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The BHP rail crews applied brakes to the wrong train just minutes before the brakes of another iron ore train on the adjacent track failed, sparking a $300 million derailment disaster, a preliminary report has found. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau report also provides shocking details on how the 268-wagon …

A long debate on whether toilet roll should hang over or under has been settled based on the content of a 128 year-old manual. CHOICE magazine discovered a 128 year-old patent dating back to 15 September 1891. It helpfully included a detailed graph which was explicit in showing the paper …

One man recently decided to weigh in ona discourse on the topic “Mensturation” and drew attacks from social media users. He actually “worked out” how many tampons a menstruating woman needs per period. Unluckily for him, he was WAY off with his calculations. “So, the average period is between 10-35ml …

If you have very valuable photos you don’t want to discard but your ex is stuck in them, you don’t have to worry at all. An online service can actually let you erase your ex from such imprtant photos. You might find it difficult to move on from a failed …

A single-student school is about to be opened for a kid who lives in an isolated rural community in Wyoming State, in the United States of America. The nearest school to one Wyoming kindergartner is more than an hour’s drive away. In harsh winter months in the rural area north …

Scientists may have proved that the woman recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest woman that ever lived may have padded her real age by up to 23 years. When Jeanne Calment died in August 1997, in Arles, France, her age was reported as 122 years and …

Several wacky news stories were witnessed in 2018. But the wackiest of all odd stories in the US have remained interesting till date. Here’s a summary of strangest odd stories in the US in 2018 as compiled and published on Reuters. A hive of honeybees in the heart of New …

How much can you pay to acquire a razor just to have a clean shave? Well, the world’s most expensive razor is $100,000 (N36 million). It has two blades made out of sapphire. It is called iridium razor. The company that manufactured the blades claim they will remain sharp for …

This might not be the kind of story you would like to hear, especially when it has to do with olive oil, one of the ointments used for holy activities. Police in Lisbon airport, Portugal, have arrested a man smuggling cocaine in 24 bottles of olive oil. What you might …

You won’t believe this piece of art work. An artist has taken creativity to an unbelievable height by creating a book that glows from within. The Japanese experimental artist created a seemingly magical book in which the letters keep shining brighter and brighter as the reader approaches its conclusion. Uka …