195 grams Plain Flour 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda 110 Grams Unsalted Butter 100 Caster Sugar 1 Egg 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract Pinch of Salt In one bowl, mix together the flour, salt and baking soda. In a second bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add in the egg and vanilla extract […]
King Tutankhamun was mummified with his heart carved out, covered in black liquids, his penis kept erect—but why? Egyptologist Salima Ikram has an answer: that Tut was buried to resemble the underworld god Osiris as a way of battling a religious revolution that was gaining momentum in Egypt, LiveScience reports. Either Tut or his embalmers […]
A rare fossil of a rhinoceros that roamed what is now Turkey reveals the tale of a sudden violent death—by volcano, 9.2 million years ago. The ancient rhino’s skull and jaw have a rough surface and brittle teeth. Paleontologist Pierre-Olivier Antoine of the University of Montpellier in France thinks that’s because volcanic rock fragments from […]
Kenya adds to the fine tradition of dead-person-wakes-up stories—like this, this, this, and this, to name just a few—with this gem: Guy ingests insecticide, goes to the hospital, is declared dead by doctors, and gets sent to the morgue. Guy then wakes up and scares the bejeezus out of morgue workers, as recounted by the […]
The Recoleta Cemetery is most famous for being the burial ground of Eva Duarte de Peron “Evita,” but it actually holds many famous military leaders, presidents, scientists, poets and other important or wealthy Argentineans. David Alleno was an Italian immigrant who dreamed of being buried in the prestigious cemetery where he worked as a caretaker […]
To some, the very idea of Victorian Post Mortem Photography can be chilling… especially when you see these images where a deceased loved one appears to be alive. Sitting with family, standing and posing… like they did in life. They appear to be alive because… they are! When these images were taken, the people posing […]
A U-550 submarine was found in deep water 70 miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA. The sub was among the last undiscovered German warships along the eastern seaboard, where it once attacked merchant ships and forced blackouts in coastal cities. In April 1944, the U-550 torpedoed the gasoline tanker SS Pan Pennsylvania as it set […]
In between making boatloads of money and cornering the search market, Google makes some pretty cool stuff. Cool stuff such as their new Google Maps Views which are street views that anyone can create. With the help of our good friends at Wide Eyed Communications, we’ve gone and made Views even cooler by letting you […]
While restoring a fireplace in his home in Surrey, England, David Martin discovered a coded message attached to the skeleton of a carrier pigeon. It is believed that the bird was making its way from behind enemy lines toward Bletchley Park in Surrey, which was Britain’s main decryption center during WWII. The bird never made […]
Think you’re special and unique? So did these folks, until they met Francois Brunelle. The 62-year-old Montreal-based photographer has spent the last 12 years scouring the world for complete strangers who look alarmingly similar, according to Rex USA. “I was inspired by 2 things,” Brunelle told Rex USA. “First I used to see look-alikes all […]
