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Interestingly, a countries’ steps averages were not direct indicators of its obesity rate. Scientists from Stanford University have ranked the world’s countries by laziness in a study 1,000 times larger than any previous look at human movement. Using 68 million days’ worth of smartphone data from 717,527 people in 111 countries, they determined that the world average of daily steps is a meager 4,961. Most Americans fall below that average, at 4,774 steps per day....

When nothing else worked, the parents turned to marijuana. Now, they’re facing charges, and have lost custody of their son. Suzeanna and Matthew Brill. Two Georgia parents lost custody of their son last month after being arrested for giving him marijuana. The parents don’t deny the accusations against them – in fact, they say they’d do it again. Suzeanna and Matthew Brill claimed that their son, whose name and age were not released, had suffered from multiple seizures “seven days a week, 24 hours a day....

In June of 1962, four inmates attempted the impossible with their Alcatraz escape. Today, their fates remain unknown. In June 1962, three prisoners attempted the impossible by escaping from the most secure prison of the time: Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Alcatraz has had a reputation for being impossible to escape from since its creation in the 1910s. That’s because, with its high walls and armed guards, as well as its location 1....

On February 2, 2013, Christopher Kyle was shot with his own pistol by Eddie Ray Routh at a gun range in rural Texas. It was supposed to be a simple trip to the gun range. Instead, a February afternoon in 2013 turned into murder when former United States Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle died alongside his friend, Chad Littlefield, after a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who they were trying to mentor suddenly opened fire....

The Weirdest Fashion Trends In Human History: The Mullet The mullet hairstyle boasts a contrasting and distinct mix of short hair in the front and longer looking “tail” down the back. Prominent mainly in the 60s and 70s, this trend can actually (and unfortunately) be dated back to the 6th century Byzantine Era when rebels cut their hair to stand out among the Roman crowd. The style’s popularity hit dizzying heights in the 1980s when musicians like Duran Duran, Billy Ray Cyrus, David Bowie, Sting and Bono sported the look....

For more than a century, Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater has launched the careers of black performers from James Brown to Michael Jackson. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 34William Gottlieb/Underwood Archives/Getty Images 2 of 34Legendary jazz singer and piano player Nat King Cole performs at the Apollo with his orchestra in 1950.Eric Schwab/AFP/Getty Images 3 of 34Blues god B....

A group of crooked cops in the late 80’s were responsible for the NYPD’s entire anti-corruption policy. In 1986, after three years of being on the force, Brian O’Regan killed himself. His suicide was an alternative to being arrested, as 11 of his fellow officers had been that day, on charges of corruption, theft, and illegal drug and firearm distribution. During their arraignment, all of the officers were indicted, sparking a major change in the way the NYPD handled corruption for years to come....

On February 22, 1970, an Australian teen named Keith Sapsford snuck onto the tarmac at Sydney Airport and hid inside a Tokyo-bound plane. It was the last decision he ever made. John GilpinIn 1970, a teenage stowaway named Keith Sapsford fell to his death from an airplane. Most teenagers would hate being sent to a Catholic residential school. For 14-year-old Keith Sapsford, there was no choice but to run away after just a couple of weeks....

After more than a century of defying classification, this eel-like creature was finally placed in the evolutionary tree of life — potentially as the earliest-known ancestor of humankind. When the fossilized remains of a tiny, eel-like creature were first discovered in Caithness, Scotland in 1890, scientists didn’t know what to make of them. They clearly belonged to some sort of prehistoric fish, but where exactly it sat in the evolutionary tree of vertebrates remained unclear for more than a century — until now....

Man wills fortune to town that saved him from the Nazis, archaeologists unearth golden-tongued Egyptian mummy, and historic Indigenous fort in Alaska reappears after 200 years. An Austrian Man Just Left His Fortune To The French Village That Hid Him From The Nazis The TelegraphIdentification papers that once belonged to Eric Schwam. When Eric Schwam of Austria died at age 90 on Christmas Day, he surprised the little French town of Chambon-sur-Lignon with a $2....

