Personal Experience: I Climbed America's Tallest Mountain Without Climbing Experience

An experienced hiker has climbed Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in South America, and shown that reaching the summit is truly achievable even for hikers without technical mountaineering experience, TravelLeisure reports. To the uninitiated, the world of rock climbing can seem intimidating and dangerous. But…

The tallest man in the world met the smallest woman

The tallest man in the world met for the second time in his life with the shortest living woman. Their second meeting was no less shocking than the first, TheSun reports. Sultan Kosen, 41, and Jyoti Amge, 30, met in California...

Lack of concentration and a bad back: how technology is ruining our lives

Some technological advances can be called a miracle - they have made our lives so much easier. But sometimes we don’t notice the other side of the coin. Guardian journalist Tim Dowling talks about how technology is ruining his life. Let's be honest: technology has improved our lives. They…

Australia and New Zealand will be the first in the world to produce GMO bananas

Authorities in Australia and New Zealand have approved the commercial production and consumption of bananas of the QCAV-4 variety, which was obtained using genetic engineering, reports NPlus1. Thanks to the wild banana gene, this crop is resistant to Panama disease, a fungal infection that destroys banana plantations...

Historian Tamara Eidelman will give lectures in the United States on responsibility for the atrocities of war

In April-May, Tamara Natanovna Eidelman, a historian, teacher, writer, educator and author of a popular YouTube channel with an audience of more than 1,5 million subscribers, will give lectures in the United States of America. Tamara Eidelman will give the lecture “The Court of History” in the following US cities: April 16…

Trump started selling gold sneakers with the letter 'T': the first batch sold out in a few hours

Donald Trump has launched his own sneaker brand. The first batch sold out just hours after the Feb. 17 reveal at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia, Axios reports. “I just want to tell you that I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time. In my opinion this will have...

Everest climbers will now have to take their excrement with them

People climbing Everest will now have to clean up their faeces and take them back to base camp for disposal, the BBC reports. “Our mountains have started to stink,” said Mingma Sherpa, chairman of Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality. A municipality that covers most of the region...

Who were the prototypes of the heroes of the novel 'The Master and Margarita', and where to watch TV series based on Bulgakov's books

Did you know that over more than ten years of working on the novel “The Master and Margarita”, Mikhail Bulgakov not only changed the plot several times, but also added and removed characters? Our friends at the interactive TV company eTVnet invite you to find out which historical…

A couple from Washington visited all US national parks: which one did the couple call the best?

The Seattle couple visited all 63 national parks across America. They shared their opinions on which parks they liked and why, NewYorkPost reports. Matt Smith and his wife Karen told Instagram users about their travels around the United States. They…

'New Secrets': fixies will perform in the USA with an exciting show

Fixies are back in America! Yes, yes, they have come again! Little heroes return to the American stage with the show “New Mysteries”, staged by actors from Moldova. Nolik, Simka, Freak and Gik decided to master the Internet and put an end to evil viruses. Fixies in the USA in 2024...

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