The Diasporas at Home: P.R. releases new books about queer histories
By Blane McLane From Caribbean Business SAN JUAN – Just in time for back to school and the November elections, Puerto Rico’s LGBTTQI communities now have several new his/her/hirstory books to add to their reading lists. Recently released to the public…
Before alarm clocks Brits paid people to wake them up
By Alex Q. Arbuckle From Mashable 1900-1941 Knockers-up Snooze button not included. Before alarm clocks Brits paid people to wake them up by tapping on their windows Though designs for alarm clocks date back to the ancient Greeks, they were still not…
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Fans mourning death of acclaimed Mexican singer Juan Gabriel By Susanne Ramírez De Arellano From NBC Juan Gabriel, known as el Divo de Juarez and one of Mexico’s most successful vocalist and composers, died today at his home in Santa…
Lightning strike kills more than 300 reindeer in Norway
By Bianca Britton, From CNN (CNN) More than 300 reindeer have been killed by a single lightning strike at a Norwegian national park. Pictures released by the Norwegian Environment Agency on Sunday show 323 carcasses scattered across a small, isolated area…
Dubai crash-landing survivor wins $1 million lottery prize 6 days later
A Dubai-based Indian man got lucky twice in one week. First, he survived the crash-landing or an airliner, and then he won a $1 million lottery prize, CNN reports. Mohammad Basheer Abdul Khadar, 62, was on board Emirates flight EK521…
A mysterious buried ship appears near Martha’s Vineyard every couple years, but no one knows where it came from
By Sarah Kramer, Tech Insider From Business Insider Off the south coast of Massachusetts sits Chappaquiddick, a long, narrow strip of land that — depending on the tides — is either an island or a peninsula that’s barely connected to Martha’s Vineyard….
This weird hexagon on Saturn has puzzled scientists for decades
By Ali Sundermier From Business Insider Thirty years ago, scientists discovered an intriguing structure on Saturn’s north pole. Nothing even resembling this structure has ever been seen on any other planet … in the entire universe. The six-sided structure, nicknamed…
Vanished: 11 flights that mysteriously disappeared
By Bob Al-Greene From Mashable Two years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the search continues. The history of aviation is littered with mysterious disappearances like that of MH370. Multiple planes have evaporated seemingly into thin air…
All the rooms in this futuristic ‘drone hotel’ can fly away
By Leanna Garfield, Tech Insider From Business Insider When you travel, you usually don’t want to spend a lot of time in your hotel room – you want to explore. But a new futuristic hotel concept called Driftscape would make…
Australia is putting traffic lights in the ground because you’re glued to your phone
BY ARIEL BOGLE From Mashable For the average pedestrian, it’s immensely hard to look up from an Instagram scroll when you need to, say, cross a four-lane freeway. That’s why the New South Wales state government is looking to trial…
