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...]
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...]
Funtik The Psychic Pig Disturbed By Topless Feminist
With the 2010 World Cup there was Paul the English octopus. Now, with Euro 2012, there’s Nelly the German elephant, Ya Ya the Polish dolphin, Nicholas the English llama, Yvonne the German cow, Maya the Spanish otter and Funtik the Ukraine … [Read more...]
Socrates’ Death Found Needless in Modern Retrial
While Greece struggles to form government amidst a burgeoning national debt, it has decided to host a retrial of proceedings which led to Socrates’ death over 2,400 years ago. The retrial, which many have labelled a 'desperate debacle', was held … [Read more...]
Norway Braces For a Butter-Free Christmas
Known solely as peasant food during the Middle Ages, butter slowly squished its way into the upper classes only after the Roman Catholic Church allowed its consumption during Lent in the 16th Century. Now, however, it looks as if butter is getting … [Read more...]
Butter-Lovers Bemoan as Denmark Unveils ‘The Fat Tax’
In a land with the world’s highest level of income equality, where butter, bacon and dumplings abound, and hills scarcely exist, one could say the average Dane had it made. However, beneath these seemingly choice comestibles lie clogged arteries, … [Read more...]
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