The Spanish ribbed newt has a pretty bizarre defense mechanism - when attacked, it secretes po...

Ever wanted to swim in a lake full of chemicals, toxic algae, and junky electronic equipment? Sounds like good times for sure. If you'd rather not risk disgusting infections and other diseases, leave the sludge swimmi...

Holding a person for ransom makes big headlines, but years later or in another placec, you may not be familiar with these stories that gripped the public in their time.The kidnapping and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbe...

[YouTube - Link] According to Wikipedia a Pal...  ...r having a drink forwards and backwards. Totally bizarre

People buy the craziest things, especially when they come from a machine. Pictured is the Dog-o-matic, which will wash your dog while you wait.Vending machines have been around since the first century AD. By today’s ac...

We all have them - those horrible moments when we are crowded, pushed and shoved into position so that Uncle X can take a photo of us. Rarely, however, is one enough. Sometimes this process gets repeated over and over ag...

It is hard to resist a Florida joke here but really, it is a wonderful state ... for the most part. What is truly amazing is not that dozens of children were tazered in the same state, nor that it was all on the same day...

Most people have a hard time envisioning a number as big as a billion, much less a trillion. How much money is a trillion dollars? Some examples may help to put that amount in perspective.The G-20 summit committed to $1....

The Maleo bird of Sulawesi has a unique way of looking after its young - if looking after is how it could be described. It buries its eggs and abandons them, having nothing more to do with their rearing. The chicks, ho...

[YouTube - Link] Remember Daito Manabe from his painful looking face dance video? Well, he's back with what in my honest opinion will replace all those god awful gold/silver/platinum/tin foil grills you see the young...