It takes a very specific sort of person to look at everything the world has to offer and say: “Yeah, give me some money and I will fight all of that.” Some call these people mercenaries. Others use different, more colorful expressions. But most people can agree that these guys have pretty… interesting lives, to…
Author: Pauli Poisuo
Everyone has a bunch of foods that they like, another set of ones that they hate, and a whole lot of “it’s fine, I guess” in between. However, there are some very special foods that don’t readily fit in any of those categories. These are the foods that really make you feel something, and not…
Pretty much every culture has its folk heroes and legends, and almost all of their legendary warriors have an iconic mythical weapon. Some of them are so ingrained in popular culture that we’re extremely familiar with them. Others are more obscure, but no less awesome. Let’s take a look at some of our favorite weapons…
The rich and the famous live a very different life from the rest of us, and one of the best ways to understand this is to take a look at their homes. Normal people with normal bank accounts tend to have pretty ordinary apartments and houses, but when you reach a certain amount of wealth…
Roller coasters are designed to be fun, and for the most part, they’re precisely that. However, by their very twisty-turny nature, they require a whole lot of safety measures to keep their passengers from succumbing to the laws of physics with bone-breaking results. Unfortunately, these precautions don’t always work, and that’s when dramatic, lethal accidents…
Our history is full of secret societies and shadowy groups, both real and perceived. Sure, you’ve heard about the famous ones, such as the Knights Templar, Freemasons, and the Illuminati. However, there are more. So, so many more. Some of them are relatively low-key, regional affairs, while others were powerful and active groups that shaped…
Pretty much every culture has its folk heroes and legends, and almost all of their legendary warriors have an iconic mythical weapon. Some of them are so ingrained in popular culture that we’re extremely familiar with them. Others are more obscure, but no less awesome. Let’s take a look at some of our favorite weapons…
All military installations are secure by default, at least unless someone is sleeping on guard duty. However, there’s a handful of truly elite locations that other military sites want to be when they grow up. Really, the only reason these hyper-secure, magnificently protected sites aren’t full-on supervillain lairs is that they were paid by someone’s…
Science is usually pretty amazing, but take a turn around the wrong corner and you might end up in the bad neighborhood, where the terrifying scientific theories like to hang. Like all science, they can teach you all sorts of stuff, but unfortunately the things they will make you learn are nothing less than the…
You’d expect urban settlements to be carefully planned. After all, things like street structures, power grid and, let’s face it, plumbing are all things that require professionals with expertise and knowledge of the big picture. Or so you’d think. Turns out, there are lots of communities that just spontaneously popped into existence, with no one…
The Vatican is a mysterious place, and there are a great many rumors about the contents of its famous Secret Archives. We’ve already told you about some of the strangest, creepiest things supposedly hidden away in this ultra-secure collection but it turns out, we were merely scratching the surface. Here are some more strange things…
Roller coasters are designed to be fun, and for the most part, they’re precisely that. However, by their very twisty-turny nature, they require a whole lot of safety measures to keep their passengers from succumbing to the laws of physics with bone-breaking results. Unfortunately, these precautions don’t always work, and that’s when dramatic, lethal accidents…
We’ve told you before about some of Earth’s strange corners that you can’t set a foot on. However, it turns out there’s no shortage of such locations, so here are 10 more forbidden places you’ll never be able to visit. 10. Only memories of tragedies live on North Brother Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37USCQSxfpc The desolate North Brother…
Space may be the “final frontier,” but it’s far from the most alien one. The oceans are still full of mysteries and strange lifeforms, and nowhere in the wet part of the world is more mysterious than the Mariana Trench. This vast ocean pit in the Western Pacific reveals new secrets whenever a brave explorer…
Natural disasters have existed as long as humanity, and in fact a lot longer. This means that pretty much every century in recorded history has been forced to endure one or more incredibly destructive attacks of nature’s strongest powers. Let’s take a look at some of the biggest natural disasters in history, and how they…
Oceans cover 70% of Earth’s surface, and if you think what horrors and marvels the rest of the 30% host, it should come as no surprise that the watery parts of our planet have more than their share of strange stuff as well. What may surprise you, however, is just how unbelievably weird and mysterious…
Since their invention, tanks and armored vehicles have ranked among the most terrifying instruments of warfare. However, not many people know that they’re not exclusive to military use, and that you don’t exactly need a huge weapons factory to build one. Those who do, on the other hand, have taken this information and gone to…
By default, superheroes are the good guys. They’re wish fulfillment characters who exist to save the day and put the villains in prison (or Arkham Asylum) until the bad guys escape again and the circle starts anew. Sure, it’s not the ideal solution, but what can you do? It’s not like the superheroes can just…
What’s worse than being stuck in a prison? Being in a prison that is hidden from the world, where the length of your sentence is just as hazy as your human rights. Many countries have such facilities for the prisoners they can’t or won’t process through their normal prison system, and as one might expect,…
When a political figure becomes popular enough, it’s easy for him to start attracting fanatical followers. If the politician decides to cultivate this following, he may be able to become the center of a full-on political cult, which lifts him beyond the realms of politics and into an almost religious figure — at least, among…
Before Edward Snowden revealed us an unprecedented amount of the National Security Agency’s activities in 2013, most of us were only vaguely familiar with the shadowy organization and its information-gathering ways. The NSA has its tendrils in virtually every digital aspect of our daily life, to the point that one of their automated information-collecting programs…
Terrorism seem to be everywhere these days, but in reality, it’s not exactly a new phenomenon. Terrorists have lurked among us at least since Biblical times, and tons of cultures can point out some faction or another that has indulged in terror activity. Let’s take a look at some of the most fearsome terrorists in…
Today, most people know that radium is a radioactive substance which should be handled with extreme care. However, things were different during World War I, when people handled it with few precautions like there was no tomorrow … which meant that to some of them, there wasn’t. The most tragic tale of this carefree early…
An Ig Nobel Prize is to science what a Darwin Award is to survival. These “ignoble” awards are not necessarily mean-spirited research Razzies, as they usually aim to make people both laugh and think. In fact, one Ig Nobel winner has even gone on to win an actual Nobel prize. That being said, the Ig…