What is a kibbutz?
What is a kibbutz? A short answer would be a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based around agriculture. Nowadays they have since expanded...
All about Neutral Moresnet
Neutral ...what? What was the only country in the world to have Esperanto as the national language? Neutral Moresnet. Now that the pub trivia is...
Have two countries with McDonalds ever gone to war?
Introduction Is it true that no two countries with a McDonalds have ever gone to war? No it is not true, in fact quite a...
UK Man Jailed for Banging Chickens to Death As Wife Filmed
It is not all that often when you can largely sum up a story in the opening gambit, but a UK male has been jailed...
Izzat al-Douri Dies: End of Saddam’s Heir
So, I imagine most of you know who Saddam was. Back before America was screeching angrily about north Korea’s ‘weapons of mass destruction’, it was...
Ethiopia’s Julian Assange Style Exiles
Before we get to Ethiopia's very 'Julian Assange' style story, first some context. The Cold War was an interesting time for Africa. With many of...
Social media star set on fire by ex-husband whilst streaming
A Chinese Tibetan social media star has died after her ex-husband doused her in petrol and set her on fire while she was recording a...
Father and son treat their sex dolls as family
A 58-year-old Chinese father and his 18-year-old teenage son in China’s southern Guizhou province have seven silicone sex dolls and are big fans of the...