Hear ye, hear ye! On this Friday, the thirteenth day of December, the Prince of Wales set foot on The South Pole! Hear ye, hear ye! All rejoice! Prince Harry was part of a three team South Pole Expedition organized…
What an amazing day the Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle had on October 28th, 2013. He saved his friend’s life and set a new world record by riding “the largest wave ever”. All this happened at Praia do Norte, near the…
What a healthy idea… exchanging squats for subway tickets. A special “squat-counting” ticket vending machine has been set-up at the Vystavochaya subway station in Moscow, Russia. The rides-for-squats vending machine is designed to encourage physical fitness and a healthier lifestyle;…
A night of German football in the heart of London… What!? For the first time ever two German teams faced each other at the UEFA Champions League final – Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. The cool thing is that this…
Spellers beware! The United States National Spelling Bee has changed the rules of the spelling bee competition. Starting this year the contestants will not only have to be able to spell complicated 5 or 6 syllable words, but they will…
The Russian Academy of Sciences reported that a meteor entered the Earth’s atmosphere on Friday morning travelling at a speed of at least 33,000 mph (54,000 kph) and broke up into various pieces between 18 and 32 miles (30 and…
A 213-year-old law that banned women from wearing any form of menswear in Paris was finally revoked on January 31st. According to the law, women needed to have the permission of local police if they wanted to “dress like a…
The world’s first underground railway is the London Underground, known lovingly as “The Tube“. It opened on January 9, 1863 and carried its first passenger the next day between Paddington and Farringdon. The Metropolitan Railway, as it was called then,…
Czech artist and composer Vladimír Franz is an official candidate for President. He is well known for his tattoos that cover the majority of his body. If he wins and becomes President of the Czech Republic, he would go…
Today marks the 20th birthday of the text message. On December 3rd, 1992 text engineer Neil Papworth from the UK, sent out the very first text; “Merry Christmas!” to his employee Rich Jarvis who was at a Christmas party…