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Rescued Street Kitten Finds New Friend in Gentle Husky
Animals can show us so much, we just have to pay attention. via Sputniknews: Ty, a rescue kitten, has been given another shot a life after a family decided to take in the malnourished and infected feline from the streets. After a few visits to the doctor, the owners report that Ty is healing up nicely and has even found … Continue reading
Consciousness… How To Think About It
Can a mind ever know itself? Maybe we don’t want to know: solving the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness could threaten our sense of self and free will It is a concept so intrinsic to the fabric of our reality that starting to pick away at it leaves us feeling quite unravelled. “We can come closer to defining what it is … Continue reading
10 Mythological Ways to Achieve Immortality
Immortality has always been a dream for humans; the desire to avoid death is universal, whether because of fear, a thirst for knowledge, or simply a love of living. However, many others tend to see it as a curse, with journalist Herb Caen saying: “The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.” Immortality has … Continue reading
The Love And Sacrifice of a Father
Editor’s Note: I felt this article quite fitting in celebration of Father’s Day. Please do read both story one and story two to fully appreciate the beauty of this article. Story one: World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Butch O’Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific. One day … Continue reading
Man Claims to Have Cooked Amputated Leg ‘Taco Feast’ for Friends, says ‘I Taste Like Buffalo’
As with all news of this type, reader discretion is advised as some readers might find the content disturbing, but if you are okay with it, proceed. Also a heads up, towards the end of the article, there is a link to extremely graphic photos of the leg that the person shared. So please do not click the link titled … Continue reading
Some Birthmarks May Be Wounds from a Past-Life
A birthmark may be defined as “a benign irregularity on the skin which can be caused by overgrowth of blood vessels, melanocytes, smooth muscles, fat fibroblasts or keratinocytes.” Every culture has its own beliefs about birthmarks. Some regard them as good luck, others consider them to be bad luck. In the Philippines, a birthmark (or balat) indicates bad luck or … Continue reading
The True Origin of Mother’s Day
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO MY MOM & TO ALL THE MOMS OF THE WORLD, human and non human. via Life Hacker: Mother’s Day is a time for flowers, fancy brunches, and thanking your mom for putting up with your crap for all these years. But once upon a time the holiday was a more somber affair—a way for women to … Continue reading
Cow Escapes Slaughter by Smashing Through Metal Fence, Swims to Safety on Island
Well done fellow creature 🙂 It would be wonderful if this could become a normal occurrence. Sad that she is living alone now though. The cow appears to have won its right to live after a campaign by politician. via Independent UK: A cow has been living alone on an island, attacking anyone who comes near, after staging a miraculous … Continue reading
Ruins of Lost City May be Linked to Biblical King David
As time goes by, clues left by the past slowly disappears or becomes harder to utilize. One can’t help but wonder if science had progressed faster if we might have been able to solve more past mysteries. via Unexplained-Mysteries: Did King David actually exist ? The ruins of a city dating back 3,000 years have rekindled the debate over whether … Continue reading
After Her Near Death Experience, Woman Can Now Speak to the Dead
A person who simply gives her name as Kit suffered a massive brain haemorrhage which left her clinically dead before doctors brought her back from the brink to a medically induced coma. However, Kit still remembers her experience so vividly, despite it happening in 2010 and has recounted her tale on NDERF.org; a website which collects peoples accounts of near … Continue reading
