In possibly the sweetest example of sticky-fingered larceny in world history, tonnes of Canadian maple syrup has been lifted from a warehouse in Quebec, which held more than $30m worth of the pancake friendly liquid. While police say it's too … [Read more...]
Female Robots add Feist to Japanese Cabaret
Winking and waving their way around Tokyo's red light district are four ginormous sexy female robots, who are the latest addition to the galactic style cabaret on show in the city's Robot Restaurant. Towering at 3.6 metres high and operated by … [Read more...]
Quadruple Amputee Swims from US to Asia
On the final stretch of his continent linking swim, Philippe Croizon, a quadruple amputee, swam from North America to Asia last Friday in torso torturing temperatures. Donned in two wetsuits and paddle-like prosthetics, the 44-year-old Frenchman … [Read more...]
Orthodox Jews Blur Sexual Temptation
In a short-sighted shirking of sexual temptation, ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are wearing blurred glasses on Israel's streets so they're not tempted by the sight of beautiful women. The specially designed glasses, which provide clear vision for … [Read more...]
Search for the Holy Grail Leads Cryptographer to Iceland
The search for the Holy Grail, which is associated with Christ’s Last Supper, legends of the Holy Chalice, the Knights Templar, and special powers, has continued ceaselessly throughout the ages. Code breakers, archaeologists, hopeless romantics and … [Read more...]
Leap Second Compensates For Slower Spinning Earth
Long before the world of servility, time was found in the calibration of an individual or in the movement of the planets. Now, however, in a schedule obsessed society bound by clocks, comes the leap second. With the precise atomic clock came the … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- …
- 22
- Next Page »