A spirited Maori dance at the wedding of a New Zealand couple that brought the bride to tears is going viral on social networks and video sharing websites. The haka was a symbol of respect from the best man and his family for the happy couple. Guests performed the traditional Maori war dance during the wedding reception, which inspired the newlyweds to join in.
Find My iPhone apps have mysteriously been sending many livid people who lost their Apple smartphones to a Georgia home for a year. Since last year the mobile app used to find lost or stolen handsets has directed iPhone owners claiming they tracked their missing devices to the Atlanta couple's house.
An American World War II veteran who met his Australian girlfriend in 1944 was reunited with her last year when their sons set up Skype accounts so they could have a video chat. It had been 70 years since Norwood Thomas of the United States army met Joyce Durrant while he was stationed near London. The soldier had to leave his girlfriend when he traveled to France to participate in the Allied Forces' invasion of Normandy on D-Day.
A Fiat 500L car that was custom-built for Pope Francis' trip to Philadelphia will be auctioned off during this month's Auto Show in the City of Brotherly Love. It was one of two vehicles equipped with secret service license plates that drove around the head of the Roman Catholic Church during his visit to the United States last year.
Cute animal videos that have gone viral include hamsters eating little food, a grumpy cat, and a sneezing baby panda frightening its mother. They have racked up hundreds of millions of views on YouTube and other platforms, and have been featured on Reddit posts, TV shows, and documentaries. Scientists have learned that such videos could be linked to human survival.
A new study by New York University discovered significantly lower obesity rates among New York City students at 1,127 public schools with water dispensers in lunchrooms. Free H20 in "water jet" machines reduced students' body mass index (BMI) after they were set up in NYC school cafeterias.
North Korea has reportedly invented a hangover-free alcoholic drink made of ginseng and glutinous (sticky) rice. It has been described in the media as a smooth beverage that causes no hangover and won a Medal of Quality in December 2015.
Microsoft's Minecraft: Education Edition gives students the chance to explore places in the real world including the pyramids of Giza and ancient Pompeii. The school version of the video game includes an improved mapping feature, in-game camera and scrapbook to record the places players have been, and teacher resources. On January 19, Tuesday the Bill Gates co-founded company announced it had purchased MinecraftEdu, the educational version of the game developed for teachers and classrooms.
The GoFundMe crowdfunding page of a Tennessee woman who claimed she lost her family fortune buying Powerball tickets to win the nationwide lottery has been shut down. She claimed that she had expected to win the record-setting 1.6 billion jackpot but did not have a winning ticket. "Cinnamon Nicole" asked donors to give $100,000 to provide her with another chance at winning Powerball.
High cocaine doses can cause the brain to start eating its own cells based on a new mouse study. The drug can cause extreme results from a process that involves cells cannibalizing themselves. "Autophagy" normally causes the brain's enzymes to get rid of extra debris in cell "pockets" by dissolving it.
