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History Of Hats: Fascinating Images From The 1700s To Today

From the bowler to the bonnet to the baseball cap, see the fascinating history of hats unfold before your eyes.

By Savannah Cox • Mar 15, 2013

History Of Hats: Fascinating Images From The 1700s To Today

From the bowler to the bonnet to the baseball cap, see the fascinating history of hats unfold before your eyes.

By Savannah Cox • March 15, 2013

Amazing Animals With Sixth Sense

While animals are often considered simplistic in many respects, history has proven that while lacking in certain cognitive aspects, animals often exhibit a connection with their environment that surpasses human instincts. So far, animals have been credited with predicting earthquakes, creating complex languages, and anticipating diseases. Some stories are backed...

By Kiri Picone • Feb 21, 2013

Amazing Animals With Sixth Sense

While animals are often considered simplistic in many respects, history has proven that while lacking in certain cognitive aspects, animals often exhibit a connection with their environment that surpasses human instincts. So far, animals have been credited with predicting earthquakes, creating complex languages, and anticipating diseases. Some stories are backed...

By Kiri Picone • February 21, 2013

Four Of The Most Dangerous Amusement Park Rides To Ever Exist

The Most Dangerous Theme Park Rides: Perilous Plunge Plagued with technical issues upon its debut, the Perilous Plunge at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, is billed as the tallest and steepest water ride in the world. The initial design for the log flume did not provide proper restraints...

By All That's Interesting • Feb 15, 2013

Four Of The Most Dangerous Amusement Park Rides To Ever Exist

The Most Dangerous Theme Park Rides: Perilous Plunge Plagued with technical issues upon its debut, the Perilous Plunge at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, is billed as the tallest and steepest water ride in the world. The initial design for the log flume did not provide proper restraints...

By All That's Interesting • February 15, 2013

Five Of The Most Incredible Christo And Jeanne-Claude Works

Verhüllte Bäume (Wrapped Trees) Completed over the course of several days in November 1998, Wrapped Trees is an exceptional outdoor work that involved the meticulous covering of nearly 180 trees in Basel, Switzerland. Each individual tree had custom made silver polyester wrapping designed to allow the tree’s natural branches to...

By All That's Interesting • Feb 13, 2013

Five Of The Most Incredible Christo And Jeanne-Claude Works

Verhüllte Bäume (Wrapped Trees) Completed over the course of several days in November 1998, Wrapped Trees is an exceptional outdoor work that involved the meticulous covering of nearly 180 trees in Basel, Switzerland. Each individual tree had custom made silver polyester wrapping designed to allow the tree’s natural branches to...

By All That's Interesting • February 13, 2013

Brooke Greenberg: The Girl That Time Forgot

Brooke Greenberg, a 20-year-old Maryland resident, is amazingly the size of a preschooler. Weighing just four pounds at birth, she suffered from a condition known as anterior hip dislocation, which caused her legs to swivel up toward the shoulders. Although surgeons corrected the problem, during the next six years she...

By All That's Interesting • Feb 9, 2013

Brooke Greenberg: The Girl That Time Forgot

Brooke Greenberg, a 20-year-old Maryland resident, is amazingly the size of a preschooler. Weighing just four pounds at birth, she suffered from a condition known as anterior hip dislocation, which caused her legs to swivel up toward the shoulders. Although surgeons corrected the problem, during the next six years she...

By All That's Interesting • February 9, 2013

Four Incredibly Expensive Foods From Around The World

Because all cupcakes should have a golden lining -- a fascinating look at the most expensive foods from around the globe!

By Savannah Cox • Feb 3, 2013

Four Incredibly Expensive Foods From Around The World

Because all cupcakes should have a golden lining -- a fascinating look at the most expensive foods from around the globe!

By Savannah Cox • February 3, 2013

Six Of The World’s Most Bizarre Modern Medical Treatments

Frog juice Frog juice is a concoction from Peru that is believed to restore the sex drive of its drinker. The Peruvian Viagra is a mixture of honey, aloe vera plant, an Andean root plant and – as the name suggests – a no longer ribbiting frog. Bizarre Modern Medical...

By All That's Interesting • Jan 26, 2013

Six Of The World’s Most Bizarre Modern Medical Treatments

Frog juice Frog juice is a concoction from Peru that is believed to restore the sex drive of its drinker. The Peruvian Viagra is a mixture of honey, aloe vera plant, an Andean root plant and – as the name suggests – a no longer ribbiting frog. Bizarre Modern Medical...

By All That's Interesting • January 26, 2013

Five Amazing Sunken Forests

Some of the world's finest forests cannot be found above ground -- a fascinating look at the phenomena of sunken forests.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 24, 2013

Five Amazing Sunken Forests

Some of the world's finest forests cannot be found above ground -- a fascinating look at the phenomena of sunken forests.

By All That's Interesting • January 24, 2013

Six Of The World’s Most Bizarre Hangover Cures

Because hangover cures don't always have to involve eggs or lining your armpits with lemon juice — six of the world's weirdest hangover cures.

By Savannah Cox • Jan 20, 2013

Six Of The World’s Most Bizarre Hangover Cures

Because hangover cures don't always have to involve eggs or lining your armpits with lemon juice — six of the world's weirdest hangover cures.

By Savannah Cox • January 20, 2013

The World’s Largest And Smelliest Flowers

The World’s Largest And Smelliest Flowers: The Corpse Flower Flowers are said to symbolize innocence, life and beauty. How ironic, then, that the largest of them all is evocative of death. Titan arum, or the corpse flower, exists naturally in the rain forests of Western Sumatra and in the gardens...

By All That's Interesting • Jan 15, 2013

The World’s Largest And Smelliest Flowers

The World’s Largest And Smelliest Flowers: The Corpse Flower Flowers are said to symbolize innocence, life and beauty. How ironic, then, that the largest of them all is evocative of death. Titan arum, or the corpse flower, exists naturally in the rain forests of Western Sumatra and in the gardens...

By All That's Interesting • January 15, 2013