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Yesterday 5 Planets Align For The First Time In A Decade
For the first time since 2005, you’ll be able to see all five visible planets (Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus, Mercury) at once – if you get up early enough, that is. This Australian Geographic interview explains: “Dr Alan Duffy, research fellow at Swinburne University in Melbourne, said that this reasonably...
FT: First U.S. oil tanker arrives in Europe
The first oil tanker to sail from the U.S. after restrictions were lifted on the country's crude exports has arrived in Europe, a landmark moment for an industry battling a collapse in prices, according to The Financial Times. Vitol, the world's largest independent oil trader, is expected to unload the cargo at the port...
2 young dopes with 20 pounds of weed get so paranoid they call cops on themselves
Two men traveling from Las Vegas to Montana with over 20 pounds of marijuana got so incredibly stoned they handed themselves over to police in a bout of paranoia. The resulting footage obtained by East Idaho News had YouTubers in stitches. The men – Leland Ayala-Doliente, 22, and Holland Sward, 23 – were driving...
HRW urges businesses to obey human rights laws, cut ties with Israeli settlements
Human Rights Watch has issued a damning report on Israel’s illegal settlement activity in the occupied territories, urging businesses to comply with the international humanitarian law and stop any activity that violates Palestinians’ rights. A report dubbed, Occupation, Inc., How Settlement Businesses Contribute to...
Leaky water heater causes gorgeous ice structure on Chinese building
One Chinese city has a new, if temporary, frozen waterfall ‘installation’ after a massive water heater failure. The seven-story icy structure provided a glimpse of beauty in the midst of a cold snap in the northeastern city of Changchun. The region China is experiencing a “super cold front” as snowstorms...
New attack submarine named
The Navy unveiled the name of its newest Virginia-Class submarine Tuesday — the USS Utah. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus made the announcement during a ship-naming ceremony in Salt Lake City. Along with the ability to attack onshore targets with Tomahawk cruise missile, Virginia-class attack submarines conduct long-term...
Atlantis myths that are really true
Local legends often tell of cities or islands that have been lost to the waves. Nowadays we are sceptical of these tales, but some of them really happened In one cataclysmic night, the gods sent a battalion of fire and earthquakes so intense that the Utopian kingdom of Atlantis sank deep into the ocean, never to be found again....
Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery destroyed by Islamic State
Satellite images confirm that the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been destroyed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). St Elijah's stood on a hill near the northern city of Mosul for 1,400 years. But analysts said the images, obtained by the Associated Press, suggested it had been demolished in late 2014, soon...
In the US, young teacher was arrested for an intimate relationship with a schoolgirl (11 Photos)
In the US, once again young teacher arrested for having sex with a teenager. List of teachers, those caught in the debauchery of minors, expanded 26-year-old geography teacher Kimberly Naquin, from high school Destreganin Louisiana. Police learned that the teacher had an intimate relationship with a 16-year-old student, who...
Pakistan Charsadda: Deadly assault on university
Security forces have ended a gun and bomb attack on a university in north-west Pakistan in which 19 people were killed and 17 injured. Four suspected attackers also died in a battle that lasted nearly three hours at Bacha Khan University in Charsadda. There are conflicting reports about whether Pakistan Taliban militants...
10 Biggest Secrets of the Soviet Union
Communist Russia was an exemplar of openness and accountability in government. That’s not a sentence you’ll read these days—at least not outside of North Korea. (Although I suppose you’re reading it now, which makes my statement a little void. Unless you’re actually in North Korea, in which case...
I Made A Funny Photo Project With Condoms
Humor and art have always been a thing for me and trying to combine these to grab people’s attention while making them laugh is what makes me love my job. My name is Andreas Varro and I’m a commercial photographer and digital artist and this is one of my personal photography projects. Have you missed the viral thing...