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Whenever anyone moves into a new house, it's pretty normal to wonder who lived there before you. Who were they? Where did they do? Were they happy living there? Why did they move? Why on earth did they choose that wallpaper? For most of us, these questions remain unanswered, and we are…
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You won't find many people in the world more despised than animal poachers, who often sneak into animal reserves, attacking unsuspecting (and often endangered) creatures to sell their parts for money. In March this year, a Russian trophy hunter made the news after shooting a large bull elephant dead in…
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From time to time, we all imagine what the world is going to look like for our great-grandchildren, and all of their descendants. But, chances are, none of us will ever truly know. That is, perhaps, aside from one person called 'Noah', who claims to be a time traveller who…
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After spending a year and a half in office, Donald Trump has definitely made his mark on America. He's arguably been the subject of more sex-based scandals, held responsible for more diplomatic blunders, and certainly experienced more Twitter faux pas than any other serving president in US history, and yet…
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If Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's relationship has been the most heavily scrutinised ever, the former Suits actress' relationship with her father, Thomas Markle, comes in a close second. Whether or not the retired television lighting engineer would come to their nuptials in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on…
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There seems to be no end to the amount of rules and regulations that those in the British royal family have to follow. Prince William and Kate Middleton's children have to learn various things from an early age, with official reasons why Princess Charlotte can’t sit at the dinner table with…
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Picture this: you're standing in an a crowded airport, the flight is boarding, and you're ready to depart - the only thing is, your husband, who was standing right next to you just now, has disappeared. You scan the departures lounge, searching for a familiar face among the throng of…
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In what is one of the most moving stories you will hear, a three-year-old cancer survivor who is currently in the process of remission was made a flower girl at the wedding ceremony of the woman who saved her life. Skye Savren-McCormick was diagnosed with juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia before she had…
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On Monday of this week, in the quiet town of Fountain Hills, Arizona, a 72-year-old man was shot dead by his elderly mother in a violent attack. The murderer, 92-year-old Anna Mae Blessing, apparently made the decision to kill her son after beginning to suspect that he had plans to move…
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I think we can all agree that any post-pregnancy body is incredible. Think about it for a second: mothers grow an actual human being inside them for nine whole months, then they push said human being out, and then look after their every need; feeding and burping them at their…
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In June 2007, people were shocked to hear about a headless body that had washed up on Rockmarshall beach in Louth, Ireland. Nobody had any idea of the identity of the corpse, nor how the man had died or where he had originally entered the water. For more than a decade,…
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Walmart is the superstore that has everything - employees that don't make a living wage, a reputation for hurting local communities, child labor in foreign countries. (Well, according to critics, anyway.) But you know what? No matter how much you disagree with the company's policies, you can't resist the siren…
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Health treatments these days can get pretty weird. You've got "vampire facials", in which people inject blood from their arm into their faces to keep them looking young, "wine baths" in which folks take a dip in a tub of red wine in order to soak up the antioxidants, and…
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Yesterday, a blind man from London was left feeling humiliated by restaurant staff after being denied entry to a branch of Franco Manca on account of his guide dog. David Kent, who is 58, was due to have lunch with a friend as part of a business meeting but was turned…
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Happy Fourth of July everyone! Today marks 242 years since the 13 original US colonies flipped the bird at King George III of England and said something along the lines of, "See ya, suckers" as they claimed independence and began their journey towards becoming the most powerful nation on Earth.…
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How often do you actually like the stranger sitting next to you on a plane? Almost never, that's how often. Okay, they might be a sweet old lady who chats to you about her garden, or a couple who keeps the PDA to a minimum and let you have the window…
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The idea of a 'Human Barbie' sounds altogether barmy, but the idea of more than one? And more than one competing to become the all conquering Human Barbie-conquering hero? Words don't do it justice really. But that's the situation in Poland right now, as two Human Barbies fight it out on…
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The great outpouring of sexual harassment and assault allegations show no sign of slowing down. Ever since The New York Times published their explosive exposé chronicling film producer Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual misconduct, more and more claims have been lobbied against influential men such as Kevin Spacey, Brett Ratner,…
