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10Quail-To-Chicken Brain Transplants With just a little brain surgery, you can create a chicken that behaves like a quail. In concept, it’s easy enough. First, you cut out a piece from the brain of a chicken embryo and replace it with the equivalent piece from the brain of a quail embryo. Finally, you seal up the egg and let the brain pieces grow together. When the egg hatches, you’ll have a new creature with a mixed set of instincts: part chicken and part quail....

This week, we have quite a few freaky felonies worth mentioning. There are farting criminals, killer monkeys, thieving lookalikes, colon snatchers, and, the most heinous crime of all, an unpaid permit. There are also a few rather interesting sightings and discoveries. 10 The Headless Chicken Monster Of The Deep A rare species has been filmed for the first time swimming in the deep waters of the Southern Ocean. The bizarre-looking creature has been described as a “headless chicken monster,” and this is only the second time it has been spotted....

It’s been a busy week for space enthusiasts. First, there was talk of exomoons and new dwarf planets, and here, you can find out about the Death Comet and how to buy dirt from Mars. We also have two curious tales about people who unknowingly possessed large fortunes. Staying in the financial realm, we also look at the most expensive whisky in the world and the Robin Hood banker....

It is a particularly debauched list this week. We talk about alcohol, weed, ecstasy, sex dolls, and copious amounts of food. We also have some interesting space stories: We look at the first space tourist, find the home of Mr. Spock, and investigate a mystery in the Sacramento Mountains. 10 The Secret Of The Observatory The mystery behind the shutting down of a New Mexico observatory has been elucidated, and, as always, it wasn’t aliens....

Here are 10 optical illusions that are sure to mess with your head (and you don’t have to blame the alcohol this time!). 10 The Size of the Moon Have you noticed how the moon grows smaller as it rises? It actually doesn’t. That’s just your average, run-of-the-mill optical illusion. The moon is exactly the same size on the horizon as it is when it’s high up in the night sky....

10Paul Revere vs. Sybil Ludington Paul Revere is one of the most beloved heroes of the American Revolution, famous for riding his horse from place to place warning people about the arrival of British soldiers before the battles of Lexington and Concord. He didn’t quite complete his mission, since the British arrested him shortly after he left Lexington. However, his young companion, Samuel Prescott, managed to escape and make it all the way to Concord....

The parents drag the child from doctor to doctor, demanding that their kid be treated for a nonexistent illness. These children are often pumped full of unneeded medicine and forced to undergo unnecessary procedures. Their parents enjoy praise for caring for the child and often receive money from concerned people. 10 Jessica Good Jessica Good spent years pretending that her youngest daughter had cancer. The woman started the scam when her daughter was only a few months old and quickly convinced her family that the girl was dying....

Since selfies are such a popular trend, and people feel a tremendous sense of validation from others because of these kinds of pictures, it’s perhaps not surprising to see how far some will go for the perfect shot. Selfie-related deaths are a shocking statistic making an appearance around the world, with a study published in the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care stating that about 259 people have died from attempting to photograph themselves between October 2011 and November 2017....

As for the following people, they decided that statistics be damned, they weren’t going to be one. These average, everyday people found themselves in situations that are normally only survived by waking up from the nightmare, yet they’re still with us today… and with some pretty harrowing tales to tell. Survived: Being buried alive Michelina Lewandoska, a Polish emigrant to the U.K., described for a British court in January of 2012 the terror she felt as she lay buried in the ground, her hands and feet bound, in a taped-up cardboard box, slowly suffocating: “During my time inside my shallow grave where I was buried alive I feared that my life was at an end and I was going to die… I prayed to God to help me to survive so that I could look after my young son....

Warfarin is an anticoagulant. It was initially marketed as a pesticide against rats and mice and is still popular for this purpose, although more potent poisons such as brodifacoum have since been developed. A few years after its introduction, warfarin was found to be effective and relatively safe for preventing thrombosis and embolism (abnormal formation and migration of blood clots) in many disorders. It was approved for use as a medication in the early 1950s and has remained popular ever since; warfarin is the most widely prescribed anticoagulant drug in North America....

