China Is Banning Erotic Banana Eating on Live Streams
China has banned 'erotic' banana-eating live streams https://t.co/iZH9LHjBltpic.twitter.com/6d2uCqHQMe— BBC Newsbeat (@BBCNewsbeat) May 6, 2016Bananas have long been a phallic food, even if they've...
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Let Us Introduce You to the World's Largest Insect
Male Phryganistria tamdaoensis from Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam. The newly-discovered world's largest insect is also a member of Phryganistria. (Photo: Joachim Bresseel and Jérôme Constant/CC-BY-SA...
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Finally—Finally!—New England Elementary School's Annual Duckling Parade is...
Ducklings on the move. (Photo: Tim/CC-BY-2.0)Baby animals are unquestionably one of the greatest wonders of spring, and it’s always delightful to happen upon ducklings, lambs, kittens, or any other...
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Is a Raised Fist a Political Gesture, Or a Celebratory One?
Class of 2012 cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point toss their hats. (Photo: US Army/CC BY-2.0)This week, the New York Times reported that a group of black women about to...
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Map Your Murderousness With These 19th-Century Brain Charts
"Plan of the Brain," illustrated by Alesha Sivartha. (Photo: Internet Archive/Public Domain) “The most wonderful of all living structures is the human brain.”This was Alesha Sivartha’s philosophical...
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Every Spring, Montana's Abandoned Mine Shafts Open Giant Holes in the Ground
The head frame of an old Butte mine. (Photo: Robert/CC BY-SA 2.0)Every spring, Butte, Montana experiences a special rite. The city once called the “Richest Hill on Earth” for its excess gold, silver...
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5 Ways To Become A Disney Character Without Using Magic
Do you have what it takes to be a Disney character? (Photo: Theme Park Tourist/CC BY 2.0)Welcome back to AO Jobs, the weekly column where we spotlight jobs and career opportunities that you can apply...
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For Sale: Britain's Last Working Aircraft Carrier
Anybody want to buy a boat? (Photo: Brian Burnell/CC BY-SA 3.0)Anybody in the market for a full-size aircraft carrier? The Royal Navy’s last working aircraft carrier, the HMS Illustrious, is going up...
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Found: A Golf Course Sinkhole That Could Be Part of a Secret Network of Caves
Is there a secret network of caves under this golf course? (Photo: Bransonmo/CC BY-ND 2.0)Johnny Morris has a thing for caves and the money to indulge his love. The founder of the Bass Pro Shop chain,...
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Taiwanese Temples Cut Down On Incense To Fight Pollution
Visitors to Taipei City's Lungshan Temple pray for good luck in the New Year. (Photo: L. Chang/Public Domain)Religious worship in Taiwan is a heady experience. The air in and around temples is wreathed...
View ArticleThe Rogue Team Rescuing Fort McMurray's Pets As the City Burned
Volunteers rescue family pets lost in Fort McMurray evacuation, @blissblogs reports https://t.co/oSqnSWBP2Lpic.twitter.com/olR8Ze8Og2— CTV Toronto (@CTVToronto) May 6, 2016Around one-fifth of the homes...
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Watch Two Jumping Spiders Get Flirty and Awkward
When it comes to courtship, persistence is key—but it doesn't guarantee results. Take it from this pair of jumping spiders.The multicolored male—let's call him Simon—is dogged in his pursuit of the...
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Before Bowie Or Prince, There Was Zeki Müren—Turkey's Gender-Bending Rock Star
A Zeki Müren Hotline flyer, searching for stories on a Turkish bus. (Photo: Zeki Müren Hatti/Beyza Boyacioglu)In September of 1996, Zeki Müren—singer, movie star, fashion icon—took the stage for the...
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Null Island is One of the Most Visited Places on Earth. Too Bad It Doesn't Exist
The article below was originally published in Worlds Revealed, the official blog of the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, as “The Geographical Oddity of Null Island.”It doesn’t...
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Professor Solves 350-Year-Old Mystery Behind The Man in the Iron Mask
A 1789 print by an anonymous artist depicting The Man in the Iron Mask. (Photo: Anonymous/Public Domain)The legend of the Man in the Iron Mask goes something like this: until his death in 1703, a...
View ArticleCourt Rules Figurines Modeled on This Artist's Vagina Are Art
A Japanese court says the vagina figurines by artist Rokudenashiko are actually art and not obscenities. pic.twitter.com/yAiv6cnlhR— AJ+ (@ajplus) May 9, 2016Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi and her...
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The First Evidence That Sea-Level Rise Has Claimed These Five Islands
All that remains of one of the completely eroded islands. (Photo: Simon Albert)This article was written by Simon Albert, The University of Queensland; Alistair Grinham, The University of Queensland;...
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The Rise of the Gay Mafia, a Powerful Cabal That Never Existed
The paranoia over an "international homosexual conspiracy" rivaled the McCarthy communist witch hunts of the 1950s. (Photo: US Senate/Public Domain)The idea of a “gay mafia” may seem like a bad...
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How Rival Gardens of Eden in Iraq Survived ISIS, Dwindling Tourists, And Each...
A bird flies out of a Lalish temple that features a stone black snake on its wall. (Photo: Erin Trieb)Thirty-five miles north of Mosul, Iraq, about an hour’s drive from Islamic State territory, was the...
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The World's Most Romantic Socks Are Knitted on an Active Volcano
The island of Tristan da Cunha as seen from the International Space Station. (Photo: NASA/Public Domain)Socks often get short shrift as presents, lumped in with other hastily-grabbed items like gift...
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