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84 statues of men appeared on top of ITV Studios‘ buildings in the UK this week as part of their campaign about suicide prevention. Project 84 got its name from the fact that every week, 84 men take their own lives in the United Kingdom. The statues are part of a new initiative of This […]
“Mad Mike” Hughes, a self-taught rocket engineer and firm Flat Earth believer, blasted off in his homemade steam-powered rocket in order to prove that the Earth is shaped “like a frisbee” before landing quite quickly in the Mojave Desert. The rocket, which reportedly cost $20,000, propelled itself upwards for about 4 seconds before the parachutes […]
Lana Del Rey announced on March 25 that the lawsuit allegedly filed by Radiohead against her is over. Del Rey made the announcement during her performance at the Lollapalooza Sao Paulo 2018 in Brazil and stated: “I mean now that my lawsuit’s over, I guess I can sing that song any time I want, right?” https://twitter.com/Lanapedia/status/978081298093764609 Lana […]
A photo of a young Afghan woman taking care of her baby while taking a university entrance exam recently went viral on social media. The woman is Jahan Taab, a 22-year-old student from Daikundi, Afghanistan. Taab was taking the social science entrance exam of a private university in Kabul when her baby began crying. One of […]
Green City Solutions, a German startup, has brought their innovative CityTree bench to London this March. CityTree is a hi-tech wall and bench that has the pollution-fighting ability of 275 trees, while only taking up 1% of the actual space those many trees would need. It is seen as a functional solution to urban pollution […]
A couple of months after the ad for their “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” hoodie drew the ire of many people including NBA Star LeBron James and singer The Weeknd, fast-fashion brand H&M once again found itself in hot water—this time, for trying to sue a street artist who didn’t want them to use his […]
Some couples are doing away with traditional engagement rings in favour of having a single piece of diamond implanted directly on the skin of their ring finger. The diamond is implanted into the skin through dermal piercing, which is a single-point surface piercing—unlike the usual piercings that go in one side of your flesh and […]
Lisette Calveiro, a 26-year-old from Miami now living in New York, sank $10,000 in debt as she tried to become Instagram-famous. Every month, she would treat herself to a $200 shopping spree, purchase a designer item like a vintage Louis Vuitton bag worth $1,000, and travel to a new location for a vacation—all for the […]
A new analysis concluded that the bones found in 1940 on a western Pacific Ocean island were most likely the remains of Amelia Earhart, the American aviator and first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Earhart along with her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared on July 2, 1937, 42 days after they began their attempt to circumnavigate […]