they were or are, we all know that they are mere fiction. But there is another story of a ...
They say that love comes in all shapes and size. What about a couple whose combined height is about 15 feet and 8 inches tall? For us, even the idea of 8 feet tall ‘giant’ ...
28 August 2003: It was a normal day for the people of PNC bank in Pennsylvania (US) until a pizza delivery man named Brian Douglas Wells walked in without any pizza boxes in hand. Passing ...
The Naga Fireball is a phenomenon in which bright glowing orbs emerge across a considerably wide stretch of Mekong River near the province of Nong Khai in Thailand. Every year, thousands of these ‘fireballs’ varying ...
Unlike me, if you ever paid attention in your science class, you would probably remember your teacher stating that ‘everything around us is made up of matter’. It’s true; literally everything from me to your ...
Dolls are lovable, but things will take a creepy turn if I told you that a doll named Robert gets an average of one to three apology letters daily. This is the tale of Robert ...
Humans have always been fascinated by speed. Since the invention of the wheel, we have been constantly trying to make it go as fast as it can. During the era of cold war, the two ...
