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Turkey’s top religious authority deems toilet paper ‘halal’
Turkey’s top religious authority stated in a fatwa on Thursday that Muslims are ‘allowed’ to use toilet paper if water…
Massive plant that waited 80 years to flower is taken down
A University of Michigan horticulture expert has sawed down a towering plant that lived an unexpectedly long 80 years before completing…
Good-looking Religious Studies teacher makes students swoon
Religious Studies teacher Serhat Karanfil has all his students in a right spin - because of his devastating good looks.…
Man turns his birthmark into ‘Game of Thrones’-style ‘birthmap’
A student is turning his port wine stain birthmark into art - an intricate map which resembles the worlds of…
Japanese centenarian notches up world swim record
Tokyo (AFP) - A 100-year-old Japanese woman has become the world's first centenarian to complete a 1,500-metre freestyle swim, 20…
The Most Colorful Places On Earth
Hi. These places exist. No, not in dreams, hallucinations, or Wes Anderson movies, but right here on this beautiful, mysterious…
Four Weird Ways Animals Sense the World
Creatures like crabs, butterflies, snakes, and octopuses sense the world in unusual ways. When humans sniff in order to smell…
A star is born: Spectacular space picture took astronomers 18 years to take
These stunning images of the birth of a star were captured by astronomers over 18 years. The star - a…
Historian claims Hitler lived to be 95
A Nazi-hunting author claimed Hitler faked his death and then fled to Paraguay via Argentina before settling in a small…