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Animals are loyal companions. But to many people around the globe, animals are also food. Animals can be a source of entertainment, from pop culture movies like Babe and The Lion King to a cat chasing a laser pointer dot as if it was the only food source left on the planet. Throughout civilization, the

Method acting has been in vogue since Marlon Brando first mumbled his way through Stanley Kowalski’s lines in Elia Kazan’s 1951 adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire. But while many of the greats have tried their hand at truly becoming their characters, some actors have taken it to new extremes. A select few have taken

Happiness, heartburn, and even heart disease can all be effects of pizza, but when the anthropologist Agehananda Bharati first mentioned “the pizza effect” in 1970, he did not mean anything caused by eating it. The iconic Italian food’s history was an example of a pattern he had observed where something unimportant in one culture becomes

Everyone is afraid of something, and many fears and phobias are common among pretty much all human beings. In fact, if you aren’t at least a little freaked out by things like heights, spiders, snakes, or public speaking, people may actually think that you are rather strange. However, sometimes, due to cultural differences, phobias develop

Even if you’re not a practicing Christian, the religion of Jesus Christ and his disciples has spread so far and wide—especially in the West and around the English-speaking world—that it’s nearly impossible not to know its meaning as a religious symbol. Meant to memorialize Jesus’ persecution and the power of his faith and belief in

What is a nice, relaxing vacation without an eerie ghost story? Considering that modern humans have inhabited Europe for nearly 50,000 years, it is no wonder the European continent alone has hundreds of them. For example, it is said that if you stand outside the Roman Colosseum and stay quiet, you may just be able

Few experiences in life are as terrifying as being on board a ship as it is sinking. Sheer panic as alarms blare, everything shifts, and the water keeps rising, leaving passengers and crew members with nothing to do but pray that help comes in time so they can see their loved ones again. Tragic situations

We tend to think of inventors as brainy people in white lab coats, mixing small vials of colorful liquid together, and in a puff of smoke, something is invented. Or the engineers laboring away, wrench in hand, as their spouses stand by idly while they waste away in their worthy pursuit of improving the combustion

Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843) is one of the most iconic Christmas stories. The novella is about Ebenezer Scrooge, a miser who becomes kinder after being visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The story has been adapted and riffed on hundreds of times over the years and has

What can you buy for one dollar today? Maybe a few eggs, a fast-food hot dog, a candy bar, or yogurt. Not much. One dollar is very little, but this is where the irony of life sets in. There have been huge and notable things that were sold for $1. The transactions that fall under

When you hear the word animal, what comes to mind? Perhaps the word causes you to think of marine life, such as the whales, dolphins, and seals that call the oceans home. Maybe it brings to mind the jaguars, sloths, and toucans that reside in the Amazon rainforest. Or perhaps it makes you think of

Artists inspired by real life are famously allowed to exercise “poetic license.” That is, to not let the truth get in the way of a good story. But it sure is easier if the story is already good. And when it comes to opera, where the story is one of several art forms that are

The sports world is filled with all kinds of strange stories and interesting facts. We’re not talking about memorizing a bunch of player stats or team numbers here, either. We mean real, weird, crazy, once-in-a-lifetime stories from the world of athletic competition. There’s no end! Humans have been playing sports for pretty much as long

Your brain is a powerful part of your body that can have a large impact on your mental state and is known as a strong indicator of intelligence. By reading this sentence, your brain works overtime to help you identify and understand each letter and how it can form words and ideas. But did you

When we think of heroes, particularly heroes of war, we often imagine a macho soldier clad in camo with honors bestowed on him for his heroics, a bullet belt over his shoulder, and a nice, sexy Hollywood battle scar to show he took a bullet for a friend. In an ideal world, these types of

New Jersey, the Garden State—home to mob bosses, gangs, and serial killers—has been the scene of many violent murders over the years. Every killer, from the highest level mafia capo to the lowest violent drunk, has stalked the streets of New Jersey. There have been hangings, shootings, stabbings, and drownings. Mobsters, mafiosos, and thugs have

Antinatalism is the philosophical view that it is almost never right for people to procreate. This stance seems absurd to many at first sight, but antinatalists have come up with arguments that they feel prove that being born is almost always a mistake. The writer Emil Cioran said, “Not to be born is undoubtedly the

Many filmmakers develop a brand. Audiences see a director’s name and know to expect a certain type of entertainment experience. When each movie master below leaped to something strikingly different, the result could be an artistic and commercial success or an equally splashy failure. Related: Top 10 Most Bizarre Movie Casting Ideas 10 Steven Spielberg

All the things we’ve learned about water during our school years seem so simple and logical, right? It always moves to find its lowest point. It makes up the majority of the human body. It makes up the majority of planet Earth! And it’s necessary to sustain and grow life for flora, fauna, and everything

Prepare to embark on a wild culinary journey! We’re about to explore some bizarre food combinations that, against all odds, taste surprisingly good. These are the weird duos that’ll make your taste buds do a double-take and then applaud your adventurous spirit. Here are ten strange food combinations that actually taste pretty good. Related: Top