A Polish man living in Germany went about his business for about five years without noticing he had been shot in the head because he was drunk when it happened. Police in the western city of Bochum said on Tuesday doctors found a .22 caliber bullet in the back of his head after the 35-year-old went [...]
August 21, 2010
A French woman discovered her 42-year-old son had been buried in the same cemetery where she was attending her brother’s funeral, after she had tried to invite him to the ceremony, a newspaper said Friday. The family were leaving the cemetery near Lille, Wednesday when one of them noticed a temporary wooden gravestone bearing the [...]
June 10, 2010
When it comes to leaning, Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa can no longer claim to going the furthest. That honor goes to the Capital Gate building in Abu Dhabi, which was recently certified as being the “World’s Furthest Leaning Man-made Tower” by Guinness World Records, according to reports. The building leans at 18 degrees, which [...]
May 28, 2010
Finding a tick usually involves a squeamish self-examination – carefully rubbing fingertips through the scalp, meticulously scanning the body, and groaning “eyeww” if a little bloodsucker is discovered. Now, there’s a new way to find the pesky, disease-laden critters–via satellite! University of Alabama at Birmingham graduate students Nathan Renneboog and Stephen Firsing are pioneering the [...]
February 15, 2010
Look at this amazing interior designed by product design firm Nendo for a Tokyo mental health clinic. What appear to be doors are actually just wall paintings; doctors and patients enter and exit the rooms through sliding bookshelves and hidden openings in the wall. Rather than getting patients back to a ‘zero’, a neutral starting [...]
January 19, 2010
BUCHAREST, Romania – In the latest bizarre claim to come out of Romania’s presidential race last year, the loser and his wife have claimed he was subject to attacks of negative energy by aides of President Traian Basescu during a crucial debate. Former Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana who lost the Dec. 6 runoff, claimed Basescu [...]
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