When Venus, an enslaved woman who worked on the plantation of George Washington’s brother, was asked to name the father of her child West Ford, she “identified the old general.” Wikimedia CommonsWest Ford at Mount Vernon in his later years. George Washington is often referred to as the “Father of His Country.” But did the famously childless president also father an illegitimate son with an enslaved woman? An investigation by The New Yorker has recently revived an old claim that Washington had a son named West Ford....

Though the ancient species was not exclusively found in Ireland, more remains of these deer have been found in that country than anywhere else in the world. Ardboe Galler/FacebookRaymond McElroy is pictured with the antlers and skull of an Irish elk that he found in Northern Ireland. A fisherman and his assistant were out on the lakebed of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland when they reeled in the farthest thing from their usual catch....

From his bizarre sex beliefs to his “Dear friend…” letters to Hitler, these 19 Gandhi facts and quotes uncover a dark side you’d never imagine. Gandhi abandoned his father’s deathbed to go have sex, leaving his father to die in his absence.In 1885, Gandhi’s father, Karamchand, developed a fistula and grew gravely ill. One night soon after, according to a 2010 biography, Gandhi was sitting up with his father, but eventually left to have sex with his new bride, Kasturba....

In Lebanon, it’s OK for men to sleep with animals if they’re female. Don’t go to Milan if you’re sad. Read on for more funny laws that are actually real. In the US, it’s legal for authorities to access any 180-day old email without a warrant. This law came into effect in 1986 under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The provision classifies those old e-mails as “abandoned”, which means that all authorities need to access them is a subpoena....

What do you get when you mix molten aluminum and ant colonies? Seriously cool anthill art. Each of the following silver molds represents the actual tunnels, spires and passages of a real-life ant colony. And we discovered two mind-bending videos that uncover the bizarre yet intriguing process. To create an anthill art mold, the artist pours silver molten aluminum into the top of the anthill. This process is pretty incredible in and of itself, as the aluminum pools and flows like an otherworldly substance....

Balkiz the bear became a minor celebrity when a video of her tripping out in the back of a truck went viral. TwitterThe female bear cub was rescued and has since been released back into the wild. When a brown bear cub recently came across some delicious honey in Turkey’s Duzce province, she got more than she bargained for. Little did the cub realize that this was no normal honey — it was deli bal, a powerful hallucinogenic substance nicknamed “mad honey....

Source:Shadow Puppeteer If you want to see some of the most groundbreaking modern art, just spend an afternoon playing video games with your teenage cousin. Given the increasing capacities of digital technology, video games are well on their way to becoming not just one of the most entertaining industries out there, but also one of the most artistically innovative. Blending objectives, aesthetics and storytelling into one seamless package, game designers provide players with the opportunity to explore fascinating, incredibly intricate new worlds....

“It was this glass bottle full of nails…We thought it was unusual, but weren’t sure what it was.” Robert Hunter/William & Mary Center for Archaeological ResearchThe bottle is in remarkable shape, save for the broken top. It contained a ball of corroded nails. A 2016 dig at a Civil War-era mini-fortification known as Redoubt 9 near Williamsburg, Virginia yielded a ritual item experts now believe to have been a “witch bottle....

Over the course of 13 days in 1999, David Copeland bombed three minority communities in London — to try to ignite a race war. Wikimedia CommonsDavid Copeland set off three bombs in London — specifically targeting Black, Bangladeshi, and gay communities. On April 30, 1999, a suspicious bag was found in Admiral Duncan, a historic gay pub in London. The pub manager, Mark Taylor, knew something was amiss and began to lead his customers outside....

The extremely rare brain disease has had only four confirmed cases in the United States— but this could be the fifth. Wikimedia CommonsGrey squirrel and potential culprit. Doctors in Upstate New York were shocked to discover that a 61-year-old patient had been suffering from an extremely rare brain disease — and they believe that he may have contracted the disorder from eating squirrel brains. A recent report on the patient’s case explains that he was brought to a hospital in Rochester, New York after suffering from bizarre symptoms, including decreasing cognitive abilities and losing touch with reality....