FBI raid at residential home in Dearborn, Michigan involves national security – report

Published time: 3 Jun, 2017 03:51 Federal agents were seen removing boxes from a home in Dearborn, Michigan, reportedly while investigating a matter of national security. An FBI spokesperson denied any threat to the public. The Thursday night raid of a home on the 7200 block of Jonathan Street in Dearborn, Michigan, involved a national […]

Italy thought of a crazy way to boost tourism — and it involves giving away free castles

AP Photo/Paolo Giovannini If you’ve ever wanted to live in an Italian castle for the low low price of absolutely nothing, today is your lucky day. Thanks to a new scheme by the country’s government-run State Property Agency, Italy is giving away 103 castles, towers, inns, farmhouses, and monasteries for free. Of course, there’s a […]

‘40 winks workout’: Bizarre 'napercise' gym class involves sleeping for 45 minutes

Published time: 28 Apr, 2017 11:34 Tired of your old fitness class? A UK gym chain is launching a new class which could make your dreams come true as it consists of nothing but sleeping for 45 minutes. In the wake of what they call a “tiredness epidemic” David Lloyd Clubs are trialing a class […]

The Best Taunt In Fighting Games Involves Tricky Musical Combos

Gif via YouTube Of all the ways players taunt each other in fighting games, there’s no taunt as stylish as the trumpet solos that players can pull off in Skullgirls. Players can perform as police-officer-turned-brass-instrument “Big Band” and have used him to play an impressive array of songs, from James Bond’s theme to “Song of […]

This management consultant’s weekend hobby involves fighting with real swords and axes

We spent the afternoon with members of the New York City chapter of the Armored Combat League.  The group suits up in medieval armor and engages in brutal hand-to-hand combat with weapons made of real metal. The group practices at a martial arts studio in Harlem called Sword Class NYC, where they train twice a week in […]

RaGaBa Involves Hurling Your Body Parts To Keep Monsters Away

You’re kind of lost and monsters are being kind of difficult in RaGaBa, an infinite arcade game where you throw your body parts at jerk creatures to make sure they don’t kill you, seeing as your body’s already in pieces and that’s enough to have to worry about with being dismembered AND dead. These monsters […]

Is THIS the weirdest request on a flight EVER? It involves a rubber slide…

The travel and leisure company revealed that those who book flights don’t always just ask for a little extra legroom or an aisle seat. Sometimes travellers’ requests are weird, disgusting or downright rude. Lastminute.com revealed its top 10 weird travel requests that customers have made – and number one on the list is plain ridiculous. […]