A 13-year-old girl is hospitalized after swallowing 15 magnets for a TikTok trend. These challenge videos involved people pretending to have facial piercings by placing magnets on their tongues or around their cheeks. This girl had no idea this trend would land her in the hospital with unbearable stomach cramps. At first, the doctors believed...
Charlotte Sapwell was 27 and homeless when her marriage ended, leaving her as the single mother of two boys. She dismissed the option of a house with a mortgage draining her limited funds. Instead, she built her own miniature home for just $10,000. This single mom’s tiny home in Ballarat, Victoria, put a roof over her family’s...
Although it is never going to be a national sport, gardening does have many benefits, especially for the gardener. So much so that many people look forward to the gardening season and hate having to wait for the weather to catch up. But do they really need to wait? This underground greenhouse can make for...
Anyone who has undergone a colonoscopy knows that it is a long and rather uncomfortable procedure. To prepare, many doctors advise the patients to undergo certain diet or fluid restrictions, often involving oral laxatives or limiting solid foods a few days prior to the test. The actual examination lasts for about 30–60 minutes, and the...
For those who are always forgetting to water their plants, meet the Hexa robot created by robotics company Vincross. Hexa is a small, spider-like robot designed for people who’d like to experiment with robotics. But Tianqi Sun, the CEO of Vincross, realized Hexa could serve another function. It could take care of plants for forgetful...
Businesses know that public perception is imperative to their success. So they strive to stay away from scandals — or try to hide them. Unfortunately, many famous brands have bad ethics, and their customers hate them for it. These controversies vary from selling dangerous products, breaching privacy contracts and unethical manufacturing practices — including human...
Bigger and bigger TV screens are being developed but none can compete with a movie theater. Until now. Samsung’s new television, called “The Wall,” is a 219-inch TV. Not only is its screen enormous, but it also has a display technology called MicroLED, which Samsung believes will become “the screen of the future”. However, the...
Jeremy Beau Sides runs a YouTube channel with over 346 thousand subscribers where he uses scuba gear and sonar technology to find evidence in missing-person cases that have gone cold. On November 24, 2021, he posted a video titled: Searching Lake For Two Teenagers That Vanished 20 Years Ago! In the video description, he wrote,...
Enya Egbe thought he knew what to expect in his anatomy class. That day, the students were working on corpses and he was ready — or so he thought. That afternoon, seven years ago, burned into his mind. The students at Nigeria’s University of Calabar grouped around three tables with a cadaver on each one....
Rolf Buchholz from Germany has broken the Guinness World Record for the most body modifications in the world. He has undergone over 516 body modifications over the years, including implants and 481 piercings (with 278 of them on his genitals). Overall, his alterations include piercings on his eyes, mouth, and eyebrows, a surgically split tongue,...
Are you the one who’s always adding extra hot peppers to your sub at lunch? Are you always reaching for the extra-spicy salsa on the grocery store shelf? There are some health benefits of jalapenos you should consider! If this sounds like you, then you’ll be pleased to know that your penchant for a little kick...
Imagine cramming a little paperback between two encyclopedias. That’s the aesthetic of Boston’s “Skinny House.” It’s ten feet wide and 30 feet long. Meaning if you and another person lay down on the pavement, together you’re wider than this home. It may not be the dream house anyone has imagined, but everyone is beyond curious...
