A burnt layer stuck to the bottom of a Dutch oven or casserole is enough to make anyone panic, especially when the pot cost a small fortune and the instinct is to scrub as hard as possible. Don’t. The smooth enamel coating is tough, but it can be scratched, dulled or chipped by the wrong…
Berry and Martinez married in 2013, the same year they welcomed their son, Maceo. Their relationship, however, didn’t last. They announced their separation in October 2015, bringing an end to a marriage that had lasted just over two years. The split was reportedly driven in part by differences in how they wanted to live. Both…
Most back alleys are places we walk through quickly, past the bins and weeds, without a second look. In Roanoke, Virginia, one woman saw something else. According to the WDBJ7, Jean Quade started planting flowers in a neglected alley behind her neighbours’ homes, and what began as a small project has become an official Monarch…
Children see the internet as a place to explore, play and discover exciting things. But sometimes, what looks like harmless entertainment on a screen can inspire decisions that carry real-world risks.A recent incident in Meerut highlighted this concern. An 11-year-old boy and his seven-year-old sibling reportedly left their home in Hastinapur on Sunday after watching…
It began as an ordinary evening at home and became one of Australia’s most talked-about snakebite cases. According to ABC News in December 2016, a 77-year-old man named David Pitt found a coastal taipan in his living room at Yorkeys Knob, north of Cairns, and tried to deal with it himself. He had been trying…
Jainendra Kumar Nigam appeared for the MPPSC preliminary examination in handcuffs before eventually achieving his goal of becoming a DSP. For Jainendra Kumar Nigam, appearing for a competitive examination meant facing a situation few candidates could imagine. He was in jail when he had to appear for the preliminary examination of the Madhya Pradesh Public…
The three-tier wooden pagoda stands about 21.2 cm tall and contains a cavity designed to hold a scroll bearing a Buddhist prayer. (Photo courtesy: REBPAF) A miniature wooden pagoda commissioned by a Japanese empress around 770 CE has sold for $40,960 at Christie’s, fetching nearly 2.8 times its highest estimate. The object, which contains an…
A tourist out for a walk on a nature trail in Thailand noticed something odd stamped into a flat patch of rock. The deep marks looked suspiciously like dinosaur footprints, so he snapped a photo and uploaded it to Facebook to see if anyone in his local group agreed. He probably wasn’t expecting much –…
When actress Sameera Reddy moved from Mumbai to Goa, she didn’t just change cities, she changed her whole way of living. In a home tour she shared on YouTube, she gives a glimpse of the lush, fruit-filled garden that surrounds her bungalow, and it’s easy to see why she says she is “just gardening all…
Amar Kale making his art (amar_kale_artist/Instagram) The world is brimming with incredibly talented people. And Karnataka’s Amar Kale is one such artist who has created history with his out-of-the-box thinking. When most people reach for turmeric and chilli powder for cooking, Kale, a 29-year-old artist from South India, created an art piece telling a story…
