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Meet 'Zero Shadow Day', the bizarre natural optical illusion that occurs twice a year in Hawaii

You're telling me this isn't just bad Photoshop?

Creative Bloq · Jul 23

Fact check: False claims target French referee after Egypt World Cup exit

Screenshots of temporary edits to François Letexier's Wikipedia page have been used to support claims that Egypt's match against Argentina was rigged.

Euronews · Jul 16

Frozen Body Known As “Green Boots” In Mount Everest Finally Identified After 30 Years

The body of the Mount Everest climber known as Green Boots, who lost his life about 350 metres (1,150 feet) from the summit, will finally be retrieved.

Bored Panda · Jun 29

A 13-word Reddit comment can trick AI search into recommending scams, researchers find

New Cornell research shows just how little it takes to poison the answers from tools like ChatGPT and Gemini — and the queries you're most likely to ask are the easiest to manipulate.

Tom’s Guide · Jun 15

7 Footballers Whose Off-Pitch Crimes Left The World Speechless

Here are 7 footballers whose crimes left the world speechless.

Bored Panda · Jun 13

Mysterious 1937 Painting Sparks Wild Time Travel Theories After Viewers Spot Something ‘Out Of Place’

“It does bear a rather uncanny resemblance,” a historian said about the century-old painting.

Bored Panda · Jun 10

Company Hoping To Revive Extinct Animals By Cloning Them Successfully Creates The Artificial Egg Needed To Do So

“There’s no bird on Earth today that could grow a moa embryo inside one of their eggs. So we have to come up with artificial eggs.”

Bored Panda · Jun 7

Could it be aliens? From Cheyava Falls on Mars to exoplanet K2-18b – here’s what scientists really think

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the “strongest hints yet” of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when talking about a collected sample from a rock named “Cheyava Falls” on Mars, Nasa Administrator…

The Conversation · Jun 5

82 Wikipedia Pages That Made People Go “Hmmmm”

Wikipedia is weird! Lurking between the millions of highly informative articles are a bunch of really bizarre ones. Like the one of Jan Smit the paleontologist looking at rocks, or the detailed description of the word "blobject." Here are some of the most unhinged and hilarious ones spotted on the…

Bored Panda · Jun 3

43 Times Wikipedia Sent Users Down Unexpectedly Dark And Unsettling Rabbit Holes

If you don't feel like sleeping today, checking out the weird and dark side of Wikipedia is always a good idea. The site contains many entries about true crime, natural disasters, and real-life mysteries that people have deemed to be interesting enough to have their own Wikipedia pages. Check out…

Bored Panda · May 27