10Alnwick CastleHarry Potter Every kid who has grown up with the Harry Potter book series has dreamed about getting that fated letter and going to Hogwarts. While there are no classes or wand-waving at Alnwick Castle, it is the location where the first two Harry Potter movies—The Sorcerer’s Stone and The Chamber of Secrets—were filmed. Visitors may recognize Alnwick Castle’s courtyard as the field where the famous first flying lesson takes place....

Most of the time, these criminals are still able to run their businesses from prison. Or they can just set up a new venture—like manufacturing cocaine inside the prison. However, while some of the correctional facilities on this list were deliberately made unconventional to promote rehabilitation among inmates, the majority (which are the corrupt ones) actually promote crime and make the inmates more hardened than when they arrived. 10 San Pedro PrisonBolivia San Pedro prison in La Paz, Bolivia, is said to be one of the world’s strangest correctional facilities, and it is not hard to see why....

10Shu Yong’s Breast Sculptures In 2007, Chinese artist Shu Yong unveiled a rather grotesque sculpture. Essentially, he attached dolls to large breast sculptures, and put them on display in Qingyuan. It was successful enough that, in 2009, he produced some more giant breast spheres, and then took them on a tour of rural China. The sculptures were so large that they needed to be hauled around on carts. In 2014, he made yet another giant breast sculpture, this time next to an artificial waterfall made of urinals....

From famous cat videos like Ninja Cat and Two Talking Cats, to cat celebrities like Lil Bub, Maru, and Grumpy Cat, it’s clear that cats do seem to be taking over the online world. But why cats? What makes our furry feline friends so appealing that they’re saturating the Internet with their adorable antics? 10Cats Never Evolved To Work With Humans Let’s start with a contrast. Dogs have been domesticated for tens of thousands of years....

10 Selling Irish Dirt Selling dirt for profit is the brainchild of Pat Burke from Tipperary in Ireland. Pat regularly traveled from Ireland to America and was repeatedly asked by his relatives to bring back a piece of sod to sprinkle on the caskets of the departed. This inspired him to start a business providing Irish dirt to Irish-Americans. When he first proposed the idea, it wasn’t exactly met with enthusiasm....

We have brought you such tidbits before, and now we have some more. SEE ALSO: 10 Videos Of Violence And Insanity 10 A Close Call For Debbie Harry Debbie Harry, lead singer of new wave band Blondie, recently revealed that she met with FBI agents over two decades ago because they believed she was a potential target of notorious spree killer Andrew Cunanan. Back in 1997, Cunanan went on a three-month terror where he killed five people, among them Gianni Versace....

Here are ten recent techs fails and disasters that I’m sure the creators should have rethought. 10 Juicero What is it that fashionable, hip, aggressive go-getters like above all else? You would have your finger on the pulse if you guessed juice and/or useless devices. The worldwide juice business is approaching $200 billion annually. So, yeah, we like our juice. The annual revenue from kitchen gadgets is over $17.6 billion....

Science headlines are starting to read more and more like articles from sci-fi magazines. Given what 2017 brought, we can hardly wait to see what 2018 unveils . . . 10 Scientists Create Time Crystals And Break Time-Translation Symmetry According to the first law of thermodynamics, perpetual motion machines which produce work without any energy input are impossible. However, earlier this year, physicists created structures called time crystals which certainly put that notion to the test....

As science expands our knowledge of the universe every year, we half expect the news that extraterrestrial life has been found. But what if we’ve been looking in all the wrong places? Science predicts many examples of counterintuitive forms of life. While impossible on Earth, they could very well exist elsewhere in the universe. So, without further ado, here are the top 10 scientifically possible extraterrestrial life-forms. 10 Silicon-Based Life Silicon is a molecule whose structure and chemical properties are remarkably similar to the properties of carbon—the element on which most life on Earth is based....

An ancient tooth can be used for more than identifying its owner. It can provide a window into a lost world. Teeth reflect lifestyle, diet, and environment, including pollutants, diseases, and also the remedies taken to combat them. For our ancestors, teeth were tools and a front line to the world. Their secrets are legion. 10 The Real Paleo Diet The Paleo Diet is all the rage these days. But does this low-carbohydrate, high-protein trend actually reflect what our ancestors ate?...