Category Archives: Strange

Dolphins help Brazilian fishermen catch their fish

Posted on 05/07/2012 by Zed

A clip from BBC’s Human Planet episode “Oceans – Into The Blue” shows Dolphins that herd fish into the waiting nets of Brazilian fishermen. No one quite knows why the dolphins are helping out. Source: Discover.

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Spurned fruit flies turn to alcohol

Posted on 03/26/2012 by Zed

Fruit fly. Image used under Flickr CCLi. Photo by Flickr user bareego Fellow men, if you have ever drowned your sorrows in alcohol after being spurned by the members of the opposite sex, don’t feel bad: You are not alone! … Continue reading →

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Bad fashion of the day

Posted on 03/26/2012 by Zed

Belted sweaters. Ouch!

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The mysterious sounds in Clintonville, WI

Posted on 03/22/2012 by Zed

“God is shaking our city. Let’s have a revival!” So reads the the marquee outside of Calvary Apostolic Church in Clintonville, Wisconsin. The city has been haunted by loud, mysterious sounds in the middle of the night. And no one knows … Continue reading →

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The iPad of the year 1935

Posted on 03/07/2012 by Zed

The book reader of the future (April, 1935 issue of Everyday Science and Mechanics) Image courtesy paleofthefuture blog. Everyday Science and Mechanics’ April, 1935 issue showed off this nutty invention, assumed to be the future of reading. No more than a microfilm … Continue reading →

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Even muggers don’t want a BlackBerry

Posted on 12/16/2011 by Zed

New York Police released a still from a surveillance video, above, of  two suspected muggers that have been robbing students in the Columbia University area. There was a time a few years ago when there was a rash of robberies in … Continue reading →

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The strange disparity of Time Magazine covers

Posted on 11/28/2011 by Zed

I see a pattern here. And I can only draw a few conclusions from this: Time Magazine thinks we Americans don’t care about world affairs Time Magazine thinks we Americans are stupid and ignorant Time Magazine thinks we Americans can’t handle … Continue reading →

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The strange and fun demographics of NPR listeners

Posted on 11/22/2011 by Zed

National Public Radio (NPR) attracts its very own crowd. If you follow @nprresearch on Twitter you are liable to find out some very odd things about the people who are NPR listeners. 15% of its listeners view their cell phone as an … Continue reading →

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Mysterious structures in Gobi Desert spotted on Google Maps

Posted on 11/14/2011 by Zed

One of the many odd structures spotted in Gobi Desert, via Google Maps. The internet is abuzz with speculation and theories about a series of bizarre structures spotted in the Gobi desert of China, which were first spotted on Google … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Magnetic Cows

Posted on 11/11/2011 by Zed

Image used under Flickr Creative Commons License. Credit: Flickr user aWorldTourer. Are cows magnetic? Well, the controversy continues. Back in 2008–after looking at over 8000 images of cows on Google Earth, a team of scientists headed up by Hynek Burda and … Continue reading →

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