Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 662, click here 1-5 Kickass Random Fact 1. A Korean programmer made a ransomware program as a joke, requiring the victim to get a high score in the Japanese bullet hell shooter “Touhou Seirensen ~ Undefined Fantastic Object” on the highest difficulty to get their files back.…… Read More »
Here are 5 things you should know. 1. Ocean creatures you may encounter on pools on a beach or the shallows can be risky for your health if you touch them. Don’t pick them up for your IG photos. Don’t touch unless you are a scientist or otherwise properly trained and have equipment. Examples of…… Read More »
We asked our regular contributors through e-mail What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen happen at a friend’s house that they thought was normal? We got many interesting responses. Here are some of them. We have just copied and pasted their responses, not editing them in any way. 1. When I was in high school, a…… Read More »
On Tuesday 17 August a group of protesters attempted to “seize” Edinburgh Castle, citing “Article 61” of Magna Carta as their justification for doing so. As we have written before, some people claim that clause 61 of the medieval law allows people to lawfully dissent or rebel if they feel they are being governed unjustly. … Read More »
An article from TCW Defending Freedom (formerly, The Conservative Woman) reports what it claims are “five key Covid truths that could have saved us from self-destruction.” It sources these to Dr Peter McCullough, a Texas-based cardiologist, and says “he has all the necessary scientific back-up to support his claims.” He doesn’t. We take a look… Read More »
A person was charged $62,000 by their wireless carrier for downloading the movie “Wall-E” while vacationing in Mexico. After contesting the roaming charges, the carrier reduced the bill to $17,000 arguing that the five-figure charge was what it cost them to deliver the movie. The post A person was charged $62,000 by their… appeared first… Read More »
As the Taliban advanced towards Kabul on Sunday, 15 August, the French ambassador in Afghanistan David Martinon tweeted a video of him in what appears to be a helicopter saying he was leaving the Afghan capital’s former “green zone”. Journalist Robert Peston claimed the ambassador was leaving Kabul itself, as did the MailOnline. This is… Read More »
A post on Facebook which has been shared more than 20,000 times claims that anyone who is feeling depressed or suicidal can text a number and receive a response from a crisis counsellor connected to Samaritans. This information is out of date and no longer correct. Samaritans confirmed to Full Fact that the text number… Read More »
