With the rising oil prices some people will do almost anything to get free gas. What would you do and to what extent will you do it for free gas? To David Partin in Orlanda, Florida, it means giving up naming his son. Partin in a contest has pledged to name his son after local [...]

According to the U.S. government-funded World Values Survey, Denmark stands as the happiest country in the world with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere. The survey is carried out by a global network of social scientists regularly. “Denmark is prosperous — not the richest country in the world but it is prosperous.” Ronald Ingelhart, the director [...]

Inspired by Britain’s Café Scientifique movement, a slew of US watering holes now host science nights, gatherings where the brainiacs from universities and labs give talks and booze it up with the locals. Check one out if you’re staying nearby for an up-close explanation and discussions on random theories - who knows you’ll end up [...]

It is a well known fact that humans have an instinctive ability to strive for survival especially if you’re dying from organ failure. Imagine if you could afford $10,000 (China) for a kidney instead of waiting in line at the hospital; you’d most likely head to China as soon as possible before you kick the [...]

While Japanese households consume less energy than Europe and U.S, the rapid increment in Tokyo on energy consumption has raised much concern from the Japanese government. The rise of greenhouse gas emissions from companies and households have raised public awareness for global warming too. Between 1990 and 2005, the energy consumption jumped 44 percent, which lead [...]

This might seem like a coincidence but I dare say, coincidence or conspiracy? You be the judge. Here are 10 weird facts that Abraham Lincoln and JFK have in common both in their lives and in their deaths. Fact 1 Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 John F Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946 Fact 2 Abraham [...]

#1 Your Hand Can Have A Mind On Its Own Remember Devon Sawa’s character in 1999’s ‘Idle Hands’, a comedy / horror movie about a teen whose hand becomes possessed and goes on a killing spree? Apparently this movie has some truth in it. The ‘idle hand’ which referred to as the ‘Alien Hand Syndrome’ is an [...]

What do Belgian beer fans do after their regular beer session? Go to the nearest mobile toilet to have a fun time… peeing! The mobile toilet engineered by two Belgian beer fans who used their skill in engineering and software development combines the usual toilet facilities in the spacious booth with video game interactivity to put [...]

Drew Burrows knows what it is like to come home to an empty bed, lonely and without a girlfriend. So Burrows, 28, engineered a 2-D girlfriend and shared his invention to all the lonely people out there. He unveiled his invention, INBED to the public last night at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program Spring Show at Tisch [...]

After a frantic bidding last Thursday in London, a handwritten letter which Albert Einstein initiated the idea of God as a product of human weakness and the Bible as a ‘pretty childish’ collection was successfully sold for $404,000. The price was more than 25 times the pre-sale estimate. Bloomsbury Auctions did not identify the oversea buyer [...]

While some of the crews living on the International Space Stating are already drinking water coming from evaporated laundry water and sweat, NASA took recycling to new extremes; They are getting their drinking water from the toilet. NASA developed the new system with the rapid growth of residency in the station expected in three to [...]

The riskiest part of your working day perhaps lies in the navigation of a hot cup of Cappuccino from the pantry to your desk. But some people’s job are pants-wittingly terrifying. They are faced with guns, dynamite, bombs and death-threats everyday. Take a look at the 7 scariest jobs in the world. #7 - Tunneller, USA digg_url [...]

The Australian’s Catholic nuns better not pray for good weather alone for the Pope’s visit this July. They better pray for good mobile phone reception too. In conjunction with the World Youth Day in Sydney this July, Pope Benedict will text message thousands of young Catholics on their mobile phones to inspire and to give [...]

TomTom has been serving the people with road navigation, real-time traffic and construction updates completed with other fun and useful features like celebrity voices, multi-lingual and more. But that is not it. The TomTom developer continues to strike for better features and more functions. With the new TomTom 920, drivers are provided with not [...]

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/odd_stuff/21_Useless_Facts_about_Your_Household_Products'; A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day. Approximately 18 billion disposable diapers end up in landfills each year that takes as long as 500 years to finally decompose all of them. Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks. Oral-B was the first toothbrush to go to the moon along with [...]