What is the longest corridor in the world?
The world’s longest corridor is believed to be at the British RAF Mount Pleasant Airforce base in the Falkland Islands. Nickna...
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Badwater 135 Ultramarathon | The world’s toughest foot race
Earlier this month, in the height of southern Californian summer, the latest installment of the “world’s toughest footrace” took pla...
What is the world’s highest unclimbed mountain?
When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Mount Everest in May 1953, humans conquered the globe’s highest peak. In the 70 year...
Gift Giving Around the World
Gift giving might have been around since the start of civilization but picking out the perfect present hasn’t got any easier. Countr...
The Great Banyan | The tree in India that looks like a forest
What looks like a dense forest on the outskirts of Kolkata, West Bengal, is in fact a single tree with thousands of aerial roots, kn...
Kiplingcotes Derby | The annual horse race held every year since 1519
Steeped in tradition and dating back to the rule of King Henry VIII, the Kiplingcotes Derby is Britain’s oldest horse race. That’s n...
Why do onions make you cry?
Onions have long plagued cooks, prying open millions of tear ducts during their illustrative career. But why do onions make us cry?...
Why is there a fire in Turkmenistan that never goes out?
In Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert, there burns an eternal flame. Known as the Darvaza gas crater, or the “Gates of Hell”, the h...
Burj Al Babas | Turkey’s abandoned Gothic village
In northwestern Turkey, on the outskirts of a village called Mudurnu, sit hundreds and hundreds of abandoned castles – 732 to...
This London Bookstore Lets You Try the Recipes Before You Buy
Finding a good recipe isn’t as simple as it should be. Photos can’t always be trusted and estimated cooking times can be a bit too o...