A visitor to a Pennsylvania state park discovered a bottle on the ground in the woods containing a message from a family camping trip 50 years earlier. Joe Fresetta said he and his wife, Marci Mowery, were at Fowlers Hollow State Park in Perry County when he noticed wheat on the ground that he initially […]
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Fat cat becomes Polish city’s top rated tourist attraction
Gacek, an overweight black-and-white street cat, is the top-rated tourist attraction in the Polish city of Szczecin, with a nearly perfect 4.9/5.0 star rating from thousands of Google reviews. Szczecin, a medieval city in northwestern Poland near the German border, has a lot to offer visitors. The Pomeranian Duke’s Castle and Kasprowicza Park are two […]
A Silent Crisis
As we look at the concept of universal human rights, within that spectrum perhaps the most important and common denominator in almost all the conventions or constitutions exists the unalienable right to freedom of expression, vested within every person from birth, regardless of their religion, gender, race, caste or any other identifier of a human […]
Decline of Science in the Muslim World
Imagine treading through the helical streets of medieval Baghdad, passing by markets, and fussing with merchants selling exotic goods from remote lands. Amidst the clamor, you hear snippets of conversation about the latest scientific discoveries: a new theorem in mathematics, a groundbreaking technique in medicine, or a revolutionary invention in astronomy. Yet today, that light […]
Twitter boss Elon Musk calls U.S. media and schools ‘racist against whites & Asians’
On Sunday, Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter, accused “the media” and “elite colleges and high schools” of being “racist” against white and Asian people, without providing evidence. Musk made his remarks on Twitter, where he has nearly 130 million followers, in response to news that media outlets across the country have decided […]
FackCheck: Has Pakistan cancelled mandatory National Licensing Exam?
According to social media users and local media, the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC) has revoked a requirement for medical graduates to take the National Licensing Exam (NLC) in order to obtain permanent registration certificates. When the claim was cross-checked, it was found to be true, as the PMDC issued a press release on […]
Funny enough: Spain chases T20 history’s lowest target in just two balls
The Isle of Man set an unwelcome record by scoring the lowest total in men’s T20 cricket history while playing against Spain. On Sunday, the team was bundled out for 10 runs by Spain after six of its players were dismissed for ducks, with Joseph Burrow leading the way with four runs. The entire team […]
Do you know about Italy’s famous upside-down fig Tree?
The upside-down fig tree can be found in the ancient ruins of Baiae, near the modern city of Bacoli in Italy. The tenacious tree growing out of the ceiling of an ancient Roman archway explains why it’s known as the upside-down tree. It is inverted, growing towards the ground, which is unusual. Nobody knows how […]