The world's oldest zoo is celebrating the recent birth of several adorable squirrel monkeys after the arrival of adult females from England that quickly became pregnant. The cute little baby monkeys are still clinging quite literally to their mothers' backs as they get used to the world around them before…
Czech archaeologists have unveiled what they are hailing as one of the most significant finds in the country's recent history of a clay pot containing hundreds of King Wenceslas silver coins - that were dug up by a dog. The Czech dog walker, who was not named, was passing through…
Human footprints found during the construction of a Turkish dam in 1960 are 5,000 years old according to recent reserach. The footprints were found in the Kula Volcanic Geopark, listed as a UNESCO Global Geopark, in Kula in the western Turkish province of Manisa. A team of experts from Hacettepe…
A Malaysian bookworm is likely to read book descriptions better in the future after regretting his recent purchase of cat novel 'Meow' consisting of 136 pages filled with the same single word. The tragicomic moment was shared online by Twitter user 'Nabilfikran10' on 14th November after he bought the book…
At least part of the mystery of what French people are doing during isolation has been solved after a recent study revealed they are buying a lot less condoms and a record number of pregnancy tests. Since isolation started due to the coronavirus, condom sales are in free fall in…
Recent statistics released by the Bordeaux Wine Bureau have revealed that the French are increasingly more likely to choose a pint of beer over a bottle of claret but sales have been boosted by Brits who cannot get enough of it. The wine-producing country has seen its lowest sales of…
Russia's first humanoid robot Fedor has snubbed ‘his’ Indian female counterpart Vyommitra after ‘her’ recent unveiling, saying that after seeing her he is "convinced it is better to go into space on my own". The life-sized Skybot F-850 robot, that has its own Twitter account to communicate with his fans,…
Book fans have created a series of Lego scenes involving popular author and recent Nobel Literature winner Olga Tokarczuk. The initiative was the brainchild of three men dubbed AFOL (Adult Fans of Lego) who wanted to honour the 57-year-old Polish academic and author of ‘Flights’ after she won the 2018…
A German tourist has died in the Dominican Republic following the deaths of 13 US citizens in mysterious circumstances on the holiday island in recent months. Ramona Kittler, 54, was holidaying in the four-star Costa Caribe hotel on the Caribbean island with her husband Guenther, 61, when she started to…