curiosities

Ridiculous Beliefs Of The World’s Most Acclaimed Thinkers

Ridiculous Beliefs: Pythagoras Pythagoras is a world-renowned mathematician credited with coming up with the Pythagorean Theorem. This theorem forms the crux of trigonometry and, as any half decent geometry student should know, posits that the square of a right triangle’s hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square of...

By Mamta Bhatt • May 25, 2014

Ridiculous Beliefs Of The World’s Most Acclaimed Thinkers

Ridiculous Beliefs: Pythagoras Pythagoras is a world-renowned mathematician credited with coming up with the Pythagorean Theorem. This theorem forms the crux of trigonometry and, as any half decent geometry student should know, posits that the square of a right triangle’s hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square of...

By Mamta Bhatt • May 25, 2014

The Animal Kingdom’s Most Fascinatingly Bizarre Color Mutations

Nature is filled with beauty, especially when it's on accident. Such is the case with color mutation in animals.

By Erin Kelly • May 22, 2014

The Animal Kingdom’s Most Fascinatingly Bizarre Color Mutations

Nature is filled with beauty, especially when it's on accident. Such is the case with color mutation in animals.

By Erin Kelly • May 22, 2014

6 Interesting Religions You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

Bad news, monotheists: you’re not even close to having a monopoly over the world’s narratives on purpose and morality. At present, it’s estimated that over 4,000 religions exist across the world, ranging from the well-established to the cult-like. Whatever your divine quest, it seems there’s a spiritual niche just for...

By Erin Kelly • May 21, 2014

6 Interesting Religions You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

Bad news, monotheists: you’re not even close to having a monopoly over the world’s narratives on purpose and morality. At present, it’s estimated that over 4,000 religions exist across the world, ranging from the well-established to the cult-like. Whatever your divine quest, it seems there’s a spiritual niche just for...

By Erin Kelly • May 21, 2014

25 Of Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Most Mind Blowing Tweets

It's easy to see why he has almost 2 million Twitter followers with these twenty-five mind blowing Neil DeGrasse Tyson tweets.

By All That's Interesting • May 18, 2014

25 Of Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Most Mind Blowing Tweets

It's easy to see why he has almost 2 million Twitter followers with these twenty-five mind blowing Neil DeGrasse Tyson tweets.

By All That's Interesting • May 18, 2014

The Most Brutal Gangs Around The World

Discover the chilling exploits of Mungiki, Los Zetas and the rest of the most brutal gangs on the planet.

By Richard Stockton • May 16, 2014

The Most Brutal Gangs Around The World

Discover the chilling exploits of Mungiki, Los Zetas and the rest of the most brutal gangs on the planet.

By Richard Stockton • May 16, 2014

7 Bizarrely Interesting Cultural Practices Still Carried Out Today

From cutting off fingertips to living with the dead, humankind has come up with some incredibly strange cultural practices.

By All That's Interesting • May 14, 2014

7 Bizarrely Interesting Cultural Practices Still Carried Out Today

From cutting off fingertips to living with the dead, humankind has come up with some incredibly strange cultural practices.

By All That's Interesting • May 14, 2014

7 Of History’s Biggest Badasses

Fending off Napoleonic forces alone, self surgery in Antarctica -- history's biggest badasses remind us that for every coward, there's just as much bravery.

By All That's Interesting • May 10, 2014

7 Of History’s Biggest Badasses

Fending off Napoleonic forces alone, self surgery in Antarctica -- history's biggest badasses remind us that for every coward, there's just as much bravery.

By All That's Interesting • May 10, 2014

What We Love This Week, Volume LXIII

Modern Remakes Of The World’s Most Iconic Paintings Classic works of art never cease to inspire; which is why it’s wholly unsurprising that–no matter how many years have passed–artists offer their unique takes on them. From Magritte to Dalí to Vermeer, Bored Panda offers us a humor-filled, 21st century take...

By Savannah Cox • May 2, 2014

What We Love This Week, Volume LXIII

Modern Remakes Of The World’s Most Iconic Paintings Classic works of art never cease to inspire; which is why it’s wholly unsurprising that–no matter how many years have passed–artists offer their unique takes on them. From Magritte to Dalí to Vermeer, Bored Panda offers us a humor-filled, 21st century take...

By Savannah Cox • May 2, 2014

7 Of The Weirdest Hobbies That People Actually Do

Ironing while jumping out of planes. Jumping out of planes in general. Bizarre hobbies like these prove that nothing is too arcane for human interest.

By Richard Stockton • Apr 29, 2014

7 Of The Weirdest Hobbies That People Actually Do

Ironing while jumping out of planes. Jumping out of planes in general. Bizarre hobbies like these prove that nothing is too arcane for human interest.

By Richard Stockton • April 29, 2014

The Secrets Behind Mona Lisa’s Smile

It would be easy to blame author Dan Brown and his blockbuster book and subsequent movie, The Da Vinci Code, for renewed public interest in the mysteries surrounding the world’s most famous portrait. The novel imagines all sorts of keys in the artist’s work that unlock mysteries of the ages....

By Savannah Cox • Apr 26, 2014

The Secrets Behind Mona Lisa’s Smile

It would be easy to blame author Dan Brown and his blockbuster book and subsequent movie, The Da Vinci Code, for renewed public interest in the mysteries surrounding the world’s most famous portrait. The novel imagines all sorts of keys in the artist’s work that unlock mysteries of the ages....

By Savannah Cox • April 26, 2014