Curiosities

Claim: Actor Tom Cruise walked off "The View" television talk show after being questioned by host Joy Behar about Scientology. Rating: In early July 2025, claims circulated online alleging that actor Tom Cruise walked off ABC's "The View" following aggressive questioning by...

<!--qv q:id=am q:key=vcaa:Meal planning is essential for a successful camping trip. The perfect campfire dinner can be prepared ahead, requires minimal cleanup, and tastes as good as something cooked over a stove. Foil packet meals are a popular go-to...

"We finally have a ‘smoking gun,’ the first direct evidence of how these animals were hunted."P. WotjalA close-up of the mammoth rib embedded with a Paleolithic flint fragment. A flint fragment from an early human weapon was discovered in a...

Mads Mikkelsen, a 21-year-old tourist from Norway, claimed in an interview with a Norwegian newspaper that he was denied entry to the United States at Newark International Airport due to "narcotic paraphernalia" — a photo of the traveler with...

<!--qv q:id=am q:key=vcaa:Nothing says summer quite like ice cream. With so many flavors and only so many scorching hot days in the year, it’s tough to pick just one favorite. But according to a recent analysis, this year’s trending...

Claim: An authentic cyberattack threat originating from Pakistan and circulating by email and text message mentioned a "Dance of the Hillary" video and a "tasksche.exe" file attachment. Rating: ContextThis threat does not actually exist. The hoax, often promoted as a virus warning,...

Café owner Halil Çakmak said he had "no ill intentions" regarding the installation but wanted to "contribute to the development" of the local area. Salim UzunThe ancient Phrygian tomb was illegally converted into a café before the owner was...

Beatriz Flamini spent 500 days alone in a cave in Granada, Spain, without clocks, sunlight, or human... Source link

<!--qv q:id=am q:key=vcaa:It seems like the Aperol Spritz came out of nowhere in the past few years to become the summer drinker’s tipple of choice, but the cocktail actually debuted in the 1950s (and Aperol itself has been in...

During routine dredging of the Korte Linschoten River in Montfoort, Netherlands in 2024, workers noticed something sticking out of the bucket of sludge they'd just pulled up from the depths — and it turned out to be a completely...