A pensioner has revealed how she once turned down a Van Gogh original painting that’s now worth £13m, and instead chose to take a brass handbell. Whoa, that’s one hell of a trade-off. 76-year-old Gaye Horrell said that she was offered the painting, which is called ‘Peasant Woman in Front of a Farmhouse’, for nothing […]
A small crowd of locals stepped out to gather at a tree trunk in Colombia – which is currently in lockdown – after a supposed image of Jesus Christ on the cross appeared. Residents of the Jose Antonio Galan neighborhood, which is in the town of Magangue in the northern Colombian department of Bolivar, decided […]
As the Easter long weekend approaches, many people will be settling in for four days at home in self-isolation. It’s normally meant to be a massive weekend of catching up with friends and family, maybe getting a little boozy, maybe going to church. However, the outbreak of the coronavirus means we have to stay inside. […]
When you tuck into a packet of biscuits or chips or any food product in Australia, you’d think it would be the same everywhere. If you went on a road trip to a different state or territory, the food you buy from the big corporations surely would be exactly the same, right? Well, that might […]
People who are able to see the night’s sky tonight will be dazzled by the biggest supermoon for the year. With millions of people in self-isolation, this will be a nice distraction from everything that is going on. While it’s called the ‘Pink’ supermoon, don’t get your hopes up that the celestial object will give […]
Wuhan’s government implemented lockdown has been lifted after 11 weeks, meaning residents can travel once again. Chinese authorities were planning on ending the ban on 8 April so, as the clock struck midnight (their clocks are ahead of ours) the city’s 11 million residents were permitted to leave without special authorisation. Aerial photo taken on […]
A couple had to do a real life and fall in love again after she forgot her entire life following a nosebleed. Sophie Clayton, 26, suffered a nosebleed in November 2019 which triggered a rare disorder, disconnecting her brain from her nervous system. Within minutes she had forgotten her phone pin code, the date – […]
A woman has been proudly showing off her 6cm-long armpit hair on Instagram, having ditched the pricey hair removal treatments to live a life more liberated. Brenna Pennly, from Boise, Idaho, said she used to feel ‘very uncomfortable’ about her hairiness, having once been mocked for her ‘moustache’ by an ex. The 31-year-old mum-of-two ended […]
The UK government has confirmed we are not seeing an acceleration in coronavirus cases, and added we will know more next week. Speaking in today’s coronavirus briefing, Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Patrick Vallance said: “What you can see is there is not that big upswing of growth that we talked about at the beginning. There […]
Daytime exercise has been banned in Paris in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus. People won’t be able to exercise in the French capital between 10am and 7pm as of tomorrow (Wednesday). Daytime exercise has been banned in Paris to help fight the spread of coronavirus. Credit: PA Mayor Anne Hidalgo and city […]
