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Life-changing moments come when you least expect them. Such occurrences are uniquely characterized by a mystery that may take some time to unravel. There is no better way to highlight this fact than sharing Adam’s story! So, who’s Adam? Well, he was a homeless man in Canada. He had been in the streets for a period long enough to make him resign to fate. He was desperate and had absolutely no hope for a better future. However, this changed in an instant. Interestingly, his turning point moments came from an unexpected quarter. It was unfathomable for Adam! It all started...

The pharaohs of ancient Egypt were buried alongside their belongings. They were very keen to protect their treasure, and it was important to protect it from people who would dig it after the bodies went moldy. The idea of booby traps and puzzles was initiated in the games and Hollywood. It was common for their very own families and the successors of the pharaohs to steal their afterlife retirement plan. But the pharaoh’s power was absolute, and they could do pretty much everything and anything they pleased to do. So, they would have the tombs of their ancestors looted to...

Honest is a rare quality, especially when it involves someone trying to make a sale. However, a small Chinese restaurant is proving that honesty truly is the best policy and that sometimes being forthright about the details is something others respect. Their forth-right and hilariously true menu has turned them into a Twitter sensation. The Aunt Dai restaurant in Montreal, Canada is owned by Feigang Fei. Since he knows that people go online to get the true to life details about a restaurant before they try it out, he decided to cut out the work for them. Instead of having...

The names of inventors are always well remembered. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Steve Jobs invented the iPhone. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. Issac Newton is often credited with inventing gravity, although that makes no sense. Yet arguably the greatest invention the world has ever seen, since the printing press, is the world wide web and the average person has no idea who invented it. That man’s name is Tim Berners-Lee and he deserves to be remembered. Tim Berners-Lee was born in 1955 and was a standout academic in the area of physics. In 1980 he started to...

If there’s one thing that we can all agree upon, it’s that money is a crucial element of the world we live in today. Without money, one is unable to enjoy even the most basic of needs such as food, shelter and clothing. Truly, money is as weird as it is wonderful! Keeping this in mind, we thought it besst to review 24 of the weirdest currencies that man has used for trade over the years. Salt Salt is no doubt one of the oldest forms of currency in the world. At some point, it was so valuable that is...

The world is facing a wide variety of problems and some times it can be a little bit depressing. Whether it is poverty, climate change, disease, the economy or something else there is always something to cover on the news. One of the causes commonly attributed to all issues is overpopulation. We are constantly told that the world is overpopulated but not many of us know what that really means and if it is true? The truth is that for the world to be overpopulated you have to mean it in terms of something. If people mean in terms of...

Did you know that there are millions of homeless people worldwide? You may fail to realise this until you meet with a desperate person who spends cold nights in the streets. The situation is dire! Proper Meal While the cost of living is incredibly high nowadays, it’s crucial that every individual sacrifice a few bucks to help homeless people who can go for days without a proper meal. It is devastating to think that there are people who struggles to get the basic needs of life! One man in St. Louis, Missouri has chosen to help the homeless to live a relatively...

Most great stories have been made into some movie or tv show by now. We have seen countless movies telling the stories of the Romans, the Vikings, the Egyptians, the Celts, and many more. Yet there is one nation that has an incredible story that sounds like a movie that is yet to be made (by modern cinema at least). It is a story that may never be told and if that is the case then you need to visit Sri Lanka to get a sense of this civilization that only existed for a short while. Today we refer to...

What is the worst thing about team sports? The team aspect! So often you play with a team and there is that one player who just thinks he/she is better than everyone else. You pass them the ball, ask for the pass back, and it never comes. They hold the ball for eternity, certain that they are so good they deserve to keep it. How would you solve this issue? It appears one sport has come up with the perfect solution. Enter Kin-Ball. Kin-Ball is a simple sport that appears to have solved the issue of selfish players by making...

In a part of South America now known as Argentina, a living, breathing, eating animal over 120 feet in length and weighing in at over 70 tons roams the plains. This is nothing to worry about for Argentinians: The above scene would have to be a prehistoric one since this record-breaking monstrosity has been extinct for millions of years. However, new evidence of its existence is just now coming out, and though the jury's still out on whether it will But one thing is not in dispute: In life, the creature was huge, and the fossils that it left behind...