To pick where a military base goes has to be an easy job. Putting a military base in a place where there’s fighting is a no-brainer. But sometimes you find these bases on tiny islands that can’t be seen, even when you zoom in entirely on Google Maps and have no civilization for miles around.…
Author: Mohammed Shariff
In the art world, everyday graffiti is somewhere between “everyday annoyance” and “those damn hoodlums!” After all, there are better ways you can use to voice your opinion like a protest. Even occupying something is better than the random neon scribbles that riddle every inner city wall. But sometimes, an artist comes along who proves…
The Nobel Prize is one of the most coveted international awards in modern history. Of the different types of awards, the Peace Prize is one of the most significant, and controversial. Remember a few years ago when Obama won the award, and everyone hated him? Well, that wasn’t the first time the committee has been…
2012 was a whirlwind year. We reelected Obama, Apple finally made the iPod Touch XL, and aliens didn’t kill us all (note to editor: this was written before December. If aliens invade, fix accordingly). But also we were shown a number of awesome new technologies and scientific breakthroughs. Among them were: 10. Gloves that Translate…
Being a doctor is stressful. In other jobs, you can make a mistake every now and then and be mostly OK. But, if you screw up when dealing with a patient’s health, even one measly time, your licence and wallet are in extreme danger. Especially if you muck up in a royally epic fashion that…
Everyone’s heard of how giants like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates have dropped out of college, and in a way, it makes sense. As much as we want to believe this gives us an excuse to also drop out, those guys were literally too smart for college. But it gets even weirder when you realize…
To pick where a military base goes has to be an easy job. Putting a military base in a place where there’s fighting is a no-brainer. But sometimes you find these bases on tiny islands that can’t be seen, even when you zoom in entirely on Google Maps and have no civilization for miles around.…
10. Clearwater Lakes The Clearwater lakes are twin lakes that formed at the same exact time in Northern Canada. The asteroids that made them were huge, at 16 miles and 22 miles respectively. The lakes are named after their clear water; that, and the fact that there are 25 lakes in the area also called…
Ever get Déjà Vu when you’re listening to the radio? Kind of like you’ve heard the music somewhere before, but you can’t put your finger on it? Usually, that’s because you have heard the music before and the song you’re listening to is sampling it. “Sampling” is when you take a piece of one song…
Although YouTube may tell us otherwise; Bollywood isn’t composed entirely of movies where the protagonist can flip a semi with the touch of his hand and then kill five guys with one bullet, all while making out with a chick. It’s actually a reputable industry with normal, sane movies. However, for every five Bollywood movies,…