Have you wondered how James Bond can suspect the other person’s hand when it comes to a high-stakes poker game? He follows
Did Aliens Visit Our Earth?
We often get to see adorable and helpful aliens in sci-fi and fictional movies. While all the movie buffs must have seen
When a kid named Murray destroyed a card trick
It was going to be an amazing card trick
What does Wikileaks say about releasing the classified U. S. embassy cables?
Wikileaks invokes the sacred, mythical story of George Washington, who never did say “I can not tell a lie.”(This stained glass window at
We remember the politics we want to remember
Obama shook hands with Iran’s president, didn’t he? A scientific study asked over 5,000 people to remember four political events that had
Two moon optical illusions
The Honeymoon The vintage optical illusion postcard above, with its clever play on words, was described as “Arcimboldesque”.
Torturing a man with hope – a story
“…you will be exposed to the quemadero, the symbolical flames of the Everlasting Fire: it burns, as you know, only at a
To prevent cheating, wear a stupid hat
These happy fun hats make learning more relaxed. These students at a university in Thailand had to wear improvised paper hats to
Three optical illusions with dice
These dice create an impossible figure.
This pretty woman had a horrible secret
Estibaliz Carranza is very attractive. She seems like a fun-loving person.
This street art illusion imagines a perfect world
Utopia from the sidewalk The utility box at the corner of Church and Duboce streets was looking a little plain, so SFMTA
This is not a photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge
“Brooklyn Bridge”
This guy built a full-size train car in his basement
It looks like the interior of a train., but… There was an episode of the old Mission Impossible TV show where the
This Englishman disliked the Jew who knew it all
“I did not at all like Mr. Kelada.” In this short story called “Mr. Know-All”, written in 1924 by the writer W.
This Coke bottle is not the real thing
It’s Julian Beever’s anamorphic Coke bottle optical illusion. He’s going to need a bigger opener.
Thief caught by an innovative burglar alarm
“I didn’t think he’d have aerial surveillance!”