The British Broadcasting Corporation, aka the BBC, is the official public broadcaster of Britain. Nevertheless, it claims to be independent of the British government and will not hesitate to snitch on the latter whenever it gets the opportunity. Considering its reputation, there are some pretty interesting facts about the BBC. For instance, the BBC has

The great white shark is a powerful beast. Even so, it has its fair share of enemies and freak accidents. Humans remain a constant danger, but there are times when sharks get themselves into trouble. They choke on chow, jump into boats, and botch hunts. Sometimes, they have little control over what preys on them.

Tragically, school shootings, terrorist attacks, and random acts of violence are all too common in the United States. Because of this, and because of wall-to-wall media coverage of such events, it can be easy to assume that this era of mass murder is unprecedented in American history. Well, it is sad to say that mass

Rockets are our only option of traveling or sending payload to space today. However, that could change in the future. There are plans to develop alternative methods of travel. And they are truly weird. Inventors have proposed traveling or sending payload into space with elevators, underwater space guns, catapults, and even balloons. While some of

Prometheus, Hercules, Thor, Robin Hood, Superman. From the very beginnings of human history, we have imagined stories about prodigious individuals who were willing to use their divine gifts to fight for the defenseless. As the modern variant of these almighty figures, superheroes invade our culture to the core. Everyone knows about superheroes, welcoming their presence

Dairy on the supermarket shelf is deceptively well-behaved. In other parts of the world, it initiates enormous fires and bizarre experiments. From yogurt that comes from space or somebody’s private regions to cheese raised on music, researchers have no limits when testing the capabilities of dairy. This world is also remarkably competitive. There are ugly

When we think of grand heists, we usually imagine a dashing gentleman thief sneaking into a museum to make off with some massive, priceless diamond. We don’t usually imagine someone crawling through the dirt with a pillowcase and an old spoon to look for endangered greenery or someone pocketing a tiny snippet from a botanical

Spelling mistakes and “typos” are commonplace. We see them every day. The English language is complex, so even native speakers can make simple mistakes. A misspelled word or an unfortunate choice of font can completely alter the context of the message we’re trying to convey. Fortunately, in many cases, we can correct these errors quickly.