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This man's blood could unlock universal antivenom

Tim Friede, a Wisconsin resident with a long-standing fascination for venomous creatures, has endured hundreds of snake bites, many self-inflicted, in a quest to build immunity

3m ago

Offbeat / This banana could sell for over $1 million

At the international arthouse Sotheby’s, Maurizio Cattelan’s famous artwork 'Comedian' is about to hit the auction block for an estimated price between $1 million to $1.5 million. But... why?

8m ago

ChatGPT helps 89-year-old Japanese app developer learn programming

89-year-old Japanese Tomoji Suzuki took up coding in his retirement, developing apps specifically for the elderly Japanese population. As per a recent interview with AFP, he has credited ChatGPT as a "great teacher" and "programming mentor" in his coding journey.

1y ago

Offbeat / Biden hiring a 'meme manager'; will pay up to $85,000

The role, which offers a salary of up to $85,000, involves collaborating with podcasters, digital-media companies, and popular social-media meme pages, reports Business Insider. Successful candidates will need to relocate to Wilmington, Delaware, where the campaign is based

1y ago

4 Tejgaon College friends reunite 32 years later via Facebook

The last time they all spent quality time together was at a friend's wedding in 1991

1y ago

KFC launches perfume Eau De BBQ

Finger sniffin’ good?

1y ago

Did you know an Indian startup 3D-printed a house in 21 days?

On April 27, 2021, Tvasta, a startup founded by alumni from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, completed the construction of India's first 3D-printed house - in only 21 days. Modules for this 500 sq. ft. house were printed in the startup's facility in Chennai and assembled at the site, as per the company's official website.

1y ago

Storm in a teacup: US, UK banter over the perfect 'cuppa'

The "special relationship" between Britain and the United States came under pressure this week when a US academic had the cheek to suggest adding salt to tea, sparking a flurry of diplomatic banter

1y ago

Goat getting on zebra’s back going to Bremen Town?

A markhor wild goat doeling at Izu Animal Kingdom in Higashiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan, is entertaining zoo visitors by jumping onto a zebra’s back, evoking similarities to the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Musicians of Bremen Town.”

6y ago

Driver reverses car, causes it to crash and hang on the edge in Malaysia

A car is spotted hanging on the edge of a second floor parking lot at a supermarket in Paya Terubong of Penang’s George Town.

6y ago

After 600 years, night watchman still keeps vigil over Lausanne

The night watchman, one of the last in Europe, no longer alerts the Swiss city of Lausanne to fires, but he does help residents to keep track of the time.

6y ago

She had a pet crocodile named ‘Merry’. It ate her

An Indonesian scientist has been mauled to death by a huge pet crocodile on the island of Sulawesi, officials say.

6y ago

Singapore foils cat-in-trousers smuggling bid

Singapore immigration authorities said Tuesday they had foiled a bid to smuggle four kittens into the city-state stuffed down a man's trousers after hearing meows coming from the suspect's crotch.

6y ago

Trump's wall not happening, Mexican psychic foretells

Brace yourselves, America: the US government shut-down that has dragged on for two weeks could last a lot longer -- possibly forever -- if a Mexican psychic's predictions come true.

6y ago

UK court jails neo-Nazi couple who named child after Hitler

A British court sentences a fanatical neo-Nazi couple who named their baby son after Adolf Hitler to prison for belonging to a group banned under anti-terror laws.

6y ago

Bug business: Cockroaches corralled by the millions in China to crunch waste

In the near pitch-dark, you can hear them before you see them - millions of cockroaches scuttling and fluttering across stacks of wooden boards as they devour food scraps by the tonne in a novel form of urban waste disposal.

6y ago

Nigeria's Buhari denies dying and being replaced by lookalike

Nigeria's President Buhari denies claims that he had died and been replaced by a Sudanese impostor, breaking his silence on a rumour that has circulated on social media for months.

6y ago

India’s first elephant hospital cheers animal activists, draws tourists

India’s first hospital for elephants, armed with facilities such as wireless digital X-Ray, thermal imaging, ultrasonography, tranquilization devices and quarantine facilities, not only comes as a respite to the elephants but is also attracting local and foreign tourists.

6y ago