World Odd News

Twenty-five seniors at a university in Pennsylvania must prove they've lost weight in order to graduate this spring. The unusual requirement stems from a policy Lincoln University put in place fours ago: Incoming freshmen with a body mass index of...

The revelations of sex-crimes in a posh and exclusive boarding school in Australia have thrown the people into a tizzy. Many students of this school are international figures, sportsmen and people of standing in Society. It seems a 40-year old...

Some missing bits of astronomer Galileo have surfaced in Florence, Italy after having gone missing some 275 years ago. 2 fingers and a tooth that disappeared during a move in 1737 found their way back to their owner after being...

A snake with a single, clawed foot was recently discovered in China . The first thing I thought of when I saw this picture was a Chinese dragon. Unlike their European counterparts, which are typically depicted as giant, winged, fire-breathing...

When Christian Kandlbauer lost both of his arms in a work accident in 2005, he thought he’d lost his independence. But thanks to amazing advances in prosthesis technology, he now has two high-tech prosthetic arms that allow him to function...

According to Edward O. Wilson, a behavioral biologist (scientist who studies the behavior of animals), the ten most intelligent animals are the following: Chimpanzee (two species) Gorilla Orangutan Baboon (seven species, including drill and mandrill) Gibbon (seven species) Monkey (many...