This is probably what comes to mind when you picture a mountain — triangular, snowcapped peaks piercing the sky. Flickr / Adarsh Thakuri But Mount Roraima is about to change that notion. The flat-faced tepui, or tabletop mountain, spans three countries’ borders in South America: Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana. From afar, it might not look […]
Mass hysteria is basically when a large group of people gets so collectively upset by a threatening delusion, whether real or imaginary, that it essentially takes over. It’s like a horrible game of telephone…but with fear. The result is basically Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”…without any actual birds. Here are some of the strangest cases of […]
Once a bustling town in Thessaly, Greece, Ropoto is now a ghost town. What happened to this locale to make it so desolate? Well, in 2012, a landslide caused homes and buildings to cascade down the side of a hill, displacing 300 families in the process. The 12-minute documentary Ropoto: Greece’s Sinking Ghost Town details […]
Humans, we’ve had our time. It’s time to surrender to the purple frog. The Earth has been around for 4.6 billion years and a lot of stuff has changed since its awkward early phase. View this image › youtube.com I mean, look how much it’s grown up in the last 600 million. Cute. Modern humans […]
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If you happen to be scared of snakes (like any sane person) then stay as far away from the Canadian province of Manitoba during spring. For you see, the World’s largest gathering of snakes takes place there every year when thousands of snakes gather at the Narcisse Snake Dens. Manitoba’s climate and geology make it […]
Heading out into the blue waters off the coast of Laguna Beach, California, Rich German was set for a relaxing day of paddle boarding. Yet when he got away from the shoreline and looked down into the water, what he saw excited him beyond belief. There swimming alongside him was an entire pod of friendly, […]
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I think we can all agree that pups like French bulldogs and pugs are cute. They’re lovable, friendly, funny, and quite a few vets out there really don’t want us to buy them. That sounds harsh, but the reason why isn’t because they want to rob us of companionship. As it turns out, those precious, […]
On today’s episode of “Why Does Everything Have To Hurt So Much?” we’re going to talk all about Nutella and why we can’t have nice things. Although the marketing team behind Nutella has been peddling the chocolatey, hazelnut-packed spread as being part of a well-balanced breakfast, we all have to remember that these folks are, […]