Buying A House In Pennsylvania? Here’s Everything You Must Know Before Your Purchase
Getting a new house is an unexplored avenue in the life of the common folk. After all, not only is it a manifestation of your relentless grit but also paves the way for a safer future. Getting a house can be a contemplating affair, though. Depending on where you reside, you might just have to keep a fair number of things in mind. If you happen to live in Pennsylvania, you might be in a better predicament. Considering the fairly great...
Crystal Clear Water In Venice Canals After Corona Virus Lockdown
Where pessimists see a half-empty glass, optimists come along to show that itâs actually half-full. Same goes for the ongoing chaos of the coronavirusâwhile some are hoarding away toilet paper like thereâs no tomorrow, there are people who see positive outcomes even in a situation as dire as this. One of these positive outcomes is that pollution has dropped down dramatically following the lockdown of Italy. Scientists and researchers...
Pixar Makes People Cry By Presenting âKitbullâ, A Short Film About A Friendship Of Abused Pitbull And Stray Kitten
Just two weeks prior, BP wrote about Pixarâs newest short animation âPurlâ. Well, the famous animation studio is treating us again with another short film â this time, itâs guaranteed to leave you weeping as itâs a story about one unlikely friendship between an abused pit bull and a stray kitten. Kittbull â a production of Pixarâs new SparkShorts program â was directed by Rosana Sullivan and produced by Kathryn Hendrickson and tells a...
Two Elderly Dudes Escaped A Nursing Home And Went To A Heavy Metal Concert
When one thinks of a man in the late decade of life, he might imagine an old man in front of the TV, walking with the house slippers, holding a cane, or maybe sitting on the front porch surrounded by nephews. Yet, I believe no one has imagined a man on a heavy metal concert. Hordes of headbangers amassed in Germany for the worldâs largest heavy metal festival â among them, two elderly men who apparently left their retirement home to...
Scientists Now Believe That The Universe Itself Is Conscious
A new scientific concept has recently come to light, which scientists are calling âpanpsychism.â Panpsychism says that the universe could be capable of consciousness, which could change everything. For quite some time, scientists have been working to understand the universe, where it came from, and why we are here. However, they have often come up short until now. The scientist responsible for such a notion is Gregory Matloff, and his...
19 Amazing Vintage Photos That Show How People Worked Before AutoCAD
Technological advances cause some professions to cease to exist, but in the case of drafting technicians, it just made their desks smaller and tidier. AutoCAD was released in 1982 and by 1994 as many as 750 training centers had been using it worldwide. Before, drafting required pencils, erasers, t-squares, and much more time. And the photos below really show it. Looking at them, you can almost hear the rustling paper. Now,...
25+ Things That Are Surprisingly Bigger Than You Probably Thought
My favorite section of the ‘Guinness World Records’ book was always the biggest things. I marveled at the Blue Whale, the skyscrapers vying for the world’s tallest and trucks with wheels the size of a house. The most important part, the thing that really makes you say ‘wow’ is the scale. You can’t really appreciate the sheer size of something unless something familiar is placed alongside it for...
What Prison Cells Look Like Around The World
More and more people are behind bars. According to the Institute for Criminal Policy Research, over 10.35 million individuals are being held in penal institutions throughout the world, either as pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners or having been convicted and sentenced. In comparison to the year 2000, the total number of women serving time has increased about 50% while the male prison population has grown by about 18%. But prison...
35 Times Stubborn Homeowners Refused To Move, And Faced Unexpected Consequences
We all love an underdog don’t we? Someone who won’t be bullied, who will stand up for themselves and their rights in the face of all powerful corporations and governments, they give us all hope that we little guys do have the power after all. Often referred to as ‘nail houses’ or ‘holdouts’, cases such as these have become high profile media sensations, particularly in China where the brave...
Teens Destroy 320,000,000 Years Of History In A Few Seconds, And The Way It Looks Now Infuriates Everyone
Wind, rain, and ice have been sculpting the Brimham Rocks for the last 320 million years. It has even become a National Trust landmark and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, drawing visitors to admire the outdoors of North Yorkshire, England. Earlier this month, however, some vandals have damaged it in a few mindless seconds. âAt around 8.45pm on Friday, 1 June a group of five young people were seen pushing a rock at the top of...