A Family Affair
Uein Buranibwe and Temaei Tontaake were lost at sea for 33 days in 2012 before washing up on one of the Marshall Islands. Over 350 miles from home, their …
LAPD Helicopters
Police helicopters play a pivotal role in the success of the police force in Los Angeles, and the LAPD helicopter fleet is now the biggest fleet of police helicopters …
Meat Allergy
Red meat allergies, also known as alpha-gal syndrome, have been on the rise in recent years. Alpha-gal, which stands for Galactose-alpha-1, 3-galactose, is a molecule found in meats like …
An Oatful Experiment
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Fernald School in Massachusetts was a school for mentally disabled and abandoned children. Students were not treated well, so members of …
North Sentinel Island
North Sentinel Island is a small island in the Indian Ocean the size of Manhattan. Owned by the government of India, visitors are not allowed within three miles of …
Festival of the Steel Phallus
Japan has an annual festival that draws in crowds from all over: the Festival of the Steel Phallus. The annual event has been around since 1969, and, in addition …
Coffee Cups
Every two minutes, people in the United Kingdom go through 10,000 coffee cups. However, what most do not realize is that these paper coffee cups are not recyclable. While …
Celebrity Letter Correspondence
Natalie Portman is one of the most popular actresses in Hollywood today, starring in films like V for Vendetta and Black Swan. When she’s not acting, she has another …
Riding and Driving
In the early days of trains, women were discouraged from using them as a means of transportation. The technology was unfamiliar to the public, and it was thought that …
Whiskey History
Jack Daniel’s goes back to the 1870s, when the five-foot-two Jack Daniel decided to make a whiskey with charcoal filtering that could be sold at a premium price. Distilling …