Curiosities

<!--qv q:id=a1 q:key=vcaa:While all fast food chains have their flagship meals—like McDonald’s with the Big Mac or Burger King and the Whopper—sometimes menu items are introduced with the hopes of becoming a core part of the line-up, but then...

Ever since it was put on public display in Lirey, France in 1355, the Shroud of Turin has inspired passionate debates about its authenticity from religious leaders and scientists alike.Luciano Movio/Alamy Stock PhotoThe 2015 Exposition of the Shroud of...

For years, social media users have shared what they describe as Netflix's original logo featuring black lettering and a purple gradient cinema reel that swirls around a serif font. The word "Netflix" is in all caps on a white...

A BBC report found that 80% of personal loans taken by UAE men were for wedding expenses, leading... Source link

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The 300-year-old posy ring is inscribed with the words "present my affection."Lancaster City Council/FacebookThe 17th-century lovers’ ring discovered near Lancaster, England. Love is in the air at the historic Whittington Hall in the English county of Lancashire. In 2023, a...

On Feb. 11, 2025, tech billionaire Elon Musk took his 4-year-old son, X Æ A-Xii — whom he calls X — to a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump where they discussed a new executive order related to...

<!--qv q:id=a3 q:key=vcaa:It’s not often that a mascot for a fast-food franchise will detail the discomfort prompted by hemorrhoid surgery in a national television advertisement. But Mr. Delicious rarely played by the rules.-->It’s not often that a mascot for...

The charged particles from the aurora borealis may have been strong enough to affect the ship's navigation and communication systems.PixabayA new study suggests that interference from a geomagnetic storm could have contributed to the sinking of the Titanic. On the...

Claim: A photograph authentically shows a white demonstrator for racial justice at a June 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Bethel, Ohio, with a sign reading, "I'm sorry I'm late. I had a lot to learn." Rating: For years, an image supposedly...