- newThe doctor who proved handwashing saves lives was locked in an asylum for it
In 1847, a doctor at Vienna General Hospital cut the maternity ward death rate from 18% to 2% by requiring handwashing in chlorinated lime solution. The medical establishment repaid him with years of ridicule and eventually committed him to an asylum…
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- newNo US city cracks the top 40 in 2026 Happy City Index
Copenhagen ranked first among 251 cities in the Happy City Index 2026, scoring 6,954 points across 64 indicators covering citizens, governance, environment, economy, health, and mobility. Helsinki came in second (6,919) and Geneva third (6,882). If y…
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- newThis guy ran 500 miles on LSD and mushrooms in 11 days
Dante Liberato, a 27-year-old retired cage fighter who lives in Manitou Springs, Colorado, spent 11 days last October running the 500 miles between there and Moab, Utah — eating LSD and psilocybin throughout. His protocol: 30 to 40 micrograms of LS…
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- newChina's 3,000-foot "Goddess escalator" takes 21 minutes to ride
Wushan County in Chongqing now has the world's longest outdoor escalator system: 3,000 feet of moving stairs — 21 escalators plus 8 elevators — climbing from the county town up to a scenic mountain area above it. The whole ride takes 21 minutes.…
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- newSmugglers were caught with 5,000 Kenyan queen ants worth $220 each
A Chinese national was arrested at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport carrying 5,000 giant queen ants — Messor cephalotes, a species prized in the exotic pet trade at $220 per ant. The ants were packed into test tubes stuffed with cotton…
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- newGermany unmasks the man behind REvil and GandCrab ransomware
For years the hacker known as "UNKN" ran two of the most destructive ransomware operations on the internet. Germany's Federal Criminal Police — the Bundeskriminalamt, or BKA — now says that's Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin, a 31-year-old from Krasno…
- 2 hours ago 7 Apr 26, 9:29pm -
- newFrance puts Freemasons on trial for hit squad murders
A murder trial opened in Paris last week with 22 defendants and a premise that sounds invented: killings and beatings allegedly commissioned through an internal dispute inside a Freemasonry lodge in Puteaux, just outside the city. Among those in the…
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- newMotorola Moto Pad: 11-inch Android tablet for $250
It's been well over a decade since I last held a tablet made by Motorola. In 2011, the Moto Xoom popped. It was a chonky piece of hardware, solid in the hand, with decent battery life for its day — and you could get it with 3G baked in. — Read th…
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- newA24 brings the creepy with The Backrooms
I'll watch pretty much anything with Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, Dirty Pretty Things, Children of Men) in it. But Chiwetel Ejiofor in an A24 horror flick? Pump it directly into my veins. The Backrooms, which is based on a series of OG YouTub…
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- newStop renting your office apps and finally own them for 92% off
TL;DR: Get 92% off access to MS Office 2019 apps: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more with Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows for just $16.97 (Reg. $229).Is it time to upgrade your office suite? Your content speaks for you. — Rea…
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