Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
07 December 2010
Interesting Stuff
A California-
to show there is extrasensory
communication between animals and humans
Bermuda Triangle Mysteries have Logical Explanations
A huge area of the Atlantic anchored by Bermuda,
Puerto Rico, and Florida has acquired an
undeserved reputation for strange events
Borley Rectory: Britain’s most Haunted House
A house in Essex, England has long had the reputation of being a place where ghostly apparitions were frequently observed, but is the notoriety deserved?
Ig Nobel Awards Honour Questionable Research
A ceremony is held at Harvard University
each year to mirror the prestigious Nobel Prizes
to honour more dubious achievements
than those recognized in Stockholm
Inventors Promote High Mileage Devices
Almost since the first gasoline-
hit the road, people have been trying to invent
ways of making them go farther on a litre of fuel
Most Disgusting Foods in the World
Adventurous gourmets who can get past the yuk factor will try just about anything, but the average person draws the line at fried hairy spiders
Photos of Fairies Faked in Attempt to Prove Existence
The creator of Sherlock Holmes was just one
of the many people hoodwinked by a couple
of young girls and their bogus photographs of fairies
Selling the Brooklyn Bridge and other Scams
Long before people claiming to be African princes
with vast inheritances of dubious origin hit the
Internet some very clever con artists were at work
Tourists Ask the Silliest Questions
Tourism officials collect and retell hundreds
of questions from visitors who may
have forgotten to pack their brains
Each year, International Living crunches
a lot of numbers and chooses which country, in the opinion of its editorial staff, is the best in which to live
World’s Most Expensive Food and Drink
Extravagance is not dead everywhere
as the mega-
new experiences only they can afford
Two universities have concluded through mathematical modelling that the Undead would beat humans in combat