Category: Curious Oddities

Secret Rooms Installed Inside Abandoned Manhole Covers on the Streets of Milan

Source: Christopher Jobson,  April 4, 2016  In this new series of outdoor installations artist Briancoshock has turned abandoned manhole covers on the streets of Milan into cramped miniature rooms complete with hanging artwork, kitchen utencils, and tiled walls. Titled Borderlife, the artist says the admittedly humorous pieces are meant to draw attention to a more… Continue reading Secret Rooms Installed Inside Abandoned Manhole Covers on the Streets of Milan

THE MAN WHO SAVED 34 LIVES FROM THE RUBBLE OF RANA PLAZA

Source: Lateet.com September 19, 2015  There are heroes and then there is Didar Hossain. On the 24th of April 2013, Hossain was busy working the line at a factory in Dhaka, Bangledesh where he makes just $70 a month. Above the din of the machinery he heard a massive sound. He and others ran to… Continue reading THE MAN WHO SAVED 34 LIVES FROM THE RUBBLE OF RANA PLAZA

Fold A Piece Of Paper In Half 103 Times And It Will Be As Thick As The UNIVERSE

Source: Stephen Luntz, iflscience.com  Did you know that if you could fold a piece of typical paper 42 times you would have a tower that would stretch to the moon? No? It’s just one of the amazing examples of exponential growth given by Nikola Slavkovic in the video below. Ahh you say, but it is… Continue reading Fold A Piece Of Paper In Half 103 Times And It Will Be As Thick As The UNIVERSE

Oregon's Mysterious 'Disappearing Lake'

Source: Larua Geggel, Live Science, May 6th, 2015  Oregon’s Mysterious ‘Disappearing Lake’ Explained During the rainy fall and winter, most Oregonians probably don’t give much thought to Lost Lake, a shallow lake surrounded by pine trees that sits near a highway. But drivers might do a double take during the summer. During the dry months,… Continue reading Oregon's Mysterious 'Disappearing Lake'

Saskatchewan Next?

Source: Michael Greshko, National Geographic, March 22, 2016 Prairie Dogs Are Serial Killers That Murder Their Competition On the hardscrabble lands of the American West, blood is spilled by the most innocent-looking of outlaws—the white-tailed prairie dog. These social rodents, native to Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Montana, ruthlessly bite and thrash Wyoming ground squirrels to death, leaving their bloody bodies to rot, a new study says. The killers’ offspring then live… Continue reading Saskatchewan Next?