Society

In a world inhabited by more than 7 billion people, it's quite normal and expected that different cultures have different traditions, as well as rituals. In line with this, they do not only have various beliefs and superstitions about life, but also certain legends related to death and its omens. Depending on the culture, some of the legends are quite eerie, while others are seemingly innocent. Ch

Everyone has a story, no matter how insignificant we may think they are. These nine people, all having faced tragic or difficult circumstances, prove that we all can have an impact on the world around us, for better or worse.

For many people documentaries are a mind-expanding experience. We watch them to learn some new truth or to expand our worldview. Despite our expectations there's nothing about a documentary that makes it immune to deception. Here's a list of nine documentaries that bent the truth for various reasons.

A lot of people are very much excited about the next step of the journey which includes moving to a new city and then...

In case you’ve been living under a rock, or in a militaristic nation run by an insane dictator who controls everything in the media, North Korea is a little bit on the “crazy” side. It’s hard for most of us to imagine just how insane the country is, and we can only feel badly for its average citizens under the rule of a narcissistic wannabe dictator who is desperately trying to befriend NBA stars

It's fair to say that in the digital age we're beaten over the head with advertising on a regular basis. With constant exposure to commercials, banner ads, and other spots trying to catch your eye, it's likely that many go unnoticed. But when you manage a misstep in a world where everyone is connected, you'll earn yourself more attention than you planned on—most of it negative.

Thanks to the Internet and online shopping websites like eBay, everyone has the opportunity to either earn some money by putting items they no longer need up for auction or to purchase quite interesting and uncommon things for an affordable amount of money. But, such sites have also enabled the sale of some rather unusual and simply bizarre stuff for unexpectedly high prices. Take a look at our li

Have you been feeling a little cramped up lately? Maybe being cooped up in your home has been making you go a little crazy?...

Every year, more than two billion tons of garbage are dumped on a global level, and each person throws away approximately four pounds of trash per day. Even though the enormous amounts of waste are harmful to the people and the environment, some individuals have managed to see all that garbage as an opportunity to make a huge fortune. Check out some clever people who made a fortune from garbage.

In 2009, a friend and I were living in Japan. That year, we learned that it was possible to get to Hashima, commonly called “Battleship Island”, albeit