This Thai village is using poop to power homes
- 05-Aug-2016
Nestled in a deep pocket of forest that lies off Thailand’s electrical grid, villagers in Pa Deng have become early adopters and evangelists for an unusual alternative energy source: poop. After successfully lighting up their homes with solar panels and stoves fueled by cow dung, the villagers are now clean energy crusaders in a gas-guzzling […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook offered liver to save Steve Jobs
- 14-Mar-2015
WASHINGTON: Apple's chief executive Tim Cook offered part of his liver for a transplant to Steve Jobs before the company co-founder died, but the offer was rejected, a new book states.
Clairvius is a real ‘Dead Man Walking’
- 14-Jan-2015
We have often heard stories of people claiming to come alive again after their death, stories of people turning to zombies, but this is one story which you can’t just call fiction. A Haitian man Clairvius Narcisse claimed that he was alive all these years even while he was being buried alive. The story goes […]
Was the Pied Piper of Hamelin real ???????
- 03-Jan-2015
It is a folktale known to most people — the story of a man dressed in multi-color (“pied”) clothes who agreed to remove an infestation of rats from the German village of Hamelin and, after not being paid for his services, lured the children out of the village as revenge.
Five Shocking Facts about Dreams
- 31-Dec-2014
Almost everyone is at least slightly interested in the mystery dreams hold. Some enjoy reading about this stuff more than others, while some people become obsessed and try to look for a message in every single dream that they can remember.
Iran arrests beggar with thousands in pockets, more in bank
- 27-Nov-2014
TEHRAN: A beggar arrested in Iran Wednesday had millions of rials (thousands of dollars) in his pockets and a great deal more in two bank accounts, an official said.
Five Amazing Facts about Brain
- 17-Nov-2014
The brain is definitely the most complex organ in our body, and it is very hard to understand. By now, we have most of it figured out when it comes to this organ. Yet, there is so much information surrounding it that a person always gets to learn new things about it. This is why […]
Text from dead grandmother shocks British Family
- 17-Oct-2014
LONDRES: A British family were shocked to receive a text message apparently from their dead grandmother, who had been buried with her phone three years earlier.
US man charged with putting needles in store meat
- 02-Aug-2014
KANSAS CITY: A 68-year-old US man is in jail charged with food tampering after he allegedly inserted sewing needles into packages of meat at a grocery store multiple times in the past year, an official said on Friday.
Missing Mont Blanc mountain climber found after 32 years in ice
- 10-Jul-2014
PARIS: Mountain-climbers have made a grisly discovery in the Mont Blanc range of the Alps - the body of a young climber preserved in ice for 32 years.