There is a man who was living in the forest of Siberia who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ – along with his at least 5,000 followers. Russian authorities arrested him and two of his right-hand men. This is the story of Vissarion. (1) Vissarion: The Man Who Claims To Be The Reincarnation...
Everyone loves a good revenge story. Especially when it comes to payback on a cheating spouse or partner. There are tales of the hurt spouse breaking up, breaking the cheater’s possession, or sending evidence of the misbehavior to their friends and family. But one woman took her scheme against her boyfriend’s mistress to the next...
All of us grew up going to a school with a dress code, whether we had to wear uniforms or not. These rules never dictated, however, what we could wear underneath our clothing. In Japan, however, this has not been the case. Last month, it was announced that Japanese Public Schools would finally no longer...
If you grew up going to church, then you’ll remember being taught that if you’re good and believe in God, you’ll go to heaven, and if you don’t, you’ll find yourself in Hell. According to this now-retired priest, however, that is not the case. Bishop John Shelby Spong says that Hell was invented by the...
Body modification has always been a way for people to express their individuality. Whether it’s a small piercing like a nose ring or really intense scarification, we all find ways to express ourselves. Some may say that people take it to the extreme, but ultimately that is their right to do so. However, while generally...
Gender fluidness has taken the world by storm of late. Including now with a recent petition against Kmart Australia. The online petition calls on the retail clothing store to stop separating boys’ and girls’ clothes and have just one “kids” section. The petition has collected almost 700 signatures at the time of writing this article....
Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, is the oldest wild bird. And at age 70, she hatched a healthy chick on February 1 of this year. Laysan albatrosses tend to only live for 12–40 years, but researchers found Wisdom in 1956, and she has been alive and kicking ever since. She lives in the wildlife refuge of the U.S....
An old pecan farm in Atlanta grew wild from neglect. There were plans to build townhouses that never panned out. So, the land waited for years, close to the Lakewood-Browns Mill community, a food desert where one-third of its inhabitants live in poverty. Then Atlanta came together with the Conservation Fund, local nonprofits, and volunteers...
This may sound like the plot line for a sci-fi movie, but I assure you, it’s not. Scientists have created the world’s first-ever living, self-healing, programmable organism. That’s right: Creatures that are part robot, part real, biological living thing. (1) Scientists Create The First-Ever Living, Programmable Organism They can walk, swim, work in groups, survive...
Pesticides have long been used in agriculture as an effective means of getting rid of weeds and pests. However, with a rising awareness of the harmful effects of pesticides, land managers today are now looking to flamethrowing tractors that cook weeds to death. That’s right: flame weeding. Most kids grow up wanting their very own...
Hey, we all love texting, but some of us don’t even send 65,000 texts over multiple years. When it comes to online dating apps, I’m sure that every one of us has an outlandish story or two to tell. People never seem to be who they claim until we actually meet them, which can lead...
As we inch closer and closer to the summer, you are probably anticipating spending plenty of time in your backyard and outdoors. One thing you’re probably not excited about? Mosquitoes. Thankfully, there is a cheap, easy way to keep your back deck free of the annoying, biting little creatures: Your very own DIY mosquito trap....
